Patents Assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES
  • Publication number: 20250144742
    Abstract: The present application describes a method for joining two anodized elements by friction stir welding. This method for joining a first element to a second element comprises a step of anodizing the first element, a step of anodizing the second element, and a step of producing a weld seam by friction stir welding the first element to the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Virginie Emmanuelle Anne-Marie Digeos, Nicolas Serre, Florian Peu, Xavier Holay
  • Patent number: 12269604
    Abstract: A defrosting and acoustic treatment device for an air intake lip of a turbojet engine nacelle includes an embossed acoustic structure that delimits a plurality of acoustic cells, each acoustic cell being delimited by an independent peripheral wall that allows a flow of de-icing air to flow around each acoustic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Virginie Emmanuelle Anne Marie Digeos, Patrick Boileau
  • Publication number: 20250109723
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly, including at least one sealing membrane designed to deflect at least one portion of the secondary flow towards a set of cascades when the movable structure of the reverser is in the retracted thrust reversal position, the reverser also including a first flexible hook connecting a first end of the membrane to the fixed structure of the reverser, a second hook connecting a second end of the membrane to the fixed structure or to the movable structure, the second hook being fixed to the radially inner delimiting wall of the secondary vein, or guided by an internal guide fixed to the same radially inner delimiting wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Gina FERRIER, Patrick GONIDEC, Loïc CHAPELAIN (Deceased), Edouard Marie Gabriel RAMSTEIN, Patrick André BOILEAU
  • Patent number: 12264625
    Abstract: An acoustic attenuation panel includes a cellular structure including a plurality of acoustic cells separated from one another by peripheral partitions, a perforated acoustic structure, the perforated acoustic structure and the cellular structure being formed in one piece in a first material, and a porous acoustic layer formed of a second material and fastened to a surface of the perforated acoustic structure by entangling the first material and the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Bertrand Desjoyeaux, Bertrand Leroyer, Marc Versaevel, Laurent Georges Valleroy
  • Publication number: 20250101931
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly, including a fixed structure equipped with at least one cascade as well as a radially inner delimiting wall of a secondary vein, and a movable structure including at least one reverser cowling, the cascade being arranged, in the forward direct thrust position, in a housing of the reverser cowling, and, in the retracted thrust reversal position, the wall reveals a passage opening of the secondary vein towards the cascade, the thrust reverser also including at least one sealing membrane designed to deflect at least one portion of the secondary flow. A hook is provided for securing the membrane to a rear cascade support frame, and to the radially inner delimiting wall of the secondary vein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Loïc CHAPELAIN (Deceased), Patrick André BOILEAU
  • Patent number: 12258924
    Abstract: A thrust reverser of a nacelle of a turbojet engine of an aircraft extending about a longitudinal axis and including a fixed structure and at least one door which is rotatable between a closed position and an open position and including a downstream frame spaced axially from a downstream end edge of the door by an axial clearance parallel to the longitudinal axis. The thrust reverser includes a system for diverting fluids to the exterior including at least one projection fixed onto the door or the other fixed structure and extending into the axial clearance and towards one of the fixed structure or the door, while leaving an axial gap between a free end of said projection and one of the fixed structure or the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Jérémie Rabineau, Alexis Yves-Marie Loncle, Laurent Georges Valleroy
  • Patent number: 12258925
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for a propulsion unit, incudes movable grids, two half-assemblies forming part of a secondary stream and, at the six o'clock position, a connecting beam intended to be mounted in cantilever with a fan housing. The half-assemblies are hinged at the twelve o'clock position so as to enable their “butterfly” movement between a flight configuration and a maintenance configuration. The connecting beam includes a connecting member configured to cooperate, in the form of a tenon and groove connection, with the half-assemblies when these are in flight configuration. The reverser also includes, downstream of the connecting member, locks capable of locking the half-assemblies in flight configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick André Boileau, Julien Chandelier, Laurent Georges Valleroy
  • Patent number: 12246846
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft, includes a support structure, a nacelle and a turbomachine. The support structure is configured to independently support, on the one hand, the turbomachine and, on the other hand, preferably by a cradle, an air inlet and/or a rear section of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Hazem Kioua, Damien Lemoine, Pierre-Alain Reboul, Matthieu Menielle
  • Publication number: 20250067196
    Abstract: An annular air intake lip for a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly is provided. The annular lip can extend about an axis of revolution and include: an external annular wall, an internal annular wall, an upstream annular wall connecting the external and internal annular walls to define an annular cavity therebetween. At least part of the annular lip can include at least one heat transfer coating that is made from a carbon allotrope material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Virginie Emmanuelle Anne-Marie DIGEOS, Caroline COAT-LENZOTTI, Thierry Jacques Albert LE DOCTE
  • Publication number: 20250058898
    Abstract: An electronic device for diagnosing the condition of a system of actuators of an aircraft turbine engine, the device being configured to be coupled to an electrical wiring harness of a turbine engine connecting a computer of a turbine engine to a system of actuators of the turbine engine, the device including a power supply block to power the device, a connection block configured to enable the connection of the device to the electrical wiring harness of the turbine engine to be diagnosed, a communication block configured to send information to a user and to receive instructions from the user, and a control block including a test signal transmission module and modules for measuring the signals received by the device in response to the test signals over a work cycle of the system of actuators of the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick ARCOUËT, David PEREIRA, Hakim MAALIOUNE
  • Publication number: 20250050148
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system including a nacelle extending around a longitudinal axis and including an internal face that delimits, with an external face of the aircraft propulsion system, a fire zone, an extinguisher for extinguishing a fire in the fire zone, the extinguisher including a tank for containing an extinguishing agent, and a spraying nozzle for spraying the extinguishing agent out of the tank and into the fire zone, an activation device for activating the extinguisher, and a controller that transmits a control order to the activation device, the activation device receiving the control order and transmitting an activation order to the extinguisher, the activation order activating the extinguisher so as to cause the expulsion of the extinguishing agent via the nozzle. The extinguisher is mounted on the nacelle. The assembly includes one or more of a wireless communicator and a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Patrick André BOILEAU
  • Publication number: 20250052200
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a nacelle extending substantially around a longitudinal axis and including a fixed structure disposed around the aircraft gas turbine engine, the fixed structure including an internal surface suitable for delimiting with an external surface of the gas turbine engine a fire zone of the nacelle, a thermal protection covering the internal surface of the fixed structure of the nacelle at the level of the fire zone of the nacelle, and an extinguisher designed to extinguish a fire in the fire zone of the nacelle, the extinguisher including a tank suitable for containing an extinguishing agent. The tank is located between the thermal protection and the internal surface of the fixed structure of the nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Patrick André BOILEAU
  • Patent number: 12221941
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion unit, including a movable system with cascade vanes and an actuator allowing moving a movable system between an advanced direct thrust position and a backward thrust reversal position, the system also including an inter-cascade structure for limiting buckling of the actuator, forming a channel crossed by the actuator and delimited by a cylindrical internal surface extending along a first closed directrix curve, the fixed portion of the actuator including an end equipped with an external ring for limiting buckling of the actuator, the ring having a cylindrical external surface extending along a second closed directrix curve, the first and second closed directrix curves preferably having the same shapes and being concentric while being spaced apart from one another with the same spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick André Boileau, Fabien Jourdan
  • Patent number: 12214893
    Abstract: An air inlet for an aircraft propulsion unit having a movable upstream portion, a stationary downstream portion and at least one member for longitudinally translating the movable upstream portion between a retracted position in which the movable upstream portion is adjacent to the stationary downstream portion, and an extended position in which the movable upstream portion is separated from the stationary downstream portion, the moving member having at least one guiding bar connected to the movable upstream portion and a drive bar having a plurality of teeth, the stationary downstream portion having, for each moving member, a gear wheel configured to co-operate with the teeth in order to form a rack-and-pinion connection and at least one guiding member of the guiding bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Hazem Kioua, Thomas Marlay, Damien Lemoine, Ophélie Schmitter
  • Publication number: 20250035069
    Abstract: An assembly for an exhaust cone of an aircraft turbomachine, including a first annular wall, and first partitions and second partitions defining between them a plurality of acoustic boxes distributed around the first wall, an assembly formed by the first and the second partitions being fastened to the first wall with first fastening members arranged upstream and with second fastening members arranged downstream, the first fastening members being offset circumferentially with respect to the second fastening members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Tony MIOSSEC, Fabien BRAVIN, Vincent DEVANLAY, Marc VERSAEVEL, Valentin SIMEON
  • Patent number: 12208994
    Abstract: A handling assembly of a propulsion assembly includes a nacelle and an aircraft turbojet engine. The handling assembly also includes a handling envelope covering at least half of the circumference of an outer wall of an air inlet of the nacelle, when the propulsion assembly is mounted on said handling assembly, and at least two interfaces for attaching slings, the slings being connected to a hoisting system which is external to said handling assembly. A method for handling a propulsion assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Patrick Boileau
  • Patent number: 12209556
    Abstract: A thrust reverser includes a fixed structure and a movable structure defining an air stream, a flap including a single wall perforated on the surface thereof, and a structure strengthening the flap and having an acoustic function. The flap being articulated between the fixed structure and the movable structure to allow in a direct jet position, disposing the wall along an acoustic section of the movable structure and allowing the circulation of an air flow through the air stream, the acoustic section forming with the structure of the wall an acoustic resonator, and in a reverse jet position, disposing the wall to deflect an air flow passing through the air stream and allow the passage through the wall and through the air stream of a portion of the air flow deflected by the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Romain Billault
  • Patent number: 12209554
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion unit. The thrust reverser includes three gates that can be deployed downstream of an outlet section of the propulsion unit. The device increases the possibilities for installation of the reverser, in particular when a tail assembly extends in line with the propulsion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Romain Gardel, Thomas Marlay, Matthieu Menielle, Ophélie Schmitter
  • Patent number: 12208915
    Abstract: Aircraft having at least one propulsion unit supplied with hydrogen by at least one hydrogen tank, and having at least one thrust reversal system including at least one actuator. The aircraft can include at least one means for storing or transporting the residual hydrogen of the propulsion unit, a fuel cell disposed in the hydrogen power source and supplied with hydrogen by the at least one means for storing the residual hydrogen, and a hydrogen thrust reverser actuation system. The thrust reverser actuation system can include a hydrogen thrust reverser actuation controller and a hydrogen primary power unit with a fuel cell supplied with hydrogen and powering the at least one thrust reverser actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Jihane Bellahbib, Hakim Maalioune
  • Publication number: 20250019081
    Abstract: An assembly for an ejection cone of an aircraft turbomachine, including a first annular wall and a plurality of first partitions and of second partitions extending substantially perpendicularly from the first wall, the first partitions additionally extending wholly in the axial direction and the second partitions extending wholly in a circumferential direction between the adjacent pairs of first partitions and being curved partitions including at least one arcuate portion in the axial direction upstream or downstream, the first wall, the first partitions and the second partitions additionally defining between them a plurality of acoustic boxes distributed around the first wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Tony MIOSSEC, Fabien BRAVIN, Vincent DEVANLAY, Marc VERSAEVEL, Valentin SIMEON