Patents Assigned to SAFRAN
  • Patent number: 12371183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel conditioning system (SC) configured to supply an aircraft turbine engine using fuel (Q) from a cryogenic tank (RC), the conditioning system (SC) comprising at least one pumping turbomachine (1), a first heat exchanger (31) configured to heat the fuel (Q) in the fuel circuit (CQ) by circulating an air stream (A), and at least one heating turbomachine (2) configured to supply an air flow (A) to the first heat exchanger (31), the heating turbomachine (2) comprising an air intake compressor (21), a combustion chamber (24) and an air exhaust turbine (22) configured to drive the air intake compressor (21), the combustion chamber (24) being supplied with air taken from the air flow (A) and with the fuel (Q) from the fuel circuit (CQ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Marie Cyrille Lambert, Samer Maalouf
  • Patent number: 12375011
    Abstract: A control circuit for a first switch includes at least one transistor, the first switch being arranged in series with a second switch in an inverter arm of an electrical power supply device supplying a load connected to the mid-point of the series arrangement of the first and second switch. The control circuit is configured to adjust the gate-source voltage of the at least one transistor of the first switch according to a control scheme including, during a deactivation period of the first switch, the increase of the gate-source voltage in a time window including the deactivation of the second switch and the reduction of the gate-source voltage in a time window including the activation of the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thanh Long Le, Jean Sylvio Ngoua Teu Magambo
  • Patent number: 12371152
    Abstract: An aeronautical thruster having a longitudinal axis and having a hub and at least two annular rows of unducted blades including an upstream annular row and a downstream annular row which are spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal axis, the upstream annular row being rotatable around the longitudinal axis, and the downstream annular row comprising a series of blades including a first blade and a second blade each extending in a radial direction from the hub to define a radial dimension between the hub and a radially outer end of the corresponding blade, wherein the radial dimension of the first blade is greater than the radial dimension of the second blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Fernando Gea Aguilera, Anthony Binder, Adrien Clément Marcel Dubois, Mathieu Simon Paul Gruber, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Eva Julie Lebeault, Josselin David Florian Regnard
  • Patent number: 12370768
    Abstract: A method for digitally designing a support with the shape of a fibrous blank obtained by three-dimensional weaving intended to form a fibrous preform of a turbine engine blade or propeller after shaping and compaction in a mold, includes providing a set of points representative of a face of the fibrous blank, the face being intended to form the root of the blade or the propeller and a portion of an aerodynamic profile of the blade or the propeller, generating a web connecting the points of the set of points, and digitally designing the support including at least an imprint of the fibrous blank having the shape of the generated web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Yann Didier Simon Marchal
  • Patent number: 12371157
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an aircraft landing gear. The method includes using information from at least one accelerometer firmly secured to a landing gear wheel mounted to rotate on a landing gear axle to estimate an angle of deflection ? of the axle at least when the wheel is in contact with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Joël Zabulon, Kyril Lekarski, Nicolas Fanton, Benjamin Michaud, Etienne Brunstein
  • Patent number: 12371167
    Abstract: A rail assembly includes assembly includes a fixed carriage and a clamping system. The fixed carriage defines a receiving area and a rail at least partially supported within the receiving area. The rail is slidable along an axis relative to the receiving area. The clamping system applies a clamping force on the rail within the receiving area. A movable assembly may be supported on the rail such that the movable assembly is movable along the axis relative to the fixed carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Charles Michael Parker, Foek Nguyen Le, Amen Omoragbon
  • Patent number: 12371995
    Abstract: Disclosed is a main shaft for an aircraft turbine engine drive line extending longitudinally from front to rear along an axis and having a rear portion configured for receiving a front portion of a rear shaft by interlocking, the main shaft having: —a front retaining member and a rear retaining member together defining a prison and each having a central opening, —a connecting ring, located in the prison, having a rear end configured to be screwed to a front end of the rear shaft extending into the central opening of the rear retaining member, the connecting ring having a gripping member formed on the inner surface and accessible from a front portion of the main shaft by a tool extending via the central opening of the front retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Xavier Jean Yves Alain Agneray
  • Patent number: 12365444
    Abstract: A module including a device for changing the pitch of the vanes about the pitch axes thereof, the device including: a hydraulic actuator capable of rotating about the longitudinal axis (X) and configured to rotate the vanes about their pitch axes (C), a supply pump for supplying fluid to the hydraulic actuator, the supply pump including a drive shaft capable of rotating about the longitudinal axis (X) and a shell that is rotationally fixed relative to the longitudinal axis (X), and an electric machine configured to operate the supply pump, the electric machine having a rotary member for driving the drive shaft and a fixed member that is rotationally fixed relative to the longitudinal axis (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Bastien Pierre Verdier, Jean Charles Olivier Roda
  • Patent number: 12366164
    Abstract: A method for sizing a section of a junction by orbital friction welding with an eccentric e, between a blade and a stub of a bladed disk for a turbomachine. The sized section has a rounded contour at one or two ends of said section along a chord of the blades, each corresponding to a leading edge or a trailing edge of said blades, said rounded contour(s) having over a sector of at least 120° an average radius of at least twice the eccentric e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS
    Inventors: Yann Jean-Pierre Lefaux, Damien Verhelst
  • Patent number: 12366612
    Abstract: An electric machine including at least one phase including two electrical paths in parallel, each electrical path of one and the same phase including a winding, the first electrical paths of all the phases being connected to one and the same first electrical node and the second electrical paths of all the phases being connected to one and the same second electrical node, the electric machine includes an equipotential wire electrically connecting the first and second electrical nodes and a current sensor configured to measure an electric current circulating in the equipotential wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Frédéric Meer, Eric De Wergifosse
  • Patent number: 12366358
    Abstract: A flame-holder device for a turbojet afterburner comprises an annular row of flame-holder arms, each having an inner branch having a free end and another end, and two outer branches which extend from the other end and diverge from one another in a direction extending from the free end to the other end, such that the inner branch transitions radially outward into the two outer branches which diverge radially outward from one another in two opposing circumferential directions, thereby forming mutually approaching areas between consecutive flame-holder arms for enabling the flame to spread from arm to arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Jean Henri Bechet, Emmanuel Jean André Greslin, Pierre André Gabriel Malbois, Christophe Pieussergues
  • Patent number: 12366165
    Abstract: A turbine for a turbomachine of longitudinal axis including an alternating arrangement of annular rows of movable blades and of fixed blades and a radially inner annular cavity formed radially inside the movable and fixed blades, and a supply circuit for supplying cooling air to the inner annular cavity, the downstream end of the supply circuit comprising an inner annular row of orifices and an outer annular row of orifices opening into the radially inner annular cavity. The turbine may also include means for controlling the flow rate of supply air to the orifices of the inner and outer annular rows of orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton, Thibaud Louis Zaia
  • Patent number: 12366257
    Abstract: An actuator includes a body and at least a first offset connection port that is connected to the body by a first duct projecting from the body. The first connection port is mechanically connected to the body at least by first and second struts. The first strut and the second strut extend from the first connection port, respectively, to a first segment of the body and to a second segment of the body that is axially spaced apart from the first segment. An undercarriage includes such an actuator as its locking or unlocking actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Yves Courtois De Lourmel, Sébastien Messe, Jean-Baptiste Kamis, Arnaud Le Breton, Nicolas Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12365445
    Abstract: A hydraulic assembly for an aircraft engine includes a pump with a housing and a rotor arranged inside the housing. The housing has at least one hydraulic line configured for the passage of a fluid; and a hydraulic transfer unit comprising: a hydraulic transfer block attached to the housing and comprising an internal fluid passage channel which communicates with the hydraulic line, and a casing which covers the transfer block and which is guided in rotation about an axis of revolution (Y) and about the transfer block, the casing having a fluid outlet port that communicates with the internal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Kamis, Christelle Pettenazzi, Caroline Marie Frantz
  • Patent number: 12365450
    Abstract: A strut for an aircraft landing gear is provided. The strut includes a casing configured to absorb landing forces applied to the aircraft landing gear. The casing includes a cavity in which an energy accumulator is housed. The energy accumulator can be a removable cartridge which can be inserted in the cavity. An aircraft landing gear comprising such a strut is also provided. An aircraft comprising at least one such landing gear having such a strut is also provided. A method for emergency deployment of such a landing gear, using energy stored in the energy accumulator integrated in the strut of the landing gear to deploy the landing gear is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Aurélien Doux, David Frank
  • Patent number: 12365472
    Abstract: A nacelle for an aircraft propulsion unit includes an air intake cowl, and an intermediate section including fixed and removable hoods defining an access space between front ends of the hoods and an outer rear end of the air intake cowl. The intermediate section includes an annular row of mutually spaced connecting parts which rigidly connect the outer rear end of the air intake cowl to the front ends of the hoods so as to transmit longitudinal forces, and an intermediate cowl extending between the air intake cowl and the hoods, around the connecting parts, thereby closing the access space and creating aerodynamic continuity with the air intake cowl and the hoods. The intermediate cowl is formed from at least one strip which is held in place by tangential clamping of the circumferential ends of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventor: Pierre Charles Caruel
  • Patent number: 12366173
    Abstract: A fan casing for an aircraft turbomachine includes an annular body extending around an axis and equipped with an annular attachment flange at each of its axial ends. The casing further includes an annular coating made from abradable material, wherein the body is made from a composite material, and further includes an annular stiffener that is arranged inside the body and that carries the coating. The stiffener includes an annular ring, a radially outer face of which is separated radially from the body and a radially inner face of which receives the coating. The stiffener further includes annular attachment tabs configured to the wall to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Clément Bourolleau, Vincent Pascal Fiore, Anwer Siraj, Alexandre Branco, Serge Domingues
  • Publication number: 20250230869
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a reduction gear of a turbomachine includes a carrier frame having at its periphery axial housings distributed about the axis, a carrier frame holder with axial fingers distributed about the axis and engaged in the axial housings, and connecting elements connecting the fingers to walls of said housings. Each of the connecting elements has a pivot extending in a radial direction relative to the axis, and being borne by one of the members and having an external surface which in axial section has a convex shape and which collaborates with a cylindrical internal surface of an orifice of the other of these members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Quentin Pierre Henri PIGOTT, Guillaume Pierre MOULY
  • Publication number: 20250233401
    Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring an electrical-energy supply network of an aircraft, wherein the electrical-energy supply network includes a plurality of protection and distribution devices connected together by at least one communication bus. According to the invention, each protection and distribution device: determines its location in the network, selects a configuration table associated with its location, receives a state table from each other protection and cutoff device, applies at least a part of the state tables to a job-related rule determining whether a contactor of the protection and cutoff device must be open or closed, controls the contactor according to the result of the job-related rule, and transfers an updated state table to each other protection and cutoff device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Eric GUILLARD, Vincent CHAPERON
  • Patent number: 12359580
    Abstract: A turbomachine—for aircraft has a primary annular flow path and a cold flow channel extending around the primary annular flow path. The turbomachine includes an impeller, a compressor, a combustion chamber, a first turbine having a first turbine rotor, a second turbine having a second turbine rotor, a first connecting shaft and a second connecting shaft, an inter-turbine stator arranged between the first turbine and the second turbine, and a first cooling circuit having successively: a first cooling inlet located between the impeller and the compressor, a first passage extending into the inter-turbine stator, and a first cooling outlet extending into the cold flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Victor Henri Marius Varenne, Arnaud Baudran, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, David René Pierre Le Cair