Patents Assigned to SAFRAN
  • Publication number: 20190202574
    Abstract: A nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine includes a fixed internal structure intended to receive an aircraft turbojet engine and an external structure. The fixed internal structure and external structure defines a flow channel for a secondary air flow. A set of lower and upper beams are linked together by the fixed internal structure. An external wall of the lower beam is designed to partially define an external aerodynamic surface of the nacelle, intended to come into contact with an outer air flow. The external wall of the lower beam is further designed to tolerate the damage caused by the outer air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventor: Alexis LONCLE
  • Patent number: 10337456
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intermediate casing hub of an aircraft turbojet engine, which includes: an outer shroud (14) intended for defining a secondary flow space of a stream of secondary gas on the inside and an inter-flow area on the outside, the outer shroud (14) being provided with a secondary opening (29), and a bleed valve comprising an outlet pipe (30) made of composite material, located in the inter-flow area, wherein the outlet pipe (30) is attached to the outer shroud (14) at the secondary opening (29), at least one gasket (33) for sealing against air and fire being arranged between the outlet pipe (30) and the outer shroud (14), and the outlet pipe (30) made of composite material includes a draped composite wall (30a, 30b), made up of a plurality of folds impregnated with resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Florian Benjamin Kévin Lacroix, Cyrille François Antoine Mathias, Idaline Françoise Chantal Texier, Maxime Marie Désirée Blaise
  • Patent number: 10337340
    Abstract: The present application relates to a stator for a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbine engine. The stator includes an annular row of stator vanes with connection vanes, and support vanes which are grouped into vaned casings. The casings include internal platforms and external platforms, and are integrally produced by means of additive production based on titanium powder. The stator has a circular internal shroud which is formed by the internal platforms of the vanes of the casings and internal shroud segments which are fixed to the connection vanes. The internal platforms include pairs of contact surfaces in order to interlock the shroud segments therein by moving into abutment and sliding against the contact surfaces. The contact surfaces are perpendicular to the rotation axis and form axial stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventor: Jean-François Cortequisse
  • Patent number: 10337409
    Abstract: The invention relates to an architecture of a propulsion system of a multiple-engine helicopter comprising turboshaft engines (5, 6), characterised in that it comprises: at least one hybrid turboshaft engine (5) that is capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable flight of the helicopter, the other turboshaft engines (6) operating alone during this stable flight; an air turbine (30) that is mechanically connected to the gas generator (17) of the hybrid turboshaft engine (5) and is suitable for rotating said gas generator (17); means for withdrawing pressurised air from the gas generator (27) of a running turboshaft engine (6); and a duct (31) for routing this withdrawn air to said air turbine (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier Bedrine, Olivier Pierre Descubes
  • Patent number: 10337527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine blade comprising a vane. The vane comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure face and a suction face spaced apart from each other and connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge. The vane further comprises at least one internal cavity between the pressure face and the suction face, wherein air is intended to flow. The vane comprises intersecting transverse partitions, downstream of the cavity, so that air can flow from the cavity in the direction of the trailing edge between the intersecting partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Mahias, Olivier Chantoiseau, Laurent Gilles Dezouche
  • Patent number: 10337352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbine engine casing (1), characterized in that said method includes the steps of: manufacturing (E1) a plurality of sectors (2), at least one portion of the sectors (2) being manufactured by casting and including, on the surface thereof, fastening elements (3) produced during the casting step, assembly bands (8) being produced at the ends of the sectors (2) during the step of manufacturing the sectors (2) by casting, by means of which the sectors (2) can be assembled; and assembling (E2) the sectors (2) end-to-end such as to form a ring (5) of the casing (1). The invention also relates to a turbine engine casing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Margaux Justine Emma Dubois, Erwan Pierre Antoine Perse, Valentine Bader, Jean-Pierre Trzebski
  • Patent number: 10337333
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a turbomachine, including a vane extending in a spanwise direction between a root and a tip, a first inner side cavity running along a pressure-side wall and a second inner side cavity running along a suction-side wall. The blade further includes at least one inner central duct configured to collect air intended to cool the vane. The central duct extends between the side cavities, being separated from the side cavities to be at least partially thermally isolated from the pressure-side wall and the suction-side wall. The side cavities communicate with each other in a junction region located downstream from the central duct, over a majority of a height of the central duct in the spanwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Charlotte Marie Dujol, Patrice Eneau
  • Patent number: 10339729
    Abstract: A method for detecting an increase in the rotor speed of a low-pressure turbine of a detection of an increase in the rating of a low-pressure turbine of a reactor of an aircraft reactor during a cruising flight phase, is provided. The method includes: measuring the rotor speed of the low-pressure turbine via a sensor; determining a rotor speed gradient of the low-pressure turbine from the measured rotor speed; comparing the determined rotor speed gradient to a reference rotor speed gradient; determining a positive or negative indication that the aircraft is under cruising phase conditions from flight parameters of the aircraft; and activating an alarm if the determined rotor speed gradient is higher than the reference rotor speed gradient and if the received indication is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexandre Patrick Jacques Roger Everwyn, Arnaud Rodhain
  • Patent number: 10336464
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly includes an engine, a nacelle surrounding the engine, and a system for extinguishing a fire that may occur in the engine and/or in the nacelle. The extinguishing system has means for supplying an extinguishant to at least one extinguishant distribution pipe which opens into a cavity of the engine and/or a cavity of the nacelle. The extinguishing system also includes means for supplying said at least one pipe with air so as to ventilate the or each cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pierrick Charlemagne, Delphine Leroux
  • Patent number: 10338540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for optimized global management of a power network of an aircraft comprising a plurality of items of power equipment, characterized in that it comprises a module 40 for selecting at least one optimization objective (19) from a plurality of predetermined objectives, a module (42) for receiving equipment data, a module (41) for receiving aircraft data, and a module (43) for determining operating setpoints (22) of the power equipment from equipment data (21) and aircraft data (20) which is suitable for achieving at least one selected optimization objective (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Fabien Mercier-Calvairac, Antoine Drachsler, Romain Thiriet
  • Patent number: 10336442
    Abstract: A turbine engine for a helicopter, the helicopter including a main gearbox, a rotor, and a speed-reducing device housed entirely within the main gearbox of the helicopter while also being connected to the rotor, the turbine engine including a casing, a gas generator with a gas generator shaft, and a free turbine for being driven in rotation by a gas stream generated by the gas generator, the free turbine including a free turbine shaft. When the turbine engine is fastened to the gearbox of the helicopter, the free turbine shaft extends axially into the main gearbox of the helicopter to be connected directly to the speed-reducing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier Bedrine, Gerard Paty
  • Patent number: 10337413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow limiter which comprises a body (1) comprising a fluid intake (2) and a fluid outlet (3), in which body a pipe (5) for circulating the fluid is provided, comprising a series of chambers having different cross-sections, connected to the fluid intake as well as to the fluid outlet, the pipe being generally tubular, and the pipe having a bottom which has a regular curve so that the pipe does not have one or more areas that retain the fluid circulating in the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Damien Falgareiro, Elisa Bariteau, Elise Thory, Pascal Rizzo, Alexis Longin
  • Patent number: 10338560
    Abstract: A flight control system of an aircraft including a first processing unit, a second processing unit, communication means configured to establish a first two-way digital link and as second two-way digital link between the first processing unit and the second processing unit. The second link is redundant with the first link, and the first link and second link are likely to be active concomitantly. The system further includes backup communication means enabling data exchanges between the first processing unit and the second processing unit in the case of a failure in the first link and second link. The backup communication means includes an array of sensors or actuators and/or a secure onboard network for the avionics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Celine Liu, Nicolas Marti, Stephen Langford
  • Patent number: 10337740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supporting and centring a fuel injector in a turbine engine combustion chamber, which includes means for centring a fuel injector along an axis, which are movable in a plane that is radial to the centring axis (52) in supporting means intended for being attached to the bottom of an annular chamber (18). According to the invention, the centring means include at least two radially external tabs (54, 56) each inserted respectively in a circumferential recess (60, 64) of the supporting means, the device including circumferential abutment means (78, 80, 74, 76, 82, 86, 84, 88) of the radial tabs (54, 56) of the centring means in the circumferential recesses (60, 64), the circumferential abutment means being configured such as to enable a greater angular displacement of a first (54, 154) one of the radial tabs in a first circumferential recess (60) relative to a second (56, 156) one of the radial tabs in a second circumferential recess (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pierre-François Simon Paul Pireyre, Brice Le Pannerer, Laurent Bernard Cameriano
  • Publication number: 20190195090
    Abstract: A bearing suspension device includes first and second elastically flexible members extending in an axial direction; and first and second thrust points that are movable in the axial direction and that are in radial contact respectively with the first and second elastically flexible members. The bearing suspension device is configured to transmit a radial force by the first elastically flexible member bending between the first thrust point and a first end of the first elastically flexible member, and also to transmit the radial force by the second elastically flexible member bending between the second thrust point and a first end of the second elastically flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Yanis Benslama, Serge Benyamin, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim
  • Publication number: 20190194800
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method tor protecting a hafnium-free, nickel-based monocrystalline superalloy part (1) against corrosion and oxidation. Said method is characterized in that it involves at least the steps of: -manufacturing a hafnium-free, nickel-based monocrystalline superalloy part (1); -depositing a first hafnium-containing layer (2), an undercoat made of an alloy containing at least 10 atom % aluminum, and a second hafnium-containing layer on the part (1) such that a mixed layer (3) is formed, and depositing a third hafnium-containing layer (4) on the part (1); -performing a diffusion treatment in order for the first (2) and third (4) layers to diffuse such that a first interdiffusion region (21) is formed on the top portion of the part (1) and a second interdiffusion region (41) is formed on the surface of the mixed layer (3); -subjecting the second interdiffusion region (41) to an oxidation treatment so as to obtain a hafnium-doped alumina layer (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Amar SABOUNDJI, Virginie JAQUET
  • Publication number: 20190195170
    Abstract: The turbojet comprises, linking two of its parts (1, 2) as a main nacelle portion and a rear nacelle portion, a device (4) which moves them relative to one another, for example in order to open a reverse gas thrust slot (3). The device (4) comprises a sleeve (5) and two rods (6, 7) which are coaxial connected together by two screw links (8, 9) and two locking means (10, 11) which may be engaged independently, such that the deployment of one of the rods (6) results in the opening of the slot (3) and the movement of the other rod (7), controlled by the same device (12), only occurs under specific turbojet maintenance circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS, Quentin Matthias Emmanuel Granaud, Antoine Elie Hellegouarch, Martial Alexandre Monseu, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton
  • Publication number: 20190195737
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control method of a measurement supplied by a first turbomachine sensor (20), by means of a first channel (3), and by a second turbomachine sensor (22), by means of a second communication channel (4), and also comprising the steps of: acquisition of a first signal from the first communication channel (3), and of a second signal from the second communication channel (4), determination of a validity status of each of the acquired signals, and transmission of a signal to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Thierry Gwenael Esteve, Thierry Gilian Antonio
  • Publication number: 20190197211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating (100) stress intensity factors (FIC) in a numerically modelled part, in the context of a fatigue crack propagation model, comprising the following steps: —(E2): obtaining, from a numerical model of the part to be analysed (20), a plurality of values simulated at various points of the part to be analysed (20), —(E3): determining a converted value (?K) of the effective stress intensity amplitude corresponding to a straight front of a planar crack, as well as a converted length (a) of the crack corresponding to a planar crack with a straight front, said converted values being determined by equalisation of the energy dissipated in the three-dimensional crack of the numerical model and the energy dissipated in the crack of a standard model of a planar crack with a straight front, —(E4): interpolating converted values of effective stress intensity factor amplitude between two successive converted lengths (a), —(E5): storing the converted values of effective stress in
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Raulé Fernando DE MOURA PINHO, Didier José Diego SORIA
  • Publication number: 20190195076
    Abstract: A blade pitch measuring device of an un-ducted fan of a turbomachine, the fan including a hub, at least one platform rotatable with respect to the hub and at least one blade mounted on the platform, the device includes at least one first visual marker attached to the platform, at least one second visual marker attached to the hub, the first and the second visual marker forming a pattern which evolves depending on the pitch of the blade, and at least one optical acquisition device, the optical acquisition device being configured to capture an image of the pattern so as to deduce from it the pitch of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Gilles POLO FILISAN, Titouan Alexis Andre Roger BOUILLARD, Jerome DIAS, Fabien Julien MOURIES