Patents Assigned to SAFRAN
  • Patent number: 10266162
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling the braking of an aircraft equipped with a landing gear bearing braked wheels, the aircraft being propelled by jet engines and equipped with a thrust reversal system, the method involving the steps of estimating the grip/adhesion of the braked wheels and activating the thrust-reversal system or modulating the reverse-thrust generated by the thrust-reversal system if this system is already activated, based on the estimated grip/adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: Safran Nacelles, Safran Landing Systems
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Hakim Maalioune, François Taillard, Denis Jontef, Marie-Laure De-Crescenzo, Jean-François Hammann
  • Patent number: 10268196
    Abstract: A method for controlling an aircraft taxiing system, comprising the steps of: generating a nominal load command (Comm_nom); generating an acceleration setpoint (Cons_a); implementing, in parallel with the generation of the nominal load command, a processing chain (7) comprising a regulation loop (Br), the regulation loop (Br) having for its setpoint the acceleration setpoint (Cons_a) and for its command an acceleration command (Comm_a), the acceleration command being converted into an acceleration load (Eff_a), a maximum load threshold being equal to the maximum of the acceleration load (Eff_a) and a minimum load threshold (Seuil_min); and generating an optimized load command (Comm_opt) equal to the minimum of the nominal load command and the maximum load threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Gorce, Julien Marques
  • Patent number: 10267155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (100) for intentionally mistuning a turbine blade of a turbomachine (10), by providing raised portions (31) or slots (32), the position of which is calculated on the basis of a vibration analysis of the disk (steps a) to d)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Roger Felipe Montes Parra
  • Patent number: 10267154
    Abstract: The turbine (1) has a rotor (2) with blades (4) arranged on a periphery of disks (5) in radial planes (3), and a tie rod (6) extending along slots (7) in the disks. An annular spacer (15, 15?) fixes a position of the tie rod relative to a center line (M) of the disks, and is arranged in a channel (10, 11). The spacer has through-openings, which are arranged radially relative to the tie rod or to its center line, and extend coaxially. The channel carries a cooling medium and is limited by a separating pipe (13, 14) radially outwards. The through-openings serve for flow of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Maurice Guy Judet, Cecile Marie Emilienne Alirot, Alexandre Xavier Bossaert, Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin, Christian Michel Jacques Gosselin, Axel Sylvain Loic Thomas
  • Patent number: 10267265
    Abstract: An obtaining step for obtaining a measurement of the monitored parameter as measured by a sensor and corresponding to an operating point of the engine, the operating point being defined by at least one regulation parameter of the engine; an estimation step for estimating a value of the monitored parameter for this operating point on the basis of a regulated value or a filtered setpoint value of the at least one regulation parameter of the engine defining the operating point; a comparison step for comparing an error between the measurement of the monitored parameter and its estimate relative to at least one threshold determined on the basis of an uncertainty on the error evaluated for the operating point; and a notification step for sending a notification in the event of the at least one threshold being crossed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Romet, Serge Le Gonidec, Dimitri Malikov, Jonathan Gazagnes
  • Patent number: 10266277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (2) for generating non-propulsive energy in an aircraft, including: an auxiliary power unit (20) including a gas turbine (21) and a fuel cell (22); a pathway (23) for the intake of outside air into the aircraft; an exhaust pipe (24) of the gas turbine, the system being characterized in that the air intake pathway (23) includes a pipe (230) for cooling the fuel pipe, in that the pipe is in fluid communication with the exhaust pipe (24) of the gas turbine such that the ejection of the gas from the gas turbine into the exhaust pipe causes a suction of the air outside the aircraft into the cooling pipe (230) by Venturi effect. The invention also relates to a method for generating non-propulsive energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Jean-Francoise Rideau, Stephane Vaillant
  • Patent number: 10266254
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft landing gear (2) comprising:—a leg (6) having a first leg portion (8) that can be pivotably connected to a load-bearing structure of the aircraft (1) in order for the landing gear (2) to be deployed and retracted, and a second leg portion (9) that is rotatable in relation to the first leg portion (8);—a wheel (13, 14) that is rotatable in relation to the second leg portion (9), and an electric motor (15, 16) that can rotate the wheel (13, 14) in relation to the second leg portion (9);—a transmission mechanism (17) designed to selectively transmit torque generated by the electric motor (15, 16) to the wheel (13, 14) in order to rotate the wheel in relation to the second leg portion (9) or to the second leg portion (9) in order to rotate the second leg portion (9) in relation to the first leg portion (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Serge Roques, Francois Guillot
  • Patent number: 10270299
    Abstract: An electric motor stator wherein an annular central part and a yoke surrounding the central part, the central part includes a bundle of laminations delimiting poles, wherein the bundle of laminations includes a plurality of first laminations each containing portions forming a pole part that are joined by an annular internal portion, second laminations each forming a pole part being mounted between the first laminations, the first laminations being spaced apart from one another at a predetermined spacing according to a required inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Bernard Rabret, Jerome Piaton, Thierry Bessede
  • Publication number: 20190112982
    Abstract: Bypass turbine engine, comprising a gas generator surrounded by a nacelle and connected to the latter by tubular arms, a primary flow duct within the gas generator being externally delimited by a first annular casing of the gas generator, and a bypass flow duct of a secondary flow around the gas generator being internally delimited by a second annular casing of the gas generator and externally by a third annular casing of the nacelle, the second and third casings being connected together by at least some of the tubular arms, characterized in that it comprises at least one lubricant tank located in the annular space that extends between the first and second casings, and lubricant supply means of the tank or of each tank that comprise at least one supply line extending from the or each tank to at least one filler opening located at the level of the third casing, passing within at least one of said arms connecting the second and third casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Paul Eichstadt, Nicolas Maurice Hervé Aussedat, Bellal Waissi
  • Publication number: 20190111470
    Abstract: A refractory core (12) for fabricating a hollow turbine engine airfoil (10) using the lost-wax casting technique, the core comprising a main body (14) and at least one shell (16) connected to the main body (14) and defining a cavity (18) between the main body and the shell, the shell (16) being configured to come into contact with the airfoil (10) during fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: David GRANGE, Ngadia Taha NIANE
  • Publication number: 20190112811
    Abstract: A fitting assembly includes a fitting with at least one a pocket. The pocket includes a web extending inward from a perimeter of the pocket, and the web has cutout that defines an inner edge. A stiffener is mounted within the pocket. The stiffener includes a lattice and a coupler that is configured to engage at least a portion of the web to mount the lattice to the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Lee, Owen Minnes
  • Patent number: 10260348
    Abstract: A compressor of an axial turbine engine comprising two rotors or contra-rotating drums, of which an inner rotor and an outer rotor are each provided with blade rows forming a regular alternating pattern. The inner rotor is provided with a radial annular junction fixed to the transmission shaft coming from a turbine. The outer rotor surrounds the inner rotor. The compressor also comprises a rotating bearing linked to the outer rotor and arranged axially level with the radial junction of the inner rotor so as to align the mechanical links axially. This alignment limits the effect of centrifugal force between the clearances between the blades and the walls of the rotors. A transmission with a pinion with a radial rotation axis allows the outer rotor to be driven by the inner rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aero Boosters SA
    Inventor: Cedric Cracco
  • Patent number: 10259169
    Abstract: A method of fastening structural metal reinforcement on a portion of a gas turbine blade made of composite material and an injection mold for performing the method, the method including positioning the structural metal reinforcement in an injection mold, positioning the portion of the blade onto which the structural metal reinforcement is to be fastened in the injection mold, the portion of the blade and the structural metal reinforcement being positioned relative to each other in their final relative position while leaving between them a gap, injecting adhesive into the gap between the structural metal reinforcement and the portion of the blade onto which the structural metal reinforcement is to be fastened, and polymerizing the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thierry Godon, Bruno Jacques Gerard Dambrine, Franck Bernard Leon Varin
  • Patent number: 10260361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine vane comprising a root and a blade including a median main plane having a longitudinal and radial main orientation, which is carried by the root, the blade including a leading edge located at an upstream longitudinal end, a trailing edge located at a longitudinal end downstream of the leading edge with respect to a gas stream flowing around the blade, a lower surface wall and an upper surface wall which are located laterally remote from each other and each connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge, and a top located at the free outer radial end of the blade, the blade further including a fin having a longitudinal main orientation which is carried by the lower surface side, which is located at the top of the blade, wherein the fin is radially inwardly offset with respect to the top of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Erwan Daniel Botrel, Laurent Patrick Robert Coudert
  • Publication number: 20190107125
    Abstract: A jet pump for a system for supplying fluid to a turbomachine. The jet pump includes an active fluid inlet pipe including a tube delimiting the inlet pipe, and a passive fluid inlet pipe that is fluidically separated from the active fluid inlet pipe by the tube. The active fluid inlet pipe includes at least one twisted blade that is positioned within the tube and is configured to make the active fluid rotate with respect to the axis of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Philippe VERTENOEUIL
  • Publication number: 20190109825
    Abstract: A method for the management and maintenance of an aircraft including a zone with a high degree of security, a man-machine interface of the aircraft being included in the zone with a high degree of security and necessary for a maintenance operation to be performed by a maintenance operator on a device of the aircraft to be maintained placed outside the zone with a high degree of security. The method includes: connection of a first device to the high-security zone; connection of a second device to a third device; reception of the first device by the second device of the man-machine interface of the aircraft and transfer of information for display of the man-machine interface of the aircraft to the third device,; and connection of the second device to a server by means of the telecommunication network in order to obtain information from the server intended for the third device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE SAS
    Inventors: Cédric VERRAES, Emmanuel COUTURIER, Lionel ROBIN, Thomas MONOT
  • Publication number: 20190106817
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a preform including a core and a sole. The method includes contour weaving the preform on a lap roller having a groove or an outgrowth allowing shape weaving of the core and the sole of the preform. At least one portion of the core and at least one portion of the sole include weft yarns which cross each other on common warp yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Julien LORRILLARD, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Michel ROGNANT, Benjamin PROVOST
  • Publication number: 20190105857
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a curved composite casing for a turbomachine, notably for a low-pressure compressor of an aircraft turbojet engine, includes the following sequence of steps: (a) draping a preform by automatic placement of carbon fibres on a concave form, referred to as a female form; (b) laying a glass-fibre ply on a convex form, referred to as a male form; (c) transferring the preform onto the convex form, covering the glass-fibre ply on the convex form. Step (b) laying includes a phase (?) of laying a metal strip and/or an epoxy profile on the convex form, then a phase (?) of covering the metal strip with the glass-fibre ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventors: Alain Derclaye, Philippe Berot
  • Publication number: 20190109727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computing unit, a switch connected to the computing unit, a user terminal connected to the switch in such a way that the computing unit, the switch and the user terminal form a communication system with a central architecture, and at least one communication system with a distributed architecture that is connected to the switch. The switch is designed to be used as an intermediate system for the communication system with the central architecture as well as for the communication system with the distributed architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Patrice TOILLON, Francois GUILLOT
  • Publication number: 20190106198
    Abstract: A pitch actuating system for a turbomachine propeller including an actuator having a movable portion configured to be connected to propeller blades for displacement thereof in rotation with respect to the pitch axes of the blades. A first pitch control means for the blades includes a first transmission screw movable in rotation, a first nut traversed by said first transmission screw and configured to cooperate with the blades for their displacement, second means for feathering the blades, which comprise a second fixed transmission screw, a second nut traversed by said second transmission screw and movable in translation on said second nut, and wherein the system is configured so that a translational movement of the second nut causes a translational movement of the first transmission screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Huguette De Wergifosse, Frédéric Brettes