Patents Assigned to SAFRAN
  • Patent number: 11591930
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular assembly for a dual-flow turbomachine having a longitudinal axis (A) and comprising a casing (12) with an annular shell (14), one face of which supports a piece of annular equipment, a plurality of means of attachment (18) for attaching the equipment to the annular shell (14) being distributed around the longitudinal axis (A) and allowing the equipment (16) a degree of freedom in the tangential direction relative to the annular shell (14), characterised in that each means of attachment (18) comprises a rail (20) integral with the annular equipment (16) and arranged radially between a first radially internal plate (22) and a second, radially external plate (24) and capable of sliding in the tangential direction between the first plate (22) and the second plate (24), and in that a removable support element (56) is securely connected to the annular shell and to the first plate (22) and second plate (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lancelot Guillou, Stéphane Louis Lucien Auberger
  • Patent number: 11591913
    Abstract: A variable-pitch bladed disc including a plurality of blades, each at a variable pitch in relation to a rotation axis of the blade and each having a root, the plurality of blades including at least one first blade and at least one second blade, a plurality of rotor connecting shafts, each having a root and a tip, each root being mounted at the tip of a corresponding rotor connecting shaft by way of a pivot so as to allow each blade to rotate about the blade rotation axis, the first blade having a first blade inclination, such that the first blade is inclined in a fixed manner with respect to the blade rotation axis of the first blade, and the second blade having a second blade inclination different from the first blade inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clement Marcel Maurice Dejeu, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin, Mathieu Simon Paul Gruber
  • Patent number: 11591089
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin includes an upper deck, and a cargo area. The cargo area is configured to accommodate at least one passenger and is situated at a different level than the upper deck. An accessway provides access between the upper deck and the cargo area. The upper deck has, at least locally, a raised floor in the vicinity of the accessway so that at least one part of the cargo area has a ceiling height higher than the ceiling height of the rest of the area cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien Sivignon, Etienne Marecal, Claude Martin, Ramon Blauwhoff
  • Patent number: 11591959
    Abstract: A heater that inhibits the formation of ice in an air gap separating a stationary stator and a rotatable rotor of a rotating machine. The heater includes a plurality of stringers configured to be arranged in associated winding slots of the associated stator adjacent the air gap, and extending between two ends of the heater. Each of the stringers includes two electrical resistance heating traces arranged between two electrical insulation layers that are arranged between two thermal conduction layers. The traces extend along an entire length of each of the stringers between the two ends of the heater. The traces are electrically isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Fakult, William Wessel, Thomas Berry
  • Patent number: 11591970
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for holding an epicyclic gear train in a turbomachine comprising an annular housing in which are engaged a first annular part and a second annular part which are locked against rotation in the housing by first annular interlocking means and second annular interlocking means, respectively, wherein the first annular interlocking means are configured to allow a first circumferential clearance between the first annular part and the housing, the second annular interlocking means are configured to allow a second circumferential clearance between the second annular part and the housing, and the first circumferential clearance is strictly less than the second circumferential clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre, François Marie Paul Marlin
  • Patent number: 11591987
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine, including a fan that is able to rotate inside a casing, and an electric machine including a rotor secured to the fan and a stator secured to the casing, wherein the rotor of the electric machine includes a ring that is able to rotate inside the stator, which is linked by arms to a cone mounted upstream from the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Loic Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent Francois Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11591090
    Abstract: Passenger seats having improved comfort emergency egress solutions for mini suites or other types of passenger seats that have a privacy screen, wall, or sliding door that divides the passenger seat from the aisle area or other common area. Specific embodiments find particular use on-board passenger transportation vehicles, such as aircraft, where comfort and privacy must be balanced with safety and federal regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Safran Seats USA LLC, Sanfran Seats
    Inventors: Bastien Bonnefoy, Arthur K. Glain, Victor Carlioz, Matthew Cleary, Eric O. Freienmuth, Patrick Herault, Christopher La Montagna
  • Publication number: 20230059040
    Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of an aluminum or aluminum alloy part configured for use in the aviation sector, includes the steps of: i) subjecting said part to an anodization step; ii) treating the anodized part with a post-anodization sealing method according to the invention; and optionally iii) applying one or more layer(s) of paint; or optionally iv) applying a hard anodic oxidation treatment to at least some of the functional areas of the part. A part made of aluminum or aluminum alloy is treated with a post-anodization sealing method, optionally includes one or more layer(s) of paints or optionally having, on certain functional areas, a hard anodic oxidation treatment, wherein the part is configured for use in the aviation sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Virginie RELLAND, Myriam AUGROS, Philippe BAYARD, Benjamin MOULS, Aimé RAMAKISTIN
  • Publication number: 20230057555
    Abstract: A rotor vane for an aircraft turbine engine includes a blade extending between an inner platform and an outer platform which carries at least one projecting lip. The blade has a lower surface and an upper surface, and the outer platform includes, on the side of the lower and upper surfaces, lateral edges configured to cooperate in a form-fitting manner with complementary lateral edges of adjacent vanes. Each of the lateral edges has an anti-wear coating, and one of the lateral edges forms a hollow tip (P) with a bowl configured to receive the coating and further including a first concave cylindrical surface portion, the geometric dimensions of which are optimized to limit the risk of cracks appearing when the coating is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MALLAT-DESMORTIERS, Peter Shamma JEANTY, Eric Jacques DELCOIGNE, Edouard Emmanuel GARREAU, Thomas TSASSIS, Samuel Laurent Noël Mathieu JUGE, Lucas Geoffrey DESBOIS
  • Publication number: 20230058042
    Abstract: A dual flow turbine engine includes at least one lubricant tank located in an annular space of the turbine engine body and at least one hatch which is provided on an external cowling of a nacelle, for filling the tank. The tank is configured to be filled, by means of a removable tubular pipe inserted from the hatch into the tank, through canisters. One of the canisters includes a first interface through which the pipe is configured to pass, and another canister includes a second interface for connecting the pipe to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Claire Alexia BERGO
  • Publication number: 20230059782
    Abstract: A device for attaching a connecting rod small end for a thrust reversal cascade flap onto a fixed internal structure of a turbojet engine nacelle includes a fitting configured to be fixed to the internal structure and a connection interface forming a joint between the connecting rod small end and the fitting. The device further includes a removable fork configured to cooperate with the connection interface, wherein the fork and the connection interface are arranged inside the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Xavier CAZUC, Jean-Phillipe JORET
  • Publication number: 20230057973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaft for a propulsion system configured to rotate a reducing mechanism about a rotational axis, the shaft comprising: —a first end configured to engage with an input gear of the reducing mechanism, —a first bellows and a second bellows, the first bellows and the second bellows being rotationally symmetrical about the rotational axis, the first bellows extending between the first end and the second bellows, and —a frustoconical body mechanically connecting the first bellows and the second bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Didier Gabriel Bertrand DESOMBRE, Paul FELIOT
  • Patent number: 11585292
    Abstract: An outer shroud of an intermediate casing for a dual flow turbine engine for an aircraft, the shroud including: an annular downstream portion provided with a shroud opening passing through an annular downstream edge of the shroud; a connecting member (50) attached to the annular downstream portion, and intended to attach an arm that passes through a secondary flow path; an air-sealing and fire-resistance device including: a portion including: a pad arranged in a hollow annular area of the annular downstream edge of the shroud; a blade protruding from the pad and clamped between a circumferential end and the radially outer end of the arm, a leaf spring (pressing the pad into the hollow annular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bruno Alexandre Didier Jacon, Baghdad Achbari, Thomas Claude Broage, Florent Robert André Godin, Joël François Roudil, Hervé Simonotti
  • Patent number: 11585229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bladed disk (1) of a fan, comprising: a hub (10) comprising an outer radial platform (13) designed so as to define an inner gas flow stream in the turbomachine, a plurality of blades (20) comprising a root (23) connected to the platform (13), a leading edge (21) and a trailing edge (22), a groove formed in the platform (13) around part of the root (23) of each blade (20) in an area adjacent to the leading edge (21) and/or the trailing edge (22), and a joint (30) placed in the groove (15) in such a way that it extends in the extension of the radially outer face (14) of the platform (13) in order to ensure a continuity of the inner flow stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurent Jablonski, François Jean Comin, Philippe Gérard Edmond Joly, Jean-Marc Claude Perrollaz, Anthony Lafitte, Rémi Roland Robert Mercier
  • Patent number: 11584274
    Abstract: Described are modular leg assemblies for passenger seats. The modular leg assemblies can include a universal first leg member, a universal second leg member, a size specific member, and a universal seat frame tube receptor. The universal first leg member may be coupled to a first seat track fitting. The universal second leg member may be coupled to a second seat track fitting. The size specific member may be coupled to the universal first leg member and to the universal second leg member. At least one of the universal second leg member or the universal seat frame tube receptor can include a set of attachment points for coupling the universal seat frame tube receptor to the universal second leg member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LL C
    Inventor: Reza Mansouri
  • Patent number: 11585236
    Abstract: A bearing support designed to be secured to a stationary turbojet element for supporting a journal, including a cone which widens from a central portion for supporting the journal to a portion for securing to the stationary element, a cylindrical body extending the portion for securing to the stationary element while surrounding the cone, an upstream skirt carried by the cone for defining an upstream enclosure for the central portion, and at least one downstream revolution element carried by the cone for defining a downstream enclosure for the central portion. The bearing support can be made as a single part produced by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Dimitri Daniel Gabriel Marquie, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Frédéric Patard, Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge
  • Patent number: 11585241
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine turbine includes at least one ring sector made of CMC material and a support casing including an upstream flange and a downstream flange between which each ring sector is disposed, each ring sector including a base that has a radially external face from which radially extend two lugs, the lugs of each ring sector being retained between the two flanges of the support casing by axial pins each engaged in one of the flanges of the ring support casing and in the lug of the ring sector facing said flange, the assembly further including, for each ring sector, at least one radial retaining pin screwed into the support casing and coming to radially bear against a lug of the at least one ring sector to retain it in position, and anti-rotation system for rotationally locking the radial retaining pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clément Jarrossay, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Nicolas Paul Tableau, Hubert Jean-Yves Illand
  • Patent number: 11585237
    Abstract: A system for the axial retention of a holding ring for a bearing for guiding in rotation a rotary shaft of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes an annular bearing support and a bearing holding ring that is borne by the annular bearing support. The bearing holder ring includes an upstream ring configured to be brought into contact with the bearing support and a downstream ring that is elastically deformable. The bearing support has a first axial retention element, and the bearing holding ring has a second axial retention element. The first and second axial retention elements are configured to cooperate with one another to axially retain the bearing holding ring in the event of damage to the downstream ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Lima, Boucif Bensalah, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin Matos, Valentin Olivier Jean-Jacques Quesnel
  • Patent number: 11585230
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a stator (1) and a rotor (2) rotatable relative to the stator (1) about an axis, the rotor (2) comprising blades each ×comprising a vane (3) connected to a radially inner platform (5), a block of abradable material (6) extending radially inwardly from the radially inner platform (5) the stator (1) having a shroud comprising an annular area (9), at least one lug (12) extending radially outwardly from said annular area (9), the radially outer end of the lug (12) cooperating with the block of abradable material (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse George, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet
  • Publication number: 20230048426
    Abstract: An electrical assembly for an aeronautical turbomachine, including an electric machine configured to be disposed in a turbomachine and comprising a stator and a rotor comprising magnets, the assembly including a short-circuit detecting means, a hot air injecting means configured to draw hot air off the turbomachine at a temperature greater than the temperature of demagnetization of the magnets of the rotor, and to inject the drawn hot air onto the magnets of said rotor when the short-circuit detecting means detects the presence of a short-circuit in the electric machine, and a cool air injecting means, configured to draw cool air off the turbomachine and to inject it into an inner chamber of the turbomachine, the temperature of the cool air drawn by the cool air injecting means being less than the temperature of the hot air drawn by the hot air injecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventor: Nawal JALJAL