Patents Assigned to Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Consrtuction de Moteurs d'Aviation “SNECMA”
  • Fuel circuit with protected main filter
    Patent number: 6251270
    Abstract: A main filter for an airplane fuel circuit or a fuel circuit for any type of mechanism, the filter having a first and second entry, which go directly into a chamber containing a filtering unit, the first entry receiving the fuel at a temperature essentially equal to that of the second entry which receives a hotter fuel which has passed through a heat exchanger. The filter prevents clogging due to ice formation on the filtering unit of the filter or at least inhibits such clogging. A fuel circuit using such a filter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Consrtuction de Moteurs d'Aviation “SNECMA”
    Inventors: Marie Trinité Blot-Carretero, Jean-Marie Brocard