Patents Assigned to Techspace Aero, S.A.
  • Publication number: 20100322763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbomachine rectifier comprising an outer ring (5) and a plurality of stator vanes (2), said vanes comprising a platform (9) and a blade (12), wherein said method comprises at least the following steps: a) first folds (7) are draped over a core comprising perforations and having the shape of the aerodynamic flow; b) optionally, the first folds (7) are cut along incisions (8) placed opposite the perforations of the core; c) the blades (12) of the vanes or, alternatively, the blades (12) of the vane preforms, are inserted through the incisions (8) of the first folds (7) and through the perforations of the core; d) last folds (10) are draped over the platforms (9) thus forming a rectifier preform; e) a resin is injected into a closed mold with the preform and the resin-impregnated preform is polymerized; f) a molded piece, essentially having the shape and dimensions of said rectifier, is retrieved from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.
    Inventors: Enrique Penalver Castro, Benoit Baldewijns
  • Publication number: 20100213010
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a lubrication system in a closed circuit provided with a valve comprising a first position and a second position, as well as an IN inlet, a first BP outlet and a second M outlet, said IN inlet being connected to the outlet of the feed pump, the first BP outlet being connected to the bypass circuit and the second M outlet being connected to the feed circuit. In the first position of the valve, the flow entering via the IN inlet is diverted to the first BP outlet and in the second position, the incoming flow is diverted to the second M outlet, said valve switching from the first position to the second position and vice versa, when the incoming flow rate exceeds a predetermined threshold upwards and downwards respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Marc Monfort, Oliver Descubes, Sébastien Detry
  • Publication number: 20100162889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined machine for pumping and separating into two distinct and purified phases a two-phase liquid/gas mixture or fluid, preferably oil/air, entering the machine, comprising means for the suction, pumping and partial separation of the two-phase fluid, means for drying and extracting the separated gas and means for degassing and forcing back the separated liquid, comprising at least three physically separated stages (A,B,C) intended to be activated by a means that is internal or external to the machine, and built into a single casing: a first stage (A), equipped with an intake for the two-phase fluid, in which the two-phase fluid is sucked, pumped and partially separated into two distinct phases, one phase being mainly liquid and the other being mainly gaseous; a second stage (B), comprising two zones: a first zone in which the mainly liquid phase extracted from the first stage (A) is degassed, and a second zone in which the mainly gaseous phase extracted from the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Nicolas Raimarckers
  • Publication number: 20100159762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method for manufacturing layer by layer a composite part with rotational symmetry and complex cross-section, comprising the following stages: a) a reel or roll comprising a reinforcement is continuously unwound; b) as an option, the reinforcement is impregnated with a liquid resin by passing through a bath; c) the impregnated reinforcement is wound onto a rotating cylindrical mandrel; d) the impregnated reinforcement is completely or partially polymerised in order to obtain a composite material; e) a support and/or support material is deposited on both sides of the composite material forming the part being manufactured in such a way as to fill the gaps surrounding said part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Laurent, Georges Duchaine
  • Publication number: 20100158685
    Abstract: Guide vane stage of a turbine engine comprising a series of fixed blades connecting an inner collar to an outer collar, characterised in that said fixed blades comprise attachment platforms with flat surfaces that co-operate with a plurality of juxtaposed flat facets, said flat facets being located on the inner face of the outer collar in order to ensure attachment with a contact of a flat/flat type between the fixed blades and the outer collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A
    Inventors: Rodolphe Lebrun, Alain Derclaye
  • Publication number: 20090159139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an installation for lubricating and/or cooling in an aircraft engine comprising an oil tank (3), a main feed pipe (6) feeding a main pump (1) supplying a flow in a discharge line from the main pump (7) to one or several systems (2) to be lubricated and/or cooled, wherein the installation comprises a feed pipe for an auxiliary pump (8) fitted in parallel onto the main pipe (6) and connected to an auxiliary feed pump (1A), the latter supplying a flow in a discharge line from the auxiliary pump (8A) connected by a three-way circuit on the one hand to a non-return valve (4A) directed towards the main discharge line (7), and on the other hand to a hydraulically-operated (9) recirculation valve (5), in order to divert the flow from the auxiliary feed pump (1A) into a return line (8B) directly towards the tank (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Nicolas Raimarckers, Bernard Simeon
  • Publication number: 20090159246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchange system in a turbine engine comprising a number of units and equipment (10,20) to be cooled and/or lubricated, sais system comprising at least two distinct oil circuits (2,3) to cool and/or lubricate said equipment (10,20), characterized in that said system is configured to put said oil circuits (2,3) in thermal contact with each other on the one hand and with a fluid playing the part of a cold source on the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Nicolas Raimarckers, Denis Bajusz
  • Publication number: 20090164056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for calculating the oil consumption and autonomy associated with the lubrication system of an airplane engine during flights, preferably a turbine engine, on the basis of the measurement of the oil level in the tank of said lubrication system, allowing to manage the refills and maintenance and to detect either abnormal consumption or insufficient autonomy, characterised by at least one of the following methods: comparing different engines of the airplane and possibly a reference value, the engines used for said comparison being in more or less identical condition, in order to detect abnormal oil consumption; taking into account one or more interference effects that affect said oil level in the tank, these being linked at least to the thermal expansion in the tank, to the “gulping” and to the attitude and acceleration, in order to deduce the modification to the oil level due to a decrease in the total quantity of oil available as a result of said interference effect
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Nicolas Raimarckers, Denis Bajusz
  • Publication number: 20080264726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine comprising an air compressor (3) and a lubrication circuit with an oil tank (1), said oil tank (1) being possibly isolated from the rest of the lubrication circuit (4,4A; 6,6A) by means of an isolation valve (7), wherein the isolation valve (7) is configured so as to: operate, i.e. to close and open respectively as the engine (2) stops and starts; remain open when the engine (2) is running; remain closed when the engine (2) is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Cornet, Marc Mon Fort
  • Patent number: 7323103
    Abstract: A multifunctional shutting device for a lubrication filter includes a safety device with triple valve shutting. The safety device includes a first valve for closing the oil intake in the filter with a view to dismantle the filter, a second bypass valve that opens when the filter is blocked and a third valve that opens in the event of excess pressure in the hydraulic circuit. The multiple valve structure is particularly applicable to the lubrication system in an aircraft engine but can be used in other hydraulic circuits subject to similar issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventor: Bernard Pierret
  • Publication number: 20060226061
    Abstract: A multifunctional shutting device for a lubrication filter includes a safety device with triple valve shutting. The safety device includes a first valve for closing the oil intake in the filter with a view to dismantle the filter, a second bypass valve that opens when the filter is blocked and a third valve that opens in the event of excess pressure in the hydraulic circuit. The multiple valve structure is particularly applicable to the lubrication system in an aircraft engine but can be used in other hydraulic circuits subject to similar issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: TECHSPACE AERO S.A.
    Inventor: Bernard Pierret
  • Patent number: 7111821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug valve comprising a valve body and a shutter that can be actuated, in the form of a segment of a sphere provided with a mobile shaft in rotation and/or translation, said valve also comprising a double-barrier sealing system at the level of said shaft, said valve being characterised in that the joints of said double-barrier sealing system are maintained in place relative to the shaft by a single lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventor: Christophe Promper
  • Patent number: 7083159
    Abstract: This invention relates to a shutter device for the precision control of a flow, comprising at least one organ for shutting a section for the passage of a flow, the motion of which is proportional to that of an actuator controlling it, wherein said device comprises at least two shutter organs controlled by the actuator by means of a transmission allowing to obtain slightly different proportionality coefficients for the motion of said organs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Promper, Thomas Badinand
  • Patent number: 7055542
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flap valve with a shutter and a pneumatic actuator that is integrated into the valve, said actuator comprising a metal bellow interdependent with the shutter, wherein said bellow is directly welded onto an intermediate flange downstream from the valve and directly onto the shutter at the level of an end part upstream from the valve. The invention also relates to the use of such a valve as an isolating stop valve in the aerospace sector, preferably at high or cryogenic temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Techspace Aero, S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Delobel, Yves Defloo, Thomas Servais
  • Patent number: 6695478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing for maintaining an inner mobile structural component with revolution symmetry, rotating inside an outer structural component, which is itself fixed or mobile, said bearing comprising a set of balls and at least one joining member which provides the mechanical contact between said balls and said outer structural component, said bearing also comprising a pressurized-oil damper known as a “squeeze film” damper, arranged at the annular contact surface between said joining member and the outer structural component, said bearing comprising at least two annular elastic seals, each arranged in a groove, at the edges of said annular contact surface, wherein the annular elastic seals are U-shaped lip seals, the hollow space of which is directed towards the “squeeze film”, or are E-type seals, the hollow spaces of which are directed towards the “squeeze film”, the leakproofing for each seal being ensured by the contact between said seal and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Mathieu Bos, Sébastien Ryhon
  • Patent number: 6655912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a guide vane stage of a compressor comprising an outer ring and an inner ring, which are both concentric and preferably circular. The rings are connected to each other via a series of fixed vanes, and are characterized in that at least the inner ring is provided with holes or apertures which allows one of the ends of the vanes to pass through these holes or apertures. The vanes also have at their end a second aperture intended to allow the passage of a retaining and rigidifying component having an elastic function, in order to hold them in pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventor: Mathieu Bos
  • Patent number: 6644016
    Abstract: A process for collecting oxygen-enriched air during a phase of aerobic flight of a space launch for combustion inside at least one cryotechnic rocket engine is provided. The launch rocket comprises at least one turbofan. The turbofan comprises a high-pressure spool comprising a high pressure compressor, a combustion chamber, turbines, and a low-pressure spool surrounding the high-pressure spool. The spools comprise a blower for collecting the external fluid in the form of a main flow and a derived flow. The main flow follows compression, combustion and depressurization in the turbofan engine. The derived flow is separated into oxygen-enriched air and oxygen-depleted air. The oxygen-enriched air is stored for combustion in a rocket engine, while the oxygen-depleted air is ejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Frans Breugelmans, Patrick Hendrick, Benoît Marquet, Marc Strengnart
  • Patent number: 6626574
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a bearing for maintaining an inner mobile structural component with a revolution symmetry, rotating inside an outer structural component, which is itself fixed or mobile, said bearing comprising a set of balls or rollers and at least an outer race which provides the mechanical contact between said balls or rollers and said outer structural component, said bearing also comprising a pressurized-oil damper known as a “squeeze film” damper, arranged at the annular contact surface between said outer race and the outer structural component, characterized in that each side surface of the outer race is in contact with a side seal having an annular form, said seals being securely fastened to the outer race by means of a series of anti-rotation fixing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventors: Mathieu Bos, Sébastien Ryhon
  • Patent number: 6595747
    Abstract: A guide vane stage of a compressor comprising an outer ring and an inner ring, both of which are concentric and preferably circular is provided. The rings are connected to each other via a series of fixed vanes, characterized in that at least one of the rings is provided with a series of holes or apertures which allow the vanes to pass through these holes or apertures. The fixed vanes also have, at at least one of their ends, an aperture to allow at least one locking element to pass through, making it possible to simultaneously securely fasten all the present in the guide vane stage, on the non-functional side of the ring. The end of the fixed vanes through which the locking element passes is buried in an elastomeric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventor: Mathieu Bos
  • Patent number: 6543818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an axisymmetric structural component, one of the ends of which is fitted with an inner circular flange for assembling, by bolting. The axisymmetric structural component with a second axisymmetric structural component. The flange comprises housings for receiving fixing elements such as bolts, pins or threaded rods. The housings are arranged on the circumference of the said flange at regular intervals. Each housing is, in longitudinal section (A—A) along a plane passing through the rotational axis of the component, T-shaped and consists of a first essentially cylindrical portion which is longitudinally open on the inner face (x) of the axisymmetric structural component and transversely open on the contact face (y) of the flange in the assembly. A second essentially semi-cylindrical portion is mounted on the flange which is also longitudinally open on the inner face (x) of the said structural component having an essentially D-shaped transverse section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Techspace Aero S.A., Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Frédéric Leman, Guy Vieillefond, Mathieu Bos, Sébastien Ryhon