Patents Assigned to Turbomeca
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Publication number: 20170131138Abstract: A turbine engine assembly including a housing and a bladed wheel rotatable within the housing. The bladed wheel includes at least one blade including a head opposite the housing. The head includes a magnet and the housing includes a first and second electrical conductor. Each electrical conductor is configured to generate, across terminals thereof, an electrical voltage induced by the magnet of the head opposite the housing and that represents vibrations to which the head of the blade is subjected when the bladed wheel is rotated. The first electrical conductor includes a first central portion extending around the rotational axis of the bladed wheel and includes two mutually facing ends, and the second electrical conductor includes a second central portion passing through a space left by the first central portion between the two ends thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Arnaud TALON, Jean-Yves CAZAUX, Guillaume CHAUVIN, Julien GARNIER
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Patent number: 9618008Abstract: A diffuser of a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type includes two end plates which enclose a plurality of regularly distributed circumferential blades, and at least one transverse upstream passage produced in lower or upper surfaces of the blades. An injection/withdrawal coupling is achieved by a recirculation of a stream in an air passage of the diffuser on the basis of injection of air from at least one point in a leading edge zone of an upstream side of the diffuser. Blowing of air is then effected in at least one groove formed along a lateral flank of each blade by withdrawal of the air stream in a region of a trailing edge. Thereby, effectively separation of the air in a boundary layer in a gas turbine compressor diffuser is realized by re-energizing the boundary layer with air at a higher pressure by a suction/re-injection coupling.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Jérôme Yves Félix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
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Patent number: 9611862Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary air system for a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type including a rotor presenting an axis of rotation, said compressor being adapted to compress an oxidizer gas. The secondary air system includes an oxidizer gas bleed system arranged in the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Christophe Michel Georges Marcel Brillet, Jerome Yves Felix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
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Patent number: 9592907Abstract: An electrical power supply device for an aircraft on the ground, the device including two electricity generators driven by an auxiliary power unit, wherein the first generator is connected by a selective connection/disconnection mechanism to an aircraft network and to an electrical taxiing network, and is configured to deliver either a first AC voltage to the aircraft network when it is connected to that network, or an AC voltage or a power to the taxiing network when it is connected to that network, and wherein the second generator is connected by the connection/disconnection mechanism to the aircraft network to deliver the first AC voltage to that network solely when the first generator is powering the taxiing network.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignees: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS, TURBOMECAInventors: Sebastien Vieillard, Serge Berenger, Serge Thierry Roques, Pascal Dauriac
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Patent number: 9580179Abstract: An air conditioning system for an aircraft passenger compartment, the system including: an air supply circuit connecting at least one external air inlet to at least one air distribution outlet which opens into the compartment, an auxiliary power unit mounted in the supply circuit and configured to compress an air stream in the supply circuit, the supply circuit including a heating first branch that connects the auxiliary power unit to the air distribution outlet, and in which a heating mechanism is mounted, a cooling second branch that connects the auxiliary power unit to the air distribution outlet, and a switching mechanism configured to distribute the air stream between the heating first branch and the cooling second branch.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Laurent Houssaye, Laurent Minel
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Publication number: 20170038075Abstract: The fixed vanes of a diffuser are set to an azimuth angle setting (?) with respect to the injectors of a combustion chamber so that the paths leading from the trailing edges pass through the gaps between injectors and more preferably mid-way between same, so that these portions of the flow, which may contain condensed water, do not affect the initiation of the combustion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Patrick DUCHAINE, Claude BERAT, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
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Patent number: 9561949Abstract: A filler device for a fluid tank, including: a filler duct; a first stopper, for preventing overfilling of the tank, and a second stopper for preventing fluid from leaving the tank in unwanted manner; a first float mechanically connected to the first stopper such that, on being placed in a predetermined position, the first float closes the first stopper; and a holder system for holding the second stopper, which system, when fluid leaves the tank, closes the second stopper, and when fluid enters into the tank, opens the second stopper. In an operating position of the device, and under effect of a heavy element, the holder system acts continuously on the second stopper, tending to maintain the second stopper permanently in its closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Yannick Cazaux, Sebastien Brotier, Armand Bueno, Lionel Renault
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Patent number: 9558450Abstract: The invention relates to a system for recommending maintenance of helicopter engines depending on the technical condition of the engine, the standard replacement of parts between engines, and the replacement of parts with different parts.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Alexandre Kamenka, Serge Maille, Francois Prat, Jean-Louis Boucon, Nadir Debbouz, Jean-Stéphane Vignes, Marie-Caroline Dumez-Vinit, Francois Faupin, Antoine Blay, Didier Vieillard-Baron, Ludovic Boutin, Philippe Boureau, Christophe Gaultier, Hélène Mestdagh, Nicolas Nuffer, Fabien Lamazere
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Patent number: 9555752Abstract: A chain of components for transmitting electric power of an aircraft includes an auxiliary power unit (APU), main engines and end consumer systems via power networks and electronic connections controlled by a unit. The APU supplies power to a shaft by a connection to at least one energy converter unit, via a transmission unit, each converter unit comprising only one convertible electromechanical component. The transmission of power is effected by a direct connection to the transmission unit and to the end consumer system. The connection between a converter unit and the APU is provided by connecting the shaft of the APU to the shaft of the starter/generator (SG) via a directional transmission of power operating in one direction only from the shaft of the APU to the shaft of the SG.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventor: Jean-Michel Haillot
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Patent number: 9546599Abstract: A turbine engine for an aircraft including a turbine engine shaft and a pumping module, including: a pump shaft, connected to the turbine engine shaft; a pump for supplying fuel to the turbine engine, mounted on the pump shaft, configured to deliver a flow of fuel as a function of a speed of rotation of the turbine engine shaft; and an electrical device mounted on the pump shaft and configured, according to a first mode of operation, to drive the pump shaft in rotation to actuate the supply pump and, according to a second mode of operation, to be driven in rotation by the pump shaft to supply electrical power to equipment of the turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Jean Lindeman, Philippe Jean René Marie Benezech, Jean-Luc Charles Gilbert Frealle, Bertrand Moine
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Publication number: 20170002744Abstract: There is provided a starting system for reliably starting a turbine engine, the system including first and second circuits connected in parallel and arranged between a battery of the engine and a DC starter of the engine, the first circuit including a DC-DC converter connected in series with a first switch and the second circuit including a second switch; a sensor configured to sense a speed of rotation of a compressor of the engine; a sensor configured to sense a temperature at an inlet to a free turbine of the engine; and a control circuit configured to control the first and second switches as a function of information supplied by the sensor configured to sense the speed of rotation of the compressor and by the sensor configured to sense the inlet temperature of the free turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Vincent POUMAREDE, Pierre HERRIET
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Publication number: 20170006201Abstract: The invention relates to the field of inspecting mechanical parts, and in particular to an endoscope (1) suitable for being used for frequency inspection of a part that is difficult to access, and also to a method of using the endoscope (1), which endoscope comprises an endoscopic head (2), an image display device (3) for displaying images picked up via said endoscopic head (2), and an elongate member (4) connecting the endoscopic head (2) to the display device (3), and in which the endoscopic head (2) also includes a frequency inspection device (7) comprising at least one vibration sensor (10) for picking up a vibratory response of a subject for frequency inspection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Frédéric Segura, Francis CAETANO, Thibault ELGOYHEN, Ludovic MEZIERE
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Patent number: 9534539Abstract: A device for a turbomachine chamber injector, including a conduit having at least a first opening, and a second opening (4), a blocking system for blocking the conduit, making it possible to regulate the passage of fluids into the conduit, the blocking system being configured to allow fuel to flow from the first opening to the second opening only from a first pressure of the fuel, for the passage of a supply of fuel, and allow air to flow from the second opening to the first opening only from a second pressure of the air, for the passage of purge air, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TURBOMECAInventor: Bernard Joseph Jean Pierre Carrere
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Patent number: 9518512Abstract: A method of starting a turbine engine, including a re-try performed if a main injector has not ignited when a shaft has reached a first predetermined speed value, the re-try including: a stopping during which a starter and the ignitor device are stopped; a second ignition during which fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the ignitor device being actuated, the second ignition being performed when a speed of rotation of the shaft reaches a second predetermined speed value; and a second starting during which the starter is actuated once more to drive the shaft in rotation.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Hubert Pascal Verdier, Philippe Etchepare, Pierre Giralt, Luc Reberga
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Patent number: 9506652Abstract: A combustion chamber, for example for a turbine engine, presenting an inner annular wall, an outer annular wall, and a pierced annular chamber end wall extending around an axis, the chamber end wall including at least one opening receiving a fuel injector, the opening being substantially centered on a circular line defining a first chamber end wall portion extending radially between the circular line and the inner annular wall, and a second chamber end wall portion extending radially between the circular line and the outer annular wall. First and second channels are inclined relative to a normal vector normal to the chamber end wall while extending tangentially, the first channels arranged to provide a flow of air in a first rotary direction, the second channels arranged to provide a flow of air in a second rotary direction opposite to the first rotary direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Bernard Joseph Jean-Pierre Carrere, Jean-Marc Dubourdieu-Rayrot, Lorenzo Huacan Hernandez, Robert Serrot-Gracie
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Patent number: 9500128Abstract: A heat-exchange architecture for exhaust of a turbine engine, including heat-exchange elements partially obstructing a hot exhaust gases stream. In an architecture built into an exhaust line for gas streams of a turbine engine, the turbine engine is a turboshaft engine including a gas generator and a free turbine supplying power to a shaft via a through-shaft and an upstream reduction gear. An annular plate-shaped exchanger is installed in the axisymmetric portion of the ejector. The exchanger includes inlet and outlet channels, connected to the inlet and outlet of a central channel wound into a helix shape or sine curve in the annular plate. The channels are connected at the other ends to mechanical or electromechanical mechanisms for recovering and recycling energy. The energy is recovered via a cold fluid heated in the central channel by transfer of heat from residual gases.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: TURBOMECAInventor: Rainer Thomas
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Patent number: 9500137Abstract: A method optimizing fuel-injection control with driving speeds of apparatuses adjusted by controlling a turbine speed according to power, and optimizing control of a free turbine power package of an aircraft, including a low-pressure body, supplying power to apparatuses and linked to a high-pressure body. The method varies the low-pressure body speed to obtain a minimum speed for the high-pressure body, so power supplied by the apparatuses remains constant. Power supplied by the apparatuses is dependent upon the apparatuses driven speed by the low-pressure body, and a speed set point of the low-pressure body is dependent upon a maximum value of minimum speeds of the apparatuses, enabling required power to be optimized, upon a positive or zero incrementation added to the speed set point of the low-pressure body to minimize speed of the high-pressure body to the apparatuses power supply.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: TURBOMECAInventor: Jean-Michel Haillot
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Publication number: 20160320230Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine, the assembly including a casing and an impeller rotatably movable inside the casing, the impeller including at least one blade having a tip edge opposite the casing, wherein the tip edge includes a magnet and wherein the casing includes an electrical conductor suitable for generating between the terminals thereof an electric voltage induced by the magnet of the tip edge opposite same and representing vibrations sustained by the tip edge of the blade when the impeller is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Arnaud TALON, Gilbert ARROUGE, Jean-Yves CAZAUX, Julien GARNIER
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Publication number: 20160319453Abstract: Subjecting an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate to anti-corrosion and anti-wear treatment that is applicable in particular in the field of aviation for protecting certain mechanical parts of airplanes or helicopters that are subjected simultaneously to corrosion and to wear, including applying to the substrate, a sol-gel treatment step forming a sol-gel layer; and after the sol-gel treatment step, a hard oxidation step forming a hard oxide layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicants: TURBOMECA, MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTYInventors: Julien GURT SANTANACH, Fabrice CRABOS, Julien ESTEBAN
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Publication number: 20160312707Abstract: Device (10) for draining liquids for an aircraft engine (1), comprising a collector (11) designed to collect liquids drained from the engine, characterised in that said device comprises means (13, 19) for pumping the liquids held in the collector and for discharging said liquids, and monitoring means (14) designed to indicate when the liquids have been collected by the collector in an anomalous manner, said monitoring means being designed to be activated when the flow rate of collected liquids is greater than the delivery of the pumping means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: TurbomecaInventors: Jean-Michel Pierre Claude Py, Philippe Jean René Marie Benezech, Sébastien Combebias, Sébastien Fouche, Lorenzo Huacan Hernandez, Eric Le Borgne, Lionel Napias, Maxime Quaireau, Philippe Roger, Cédric Zordan