Patents by Inventor AIRCELLE
AIRCELLE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140131480Abstract: A jet engine nacelle has one thrust reverser device which includes a deflection means and one cowl translatable in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle. The cowl can translate between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the cowl ensures the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle and covers the deflection means. In the open position, the cowl opens a passage into the nacelle and uncovers the deflection means. The thrust reverser device moreover includes one blocking flap pivotably mounted by one end attached to a rear portion of the deflection means, and slidingly connected to the moving cowl. The pivoting end is also translatably connected to the rear portion of the deflection means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20140131479Abstract: This cascade-type thrust reverser with one-piece moving cowl includes rails able to slide in guideways positioned on each side of a suspension pylon. This thrust reverser includes just two actuators positioned near the rails and able to cause this cowl to slide on the guideways between its direct-jet and reverse-jet positions. It also has means capable of compensating for forces that have a tendency to misalign the rails with respect to the guideways, thus preventing them from jamming in one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20140000238Abstract: A locking/unlocking device for a thrust reverser with sliding cover and adaptive nozzle is provided that includes a fixed pin secured to a fixed structure of the reverser, a first sleeve secured to the sliding cover and able to accommodate the pin, a second sleeve slidabiy mounted on the first sleeve, a third sleeve secured to the adaptive nozzle and slidably mounted on the second sleeve, first locking means able to lock the first sleeve with respect to the pin, second locking means able to lock the second sleeve with respect to the first sleeve, and third locking means able to lock the third sleeve with respect to the second sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130315657Abstract: A unit for an aircraft thruster is provided that includes a first ferrule configured to be attached to a second ferrule and a first connection flange configured to be secured to a second corresponding connection flange secured to the second ferrule. The connection flange includes a portion forming a plane extending along a radial direction with respect to the first ferrule. A link between the first ferrule and the corresponding connection flange is offset to a distance from said plane corresponding to a length for damping a shear-generating flexural moment, generated by fluxes of forces passing through the first ferrule.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130292489Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thrust reverser including at least one translatably movable cowl capable of alternately shifting between a closed position in which same ensures the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle and which covers the deflecting means, and an open position in which same opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers the deflecting means, said thrust reverser likewise including at least one variable nozzle section arranged in the extension of the movable thrust-reversing cowl and provided with at least one locking means capable of engaging with a complementary locking means of the movable reversing cowl so as to optionally mechanically link the movable nozzle section of the movable reversing cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130277454Abstract: The disclosure relates to an aircraft propulsion assembly including a nacelle having an intermediate housing and a front frame that is to be mounted downstream of an outer envelope of the intermediate housing. The front frame includes a deviation edge and an element forming a direct or indirect support for at least one flow deviation vanes, in particular, the deviation edge and the support-forming element are built into the outer envelope of the intermediate housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: Snecma, AIRCELLEInventors: AIRCELLE, Snecma
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Publication number: 20130280031Abstract: A thrust reverser for the nacelle of a turboreactor includes at least one fixed front frame that can be mounted downstream of a fan casing of the turboreactor and directly or indirectly supports at least one flow deviation vanes, in which at least part of the flow deviation vanes can be detached from the front frame and moved in translation independently therefrom when a maintenance operation is being carried out on the reverser.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: Snecma, AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130263600Abstract: A reverse thrust device and a system for actuating the reverse thrust device is provided by the present disclosure. The device includes at least one cowl that is translatably mounted in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a nacelle. The actuation system includes an actuation means that is capable of activating translational and rotational movement of the cowl and a panel of a nozzle. The actuation system also includes a downstream locking means for the nozzle and the cowl. The downstream locking means includes at least two reversible states, one of the states being a locked state in which the downstream locking means is suitable for locking the panel of the nozzle into a position for varying the section for outputting the nozzle with the cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Aircelle
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Publication number: 20130266423Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-mounted cascade for a thrust reverser of an airplane jet engine nacelle. The cascade includes an upstream portion and an opposite downstream portion, along with respective connection means so that two adjacent cascades are directly connected to one another only in the respective downstream portions by downstream connection means thereof. The downstream portion corresponds to an area extending from a downstream side edge over a length less than or equal to N times the length of the last cavity located along said downstream side edge, where N is less than 3. The present disclosure is of use in the field of airplane jet engine nacelles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130161415Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beam, in particular for a cascade thrust reverser, including a skin made of a composite material and defining a closed section, wherein said beam is filled with a core material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130133977Abstract: An acoustic panel is provided that includes at least one cellular core arranged between at least an internal skin and an external skin, wherein the external skin incorporates at least one fastener able to collaborate in a disconnectable fashion with a complementary fastener associated with a structure to which it is to be attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventor: Aircelle
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Publication number: 20130126638Abstract: A thrust reversal device for a turbojet engine nacelle is provided that includes a deflection means and at least one cowl moveable relative to at least one fixed structure including at least one at least partly peripheral front frame and equipped with means for connection to a corresponding upstream portion. The front frame has a deflection edge having an upstream extension forming a deformable flap intended to become an aerodynamic interface with the corresponding upstream portion to which is attached the front frame, and in that a portion of the moveable cowl is conformed so as to, in the closing position, interface with said upstream attachment portion by forcing withdrawal of the deformable flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130121814Abstract: A nacelle for a turbojet engine is provided that includes an air intake upstream from the turbojet engine, a middle section intended to surround a fan of the turbojet engine and its case, and a downstream section. The middle section is made from at least one aerostructure capable of ensuring external aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle, and the aerostructure is rigidly bound, so as to be able to be taken apart, to at least one surrounding fixed structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: SNECMA, AIRCELLEInventors: Aircelle, Snecma
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Publication number: 20130111873Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine fan casing in the form of a box section is provided by the present disclosure. The box section includes a radially interior wall of which is able to form an internal skin of a cold air flow duct of a nacelle in which said turbojet engine is intended to be mounted, and a radially exterior wall of which is able to form an external skin of said nacelle, the box forming a module forming an entire thickness of the nacelle, and placed between an upstream portion of the nacelle, forming the air intake, and a downstream casing portion, on which a cascade edge of a thrust reverser can be fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicants: SNECMA, AIRCELLEInventors: AIRCELLE, SNECMA
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Publication number: 20130112497Abstract: A turbojet engine nacelle includes at least one nacelle element having a wall delimiting a main flow channel. The flow channel has a variable flow passage section. The cross-sectional area of at least one first area of the channel is greater than that of at least one second area of the channel. The turbojet engine nacelle further includes at least one secondary flow conduit establishing a fluidic connection between the first area and the second area of the channel and is arranged parallel to the channel. The wall of the nacelle element is at least partly covered by an acoustic damping panel extending in said areas of the channel. The conduit passes through the acoustic damping panel in order to establish the secondary flow via the acoustic damping panel. The present invention can be used in the avionics field.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130108432Abstract: An airflow-straightening structure for an aircraft engine is provided that includes a hoop inside which there are arranged a plurality of flow-straightening vanes bearing a hub of a fan. Also includes is a clevis for connecting to a suspension strut, the clevis being fixed to said hoop. The structure has at least two elements chosen from the group of the hoop, the plurality of vanes, the hub and the clevis, which are formed in one piece, that is to say without any assembly operation. Additionally, at least one of the elements chosen from the group is at least partially formed of a composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: SNECMA, AIRCELLEInventors: AIRCELLE, SNECMA
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Publication number: 20130091825Abstract: A nacelle for a turbojet engine of an aircraft is provided that includes a fan case, an internal structure positioned upstream from the fan case, and a thrust reverser positioned downstream from the fan case. The thrust reverser includes a cowl delimiting an external line (LE) and including two removable half cowls. A device for absorbing circumferential stresses are shaped so as to lock the half cowls in the closed position when it occupies a locking configuration on the one hand and for allowing the opening of the half cowls when it occupies an unlocking configuration on the other hand. The stress absorbing device is positioned under an upstream portion of a pylon and is exclusively attached to the half cowls in order to allow the opening of the two half cowls independently of the opening/closing of an external fan cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: AircelleInventor: Aircelle
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Publication number: 20130075493Abstract: A cascade thrust reverser for an airplane dual flow jet engine nacelle is provided that includes a front frame holding a plurality of cascades, a cowling slidably mounted between a direct jet position and a reverse jet position. The cowl includes a substantially annular diaphragm that is placed edge-to-edge with the front frame and radially inside said cascades when said cowl is located in the direct jet position. Thrust reversal flaps are pivotably mounted onto the diaphragm, and cylinders for actuating the cowl are also provided. Upstream ends of the cylinders are mounted on a stationary portion of the nacelle, and the downstream ends of the cylinders are mounted on an upstream edge of the diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130062433Abstract: A nacelle for an aircraft engine is provided that includes a thrust reverser cowling slideably mounted between a direct jet position and a reversed jet position, an outlet jet pipe nozzle with variable cross-section positioned in a downstream extension of the reverser cowling, and means for respectively actuating the cowling and the nozzle. The nozzle is slideably mounted on the thrust reverser cowling, and the means includes at least one actuator for actuating said thrust reverser cowling, at least one driving pinion rotatably mounted on a fixed structure of said nacelle, and at least one rack for actuating the nozzle, secured to the nozzle and meshing with the driving pinion when the thrust reverser cowling is in the direct jet position, and escaping from this pinion when said reverser cowling is in the reversed jet position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: AIRCELLE
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Publication number: 20130061572Abstract: A control system of a hydraulic type for a thrust reversal device with which a jet engine nacelle is equipped, and associated with a nozzle variation device, is provided by the present disclosure. The control system includes at least one additional control unit hydraulically connecting actuators together, wherein hydraulic supply lines from the control unit in a nozzle mode and from the control unit in a reverser mode are then able to communicate hydraulically with each other. A plurality of control valves are laid out so that when the unit for driving the actuators in a nozzle mode is active, a corresponding hydraulic signal controls the valves of the control unit in a position such that the hydraulic supply lines of the actuators from the driving unit according to a reverser mode are cut off.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: AircelleInventor: Aircelle