Patents by Inventor Alain Dominique Gendraud

Alain Dominique Gendraud 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).

  • Publication number: 20230212953
    Abstract: The invention proposes an aeronautical turbine engine assembly comprising an upstream casing (55) to which guide blading (48a) is fastened, and a downstream casing (58) to which a sealing element (62) provided with an abradable material for rotor blading is fastened. This assembly further comprises a shroud ring (66) placed between the upstream casing and the downstream casing and fastening means (68) for detachably fastening the shroud ring. In order to be fastened to the upstream casing, the guide blading (48a) of the turbine engine is mounted on a downstream hook (480b) of the upstream casing, without being hooked onto the shroud ring (66), and the downstream casing (58) has an upstream hook with which the sealing element (62) is engaged in order to be fastened to the downstream casing, or the shroud ring has an upstream hook on which the sealing element (62) is mounted so as to be fastened to the downstream casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN, Thierry FACHAT, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220290579
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (25) for a turbomachine turbine comprising a casing (18) including an annular wall (26) extending about an axis, and means of cooling the casing (18), the said means of cooling comprising a collector housing (22) and at least one tube (23) extending circumferentially around the annular wall (26) of the casing (18) and connected to the housing (22), with the tube (23) comprising cooling-air ejection orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Stéphane Pierre Guillaume BLANCHARD, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Olivier RENON
  • Patent number: 11441431
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holding system for the dismantling of a blade wheel, the blade wheel comprising: a disc, a plurality of blades configured to be mounted circumferentially around the disc, the plurality of blades defining a plurality of inter-blade spaces, each of the inter-blade spaces being defined circumferentially between two adjacent blades of the plurality of blades, the holding system comprising a plurality of inserts, each of the inserts being configured to be inserted into each of the inter-blade spaces in a holding position so as to hold the relative position of the blades when the plurality of blades is dismantled from the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Daniel Delaporte, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Emmanuel Bernard Marie Charrier
  • Publication number: 20220034237
    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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Lima, Boucif Bensalah, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin Matos, Valentin Olivier Jean-Jacques Quesnel
  • Publication number: 20210254481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holding system for the dismantling of a blade wheel, the blade wheel comprising: a disc, a plurality of blades configured to be mounted circumferentially around the disc, the plurality of blades defining a plurality of inter-blade spaces, each of the inter-blade spaces being defined circumferentially between two adjacent blades of the plurality of blades, the holding system comprising a plurality of inserts, each of the inserts being configured to be inserted into each of the inter-blade spaces in a holding position so as to hold the relative position of the blades when the plurality of blades is dismantled from the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Daniel DELAPORTE, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Emmanuel Bernard Marie CHARRIER
  • Patent number: 10920593
    Abstract: A movable ring assembly (4) for a turbine engine turbine (10) that is mounted between two successive rotor discs (20a) and (20b) of said turbine (10), said rotor discs (20a) and (20b) being fixed to each other by bolting, characterised in that it comprises:—a fixing ferrule (44) fixed between the upstream (20a) and downstream (20b) discs by the bolting thereof; a part forming a movable ring (42), said part supporting radial sealing members (32) and being fixed between the upstream disc (20a) and the ferrule (44);—and a seal (46) interposed between said part forming the movable ring (42) and the ferrule (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Francois Georges Millier, Francois Pierre Michel Comte, Fabien Stephane Garnier, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Arnaud Lasantha Genilier
  • Patent number: 10900382
    Abstract: An assembly includes a securing stud held by a locking key that rotates with the stud and is provided with bearing surfaces for sitting on an edge of one of the parts to be assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Jean-Baptiste Vincent Desforges, Arnaud Genilier, Reda Oudyi
  • Publication number: 20200040735
    Abstract: A movable ring assembly (4) for a turbine engine turbine (10) that is mounted between two successive rotor discs (20a) and (20b) of said turbine (10), said rotor discs (20a) and (20b) being fixed to each other by bolting, characterised in that it comprises:—a fixing ferrule (44) fixed between the upstream (20a) and downstream (20b) discs by the bolting thereof; a part forming a movable ring (42), said part supporting radial sealing members (32) and being fixed between the upstream disc (20a) and the ferrule (44);—and a seal (46) interposed between said part forming the movable ring (42) and the ferrule (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Francois Georges MILLIER, Francois Pierre Michel COMTE, Fabien Stephane GARNIER, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Arnaud Lasantha GENILIER
  • Patent number: 10344610
    Abstract: A turbomachine module, comprising a mobile wheel rotatably mounted inside a housing of the module and surrounded by a sectorised sealing ring (18) that comprises an annular row of sectors, each ring sector comprising at least one circumferential hook that is configured to engage with an annular hooking rail of the housing, the module further comprising a sectorised protective annular shim (50) that is interposed between the hooks of the ring sectors and the rail of the housing and that comprises an annular row of sectors of shim, characterised in that the edges (60) of the circumferential ends of the sectors of shim are not aligned with the edges (58) of the circumferential ends of the ring sectors along the longitudinal axis of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cyril Loiseau, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel
  • Publication number: 20180209302
    Abstract: An assembly including a securing stud held by a locking key that rotates with the stud and is provided with bearing surfaces for sitting on an edge of one of the parts to be assembled. Sufficient clamping torque can be introduced without risk of damage and at the same time avoiding excessive screwing of the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Jean-Baptiste Vincent DESFORGES, Arnaud GENILIER, Reda OUDYI
  • Patent number: 9957841
    Abstract: A turbine stage for a turbine engine, the stage including a nozzle and a wheel mounted inside a sectorized ring carried by a casing. The nozzle is attached to the casing and is retained axially downstream by bearing against an annular split ring. Each ring sector includes at its upstream end a member of C-shaped section that is engaged on the casing rail and that holds the split ring radially. A radially inner wall of the C-shaped member of each ring sector extends inside the split ring over an entire axial dimension thereof and its upstream end portion is engaged in at least one recess of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin-Matos, Vincent Millier, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel
  • Patent number: 9726033
    Abstract: A rotor wheel for a turbine engine, such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the rotor wheel including a rotor disk including teeth at its outer periphery defining slots for axially mounting and radially retaining blade roots. An annular lip includes an annular rim extending axially downstream from and radially towards an inside of a radial retaining mechanism formed to project axially from an upstream face of the disk, and a sealing mechanism is arranged radially inside the annular lip and upstream ends of platforms of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20170218785
    Abstract: A turbomachine module, comprising a mobile wheel rotatably mounted inside a housing of the module and surrounded by a sectorised sealing ring (18) that comprises an annular row of sectors, each ring sector comprising at least one circumferential hook that is configured to engage with an annular hooking rail of the housing, the module further comprising a sectorised protective annular shim (50) that is interposed between the hooks of the ring sectors and the rail of the housing and that comprises an annular row of sectors of shim, characterised in that the edges (60) of the circumferential ends of the sectors of shim are not aligned with the edges (58) of the circumferential ends of the ring sectors along the longitudinal axis of the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Cyril LOISEAU, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD, Sebastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL
  • Patent number: 9683452
    Abstract: A turbine for a gas turbine engine comprising at least one turbine stator and one turbine rotor, said turbine stator comprising at least one inner annular platform, said inner platform comprising a radial wall delimiting at least one cavity between the turbine stator and the turbine rotor, wherein the turbine rotor comprises at least one elongate element positioned substantially axially and defining a sealing baffle in said cavity, and in that the turbine stator comprises at least one element made of abradable material designed to engage with said elongate element of the turbine rotor so as to form a labyrinth seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florent Pierre Antoine Luneau, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel
  • Patent number: 9631495
    Abstract: A turbomachine assembly in which a foil is configured to cover mainly one of bulbs of a disc and to be held, radially with respect to the disc, by the bulb of the disc and a pocket for a blade that can collaborate therewith, when these two are effectively collaborating, and the bulb of the disc includes at least one longitudinal cavity configured to form, with the foil, when the foil is covering the bulb of the disc, a secondary passage through which a secondary cooling air flow can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Emmanuel Da Costa, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Renaud Martet, Josselin Sicard, Bruno Andre Jean Varin
  • Patent number: 9103220
    Abstract: An interface element to be mounted between a blade root and a blade root housing provided in a turbine disc of a gas turbine engine to limit wear between the root and the housing. The interface element includes: a base, configured to be aligned with a lower part of the root; and first and second upper side walls connected to the base and configured to surround the blade root up to an upper portion thereof, the first upper side wall including at least one ventilation opening to allow a flow of cooling air flowing through the rotor disc housing to flow over the upper portion of the root via the ventilation opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Thierry Lequitte, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 9080463
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes a ring support structure and a plurality of ring sectors, each including a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material. Each ring sector includes a first portion forming an annular base with an inside face defining an inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which there extends two tab-forming portions including ends that are engaged in housings in the ring support structure. The ring sectors present a section that is substantially ?-shaped and the ends of the tabs are held without radial clearance by the ring support structure. The tabs can have a free length in meridian section that is not less than three times their mean width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: SNECMA, HERAKLES
    Inventors: Franck Roger Denis Denece, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Georges Habarou, Hubert Illand, Damien Bonneau
  • Publication number: 20150118035
    Abstract: A turbine stage for a turbine engine, the stage including a nozzle and a wheel mounted inside a sectorized ring carried by a casing. The nozzle is attached to the casing and is retained axially downstream by bearing against an annular split ring. Each ring sector includes at its upstream end a member of C-shaped section that is engaged on the casing rail and that holds the split ring radially. A radially inner wall of the C-shaped member of each ring sector extends inside the split ring over an entire axial dimension thereof and its upstream end portion is engaged in at least one recess of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin-Matos, Vincent Millier, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel
  • Patent number: 8979489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low pressure turbine (1) of a turbomachine comprising a nozzle (62) belonging to an upstream stage (20B) and a nozzle (162) belonging to a downstream stage (20C), the nozzle (62) forming segments (62a) having an external structure (66) comprising: a tab (76) bearing radially on a hook (79) fixed to the case, a tab (85) bearing radially on a reaming (87) in the case, the tabs (76, 85) delimiting an annular upstream cooling air circulation cavity (91), a contact surface (84) extending in the downstream direction from the tab (85) and lined with an abradable element (86) on the inside, the contact surface comprising a downstream end (92) bearing axially on the nozzle (162) and bearing radially on a stop (93) of the case, the contact surfaces (84) delimiting an annular downstream cooling air circulation cavity (94) communicating with cavity (91).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Christian Taillant, Alain Dominique Gendraud