Patents by Inventor Alain François Jean Lavie

Alain François Jean Lavie 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).

  • Patent number: 9879552
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller including a piston rod actuated by a hydraulic fluid, the piston rod including at its end a clevis mount able to provide a connection for transmitting the movements of the piston rod so as to change the pitch of at least one propeller, a thread nut held in position on the clevis of the piston rod by a fastener, the nut being able to collaborate with a threaded rod in order to provide a connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frédéric Brettes, Alain François Jean Lavie, Dominique Raulin
  • Patent number: 9551365
    Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a body, a piston rod configured to be actuated by a pressurized hydraulic fluid, and a first drainage channel for externally draining an internal leakage of hydraulic fluid in the device. The device includes a second drainage channel for externally draining the internal leakage of hydraulic fluid in the device, the first and second channels being oriented in two different directions and each of the channels communicating at one of the ends thereof inside the body of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frédéric Brettes, Alain François Jean Lavie
  • Patent number: 8757046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston having a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, a third face connecting said first and second faces together and presenting a groove, and a sealing gasket housed in said groove. The piston includes a duct constituted by a first segment situated inside the piston and connecting said first face to said groove, by a second segment situated inside the piston and connecting said second face to said groove, and by an intermediate segment connecting together said first and second segments and crossing said groove, the walls of said intermediate segment being formed by the walls of said groove and by said sealing gasket in such a manner that said intermediate segment forms a leaktight tube that opens out solely via the first segment and via the second segment, said intermediate segment presenting at least one obstacle suitable for impeding the flow of fluid that flows along said intermediate segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frédéric Brettes, Alain François Jean Lavie
  • Publication number: 20130199167
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller including a piston rod actuated by a hydraulic fluid, the piston rod including at its end a clevis mount able to provide a connection for transmitting the movements of the piston rod so as to change the pitch of at least one propeller, a thread nut held in position on the clevis of the piston rod by a fastener, the nut being able to collaborate with a threaded rod in order to provide a connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frédéric Brettes, Alain François Jean Lavie, Dominique Raulin
  • Publication number: 20130180397
    Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a body, a piston rod configured to be actuated by a pressurised hydraulic fluid, and a first drainage channel for externally draining an internal leakage of hydraulic fluid in the device. The device includes a second drainage channel for externally draining the internal leakage of hydraulic fluid in the device, the first and second channels being oriented in two different directions and each of the channels communicating at one of the ends thereof inside the body of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frédéric Brettes, Alain François Jean Lavie
  • Publication number: 20110232479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston having a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, a third face connecting said first and second faces together and presenting a groove, and a sealing gasket housed in said groove. The piston includes a duct constituted by a first segment situated inside the piston and connecting said first face to said groove, by a second segment situated inside the piston and connecting said second face to said groove, and by an intermediate segment connecting together said first and second segments and crossing said groove, the walls of said intermediate segment being formed by the walls of said groove and by said sealing gasket in such a manner that said intermediate segment forms a leaktight tube that opens out solely via the first segment and via the second segment, said intermediate segment presenting at least one obstacle suitable for impeding the flow of fluid that flows along said intermediate segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic BRETTES, Alain Francois Jean Lavie