Patents by Inventor Alain Lavie

Alain 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: 6837054
    Abstract: The actuator assembly comprises a master actuator and at least one slave actuator having a cylinder containing a piston defining two chambers in the cylinder. A first chamber of the slave actuator is connected to an outlet of a directional control valve which is connected to a hydraulic control circuit and to a control member whose position determines the pressure in the first chamber of the slave actuator. A displacement of the piston of the master actuator is transferred to the control member of the control valve associated with the slave actuator by means of a mechanical transmission such as a flexible linear rolling bearing. Thus, the displacement of the piston of the slave actuator is servo-controlled to the displacement of the piston of the master actuator by controlling the position of the control member of the control valve associated with the slave actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Hispano-Suiza
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Brocard, Daniel Kettler, Alain Lavie, Marion Michau
  • Patent number: 6775984
    Abstract: An injector of a two-headed combustion chamber of a turbomachine has a first feed tube which is connected to an annular injection piece for discharging primary fuel into the combustion chamber. It also has a second feed tube surrounding the first feed tube and connected to a cylindrical endpiece for discharging secondary fuel into said combustion chamber. This endpiece has an annular channel of diameter that is greater than the diameter of the second feed tube and that extends over its entire length. A third tube is provided that surrounds the second tube and that is connected to a tubular separation element which is inserted in the annular channel of the cylindrical endpiece so as to form two annular spaces in which a cooling fluid can flow over 360° all the way to the end of the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stéphanie Martelli, Marion Michau, José Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel
  • Patent number: 6644031
    Abstract: A fuel injector has a metering valve arranged to open under a predetermined feed pressure which constitutes a first threshold pressure, and to remain open in response to said feed pressure increasing so as to deliver fuel to fuel utilization means. The flow rate of fuel passing through the injector is metered to feed said utilization means so long as the feed pressure remains below a second threshold pressure greater than the first threshold pressure. Above the second threshold pressure, the metering valve behaves like a fixed diaphragm as a function of the fluid flow sections formed therethrough. Individual adjustment means are provided so as to enable said second threshold pressure to be adjusted for each injector to ensure that fuel is injected at a uniform flow rate by all of the injectors in a combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stéphanie Martelli, Marion Michau, José Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel
  • Publication number: 20030136129
    Abstract: The actuator assembly comprises a master actuator and at least one slave actuator having a cylinder containing a piston defining two chambers in the cylinder. A first chamber of the slave actuator is connected to an outlet of a directional control valve which is connected to a hydraulic control circuit and to a control member whose position determines the pressure in the first chamber of the slave actuator. A displacement of the piston of the master actuator its transferred to the control member of the control valve associated with the slave actuator by means of a mechanical transmission such as a flexible linear rolling bearing. Thus, the displacement of the piston of the slave actuator is servo-controlled to the displacement of the piston of the master actuator by controlling the position of the control member of the control valve associated with the slave actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: HISPANO-SUIZA
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Brocard, Daniel Kettler, Alain Lavie, Marion Michau
  • Patent number: 6595000
    Abstract: An assembly method in which a brazing metal is initially filled into radial wells pierced in an annular injection piece having first injection orifices for discharging a primary fuel, and in a cylindrical endpiece surrounding the annular injection piece and having secondary injection orifices for discharging a secondary fuel; thereafter the annular injection piece is fitted inside the cylindrical endpiece and these pieces are together fitted on a first tube for feeding primary fuel and a second tube for feeding secondary fuel and surrounding the first tube, and also to an outer wall of the injector; finally, the end portion of the injector as assembled in this way is placed in an enclosure where it is heated so as to melt the brazing metal to unite the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stéphanie Martelli, Marion Michau, José Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel
  • Publication number: 20020073707
    Abstract: An injector of a two-headed combustion chamber of a turbomachine has a first feed tube which is connected to an annular injection piece for discharging primary fuel into the combustion chamber. It also has a second feed tube surrounding the first feed tube and connected to a cylindrical endpiece for discharging secondary fuel into said combustion chamber. This endpiece has an annular channel of diameter that is greater than the diameter of the second feed tube and that extends over its entire length. A third tube is provided that surrounds the second tube and that is connected to a tubular separation element which is inserted in the annular channel of the cylindrical endpiece so as to form two annular spaces in which a cooling fluid can flow over 360° all the way to the end of the injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stephanie Martelli, Marion Michau, Jose Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel
  • Publication number: 20020073708
    Abstract: An assembly method in which a brazing metal is initially filled into radial wells pierced in an annular injection piece having first injection orifices for discharging a primary fuel, and in a cylindrical endpiece surrounding the annular injection piece and having secondary injection orifices for discharging a secondary fuel; thereafter the annular injection piece is fitted inside the cylindrical endpiece and these pieces are together fitted on a first tube for feeding primary fuel and a second tube for feeding secondary fuel and surrounding the first tube, and also to an outer wall of the injector; finally, the end portion of the injector as assembled in this way is placed in an enclosure where it is heated so as to melt the brazing metal to unite the parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stephanie Martelli, Marion Michau, Jose Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel
  • Publication number: 20020059799
    Abstract: A fuel injector has a metering valve arranged to open under a predetermined feed pressure which constitutes a first threshold pressure, and to remain open in response to said feed pressure increasing so as to deliver fuel to fuel utilization means. The flow rate of fuel passing through the injector is metered to feed said utilization means so long as the feed pressure remains below a second threshold pressure greater than the first threshold pressure. Above the second threshold pressure, the metering valve behaves like a fixed diaphragm as a function of the fluid flow sections formed therethrough. Individual adjustment means are provided so as to enable said second threshold pressure to be adjusted for each injector to ensure that fuel is injected at a uniform flow rate by all of the injectors in a combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Alain Lavie, Stephanie Martelli, Marion Michau, Jose Rodrigues, Alain Tiepel