Patents by Inventor Alphonse Puerto
Alphonse Puerto 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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Patent number: 12286926Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Bernard Claude Pons, Alphonse Puerto, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Lois Pierre Denis Vive
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Patent number: 11988112Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Safran Helicopter EnginesInventors: Bernard Claude Pons, Alphonse Puerto, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
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Publication number: 20230220800Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Lois Pierre Denis VIVE
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Publication number: 20230220779Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute is can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE
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Patent number: 10961867Abstract: A turboshaft engine for a helicopter, comprising a case inside which a gas generator and a turbine are accommodated, the turbine being mounted on a power shaft that extends along a longitudinal direction. The turboshaft engine further comprises means for removably mounting the power shaft into a reduction gearbox inside which at least one gear of a first reduction stage is accommodated. The means for removably mounting the power shaft include a pinion having a central bore, the shape of which is adapted to that of the power shaft in such a way that the pinion can slide over the power shaft; furthermore, the contour of the pinion is adapted to the shape of the gear of the first stage in such a way that the pinion can form a leading input pinion of the gearbox in said gear once the power shaft has been mounted in the reduction gearbox.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Olivier Lafargue, Sébastien Brotier, Alphonse Puerto
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Publication number: 20190352001Abstract: Propulsion system (8) for a single-engine helicopter (1), comprising: a main engine (9) connected to a front drive shaft (5) and a rear drive shaft (7), respectively, suitable for driving a main gearbox (4) referred to as MGB (4) and a tail gearbox (6) referred to as TGB (6); ? an assistance device (10) attached to the main engine (9); characterised in that said propulsion system (8) is designed in order that the assistance device (10) can mechanically drive the TGB and MGB (6, 4) by introducing power to the rear drive shaft (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicants: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Romain THIRIET, Camel SERGHINE, Alphonse PUERTO, Christian SARRAT
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Publication number: 20180119571Abstract: A turboshaft engine for a helicopter, comprising a case inside which a gas generator and a turbine are accommodated, the turbine being mounted on a power shaft that extends along a longitudinal direction. The turboshaft engine further comprises means for removably mounting the power shaft into a reduction gearbox inside which at least one gear of a first reduction stage is accommodated. The means for removably mounting the power shaft include a pinion having a central bore, the shape of which is adapted to that of the power shaft in such a way that the pinion can slide over the power shaft; furthermore, the contour of the pinion is adapted to the shape of the gear of the first stage in such a way that the pinion can form a leading input pinion of the gearbox in said gear once the power shaft has been mounted in the reduction gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINESInventors: Olivier Lafargue, Sébastien Brotier, Alphonse Puerto
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Patent number: 9422863Abstract: A method and architecture for recombining power of a turbomachine improving on problems of size, mass, or reliability. In the method energy is recovered in an exhaust nozzle and converted and recirculated using a mechanical and/or electrical power recombining mechanism. An example of an architecture of a turbomachine includes a main turbine engine and a heat exchanger positioned in the exhaust nozzle and coupled, via pipes, to an independent system that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy. This independent system is connected to a localized mechanical recombination mechanism via a power shaft to supply power to a power transmission shaft according to aircraft requirements.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: TURBOMECAInventors: Olivier Bedrine, Patrick Marconi, Alphonse Puerto
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Publication number: 20130098052Abstract: A method and architecture for recombining power of a turbomachine improving on problems of size, mass, or reliability. In the method energy is recovered in an exhaust nozzle and converted and recirculated using a mechanical and/or electrical power recombining mechanism. An example of an architecture of a turbomachine includes a main turbine engine and a heat exchanger positioned in the exhaust nozzle and coupled, via pipes, to an independent system that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy. This independent system is connected to a localized mechanical recombination mechanism via a power shaft to supply power to a power transmission shaft according to aircraft requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: TURBOMECAInventors: Olivier Bedrine, Patrick Marconi, Alphonse Puerto