Patents by Inventor Andre Castel

Andre Castel 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).

  • Airtight external shroud for a turbomachine turbine wheel
    Patent number: 8177493
    Abstract: External shroud for a turbomachine turbine wheel, this shroud being formed of ring sectors (120) positioned circumferentially end to end, and each comprising a circumferentially directed plate (136) bearing a block (138) of abradable material, the plate and the block of each ring sector being offset one with respect to the other in the circumferential direction so that a circumferential end part of the plate of each ring sector overlaps a corresponding end part of the block of an adjacent ring sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Andre Castel, Bertrand Jean Joseph Marie Heurtel, Sebastien Alain Imbourg, Florence Irene Noelle Leutard, Guy Vieillefond
  • AIRTIGHT EXTERNAL SHROUD FOR A TURBOMACHINE TURBINE WHEEL
    Publication number: 20080240915
    Abstract: External shroud for a turbomachine turbine wheel, this shroud being formed of ring sectors (120) positioned circumferentially end to end, and each comprising a circumferentially directed plate (136) bearing a block (138) of abradable material, the plate and the block of each ring sector being offset one with respect to the other in the circumferential direction so that a circumferential end part of the plate of each ring sector overlaps a corresponding end part of the block of an adjacent ring sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Andre CASTEL, Bertrand Jean Joseph Marie Heurtel, Sebastien Alain Imbourg, Florence Irene Noelle Leutard, Guy Vieillefond