Patents by Inventor Antoine Robert Alain Brunet

Antoine Robert Alain Brunet 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: 20180163740
    Abstract: A compressor shroud for an aircraft turbine engine, the shroud being arranged between two bladed rotary wheels and radially in line with a deflector, the shroud including a sealing device including one or more sealing elements, including a downstream end sealing element on which, projecting downstream, an air entraining and diverting structure is provided, designed to axially divert the discharge air issuing from the end sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert, Alain BRUNET, Kevin Eugene, Henri GIBOUDEAUX, Hadrien Paul, Alexandre MAGE
  • Patent number: 9879607
    Abstract: A sealing device for an enclosure of a turbine engine formed by an assembly of juxtaposed rotating and/or static bodies is provided. The sealing device includes at least one brush seal having a brush body, carried by at least one first member, and bristles extending from the brush body and arranged so as to rub against at least one second member rotatable relative to the first member, so as to produce a pressure difference between the inside of said enclosure and its outer environment. The device further includes a labyrinth-type seal, the labyrinth being positioned in series with the brush seal between the inside of the enclosure and its outer environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Delphine Leroux, Gilles Aouizerate
  • Publication number: 20150071770
    Abstract: The main object of the invention is an angular stator sector (10) for a turbomachine compressor, comprising an outer shroud and an inner shroud (S) arranged coaxially one inside the other, and at least one vane (P) extending radially between the outer shroud and the inner shroud (S) and connected to the latter by its radial ends, characterised in that the inner shroud (S) comprises at least one brush seal (1, 2, 3) forming an obstacle to the recirculation of the downstream gases upstream of the inner shroud (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Snecma
    Inventors: Damien Joseph CELLIER, Mickael DIAS GOMES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Daniel Georges PLONA
  • Publication number: 20140300058
    Abstract: Sealing device for an enclosure (E1, E2) of a turbine engine (1) formed by an assembly of juxtaposed rotating and/or static bodies, the sealing device comprising at least one brush seal (10) having a brush body (101), carried by at least one first member (11), and bristles (102) extending from said brush body and arranged so as to rub against at least one second member (12) rotatable relative to the first member, so as to produce a pressure difference between the inside of said enclosure and its outer environment (E3), characterised in that said device further comprises a labyrinth-type seal (6), said labyrinth being positioned in series with said brush seal between the inside of said enclosure and its outer environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Delphine LEROUX, Gilles AOUIZERATE
  • Patent number: 8777558
    Abstract: A casing for a turbomachine rotor wheel includes a plurality of circumferential grooves, each of substantially constant section, with the section areas of the circumferential grooves decreasing from upstream to downstream on going from the first groove to the last groove. By treating the casing in this way, the efficiency of the rotor wheel is optimized and its surge margin is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Olivier Stephane Domercq, Laurent Jablonski, Vincent Paul Gabriel Perrot
  • Patent number: 8226353
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this cavity being delimited by the downstream face of the impeller and by an annular end-piece of a diffuser and being ventilated by taking air from the outlet of the compressor, the system comprising at least one annular deflector mounted in this cavity in order to oppose the rise of hot air along the downstream face of the impeller and in order to cause the diverted hot air to be driven by the air taken from the outlet of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 8152460
    Abstract: A turbomachine compressor, including an air bleed device including a duct having a suction end opening out into an outer casing of the compressor level with a rotor wheel and a stator stage of the compressor is disclosed. A screen sheet of annular shape is mounted radially inside the casing facing a portion of the suction end of the duct so as to make the bleeding of air uniform over 360° around the axis of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Laurent Jablonski, Sebastien Juste, Julien Sedlak
  • Patent number: 8052381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine module comprising a device to improve radial clearances, comprising an outer casing (22), an inner casing (21) and at least one shock absorbing ring (5) connecting the casings, the module also comprising an annular cavity (43) on the downstream side of the ring (5), with a passage (42) formed in it through which an airflow (4) is drawn off from the primary flow (Fp). According to the invention, the device to improve radial clearances comprises a thermal inertia control device for the shock absorbing ring mounted on the shock absorbing ring (5), downstream from it, this device comprising at least one coat of thermal insulation (8), and at least partly delimiting the annular cavity (43) on the downstream side of it (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Claude Chomel, Sebastien Juste, Emmanuel Houradou, Dominique Raulin, Frederic Renault, Julien Sedlak
  • Patent number: 8029238
    Abstract: System for cooling a downstream cavity of a centrifugal compressor impeller in a turbomachine, this compressor being connected to a diffuser comprising a downstream annular flange, an annular plating being mounted coaxially around the flange of the diffuser and substantially extending over the entire axial dimension of the flange so as to define an annular ventilation passage fed with air which is cooler than the air exiting the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 7942630
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this system including flow diversion system mounted fixedly in the downstream cavity of the impellor in order to divert the ventilation air taken from the outlet of the compressor and cause it to circulate radially from the inside to the outside along the downstream face of the impellor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 7937951
    Abstract: A system for cooling the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine is disclosed. The compressor supplies an annular diffuser. The diffuser includes an end-piece that extends downstream and along the impeller of the compressor and is covered on the upstream side by an annular metal sheet. The sheet delimits, with the impeller of the compressor, a first annular passageway to carry away the air taken from the outlet of the compressor and, with the end-piece of the diffuser, a second annular passageway to carry away a portion of the air flow coming out of the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger, David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 7937944
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes a centrifugal compressor, a diffuser, a combustion chamber, and an annular case arranged radially between the combustion chamber and a downstream end-piece of the diffuser. The annular case includes a radially external wall for the guidance of an air flow coming out of the diffuser, and a radially internal wall delimiting with the end-piece of the diffuser a channel for the air coming out of the diffuser to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Publication number: 20110085896
    Abstract: A casing for a turbomachine rotor wheel includes a plurality of circumferential grooves, each of substantially constant section, with the section areas of the circumferential grooves decreasing from upstream to downstream on going from the first groove to the last groove. By treating the casing in this way, the efficiency of the rotor wheel is optimized and its surge margin is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Olivier Stephane Domercq, Laurent Jablonski, Vincent Paul Gabriel Perrot
  • Publication number: 20100028138
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this cavity being delimited by the downstream face of the impeller and by an annular end-piece of a diffuser and being ventilated by taking air from the outlet of the compressor, the system comprising at least one annular deflector mounted in this cavity in order to oppose the rise of hot air along the downstream face of the impeller and in order to cause the diverted hot air to be driven by the air taken from the outlet of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry ARGAUD, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Publication number: 20100028137
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this system comprising flow diversion means (70, 84) mounted fixedly in the downstream cavity (38) of the impellor (36) in order to divert the ventilation air taken from the outlet of the compressor (10) and cause it to circulate radially from the inside to the outside along the downstream face (34) of the impellor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry ARGAUD, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Publication number: 20090202341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine module comprising a device to improve radial clearances, comprising an outer casing (22), an inner casing (21) and at least one shock absorbing ring (5) connecting the casings, the module also comprising an annular cavity (43) on the downstream side of the ring (5), with a passage (42) formed in it through which an airflow (4) is drawn off from the primary flow (Fp). According to the invention, the device to improve radial clearances comprises a thermal inertia control device for the shock absorbing ring mounted on the shock absorbing ring (5), downstream from it, this device comprising at least one coat of thermal insulation (8), and at least partly delimiting the annular cavity (43) on the downstream side of it (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert, Alain BRUNET, Claude CHOMEL, Sebastien JUSTE, Emmanuel HOURADOU, Dominique RAULIN, Frederic RENAULT, Julien SEDLAK
  • Publication number: 20090155056
    Abstract: A turbomachine compressor, such as a high-pressure compressor, including air bleed means comprising a duct having a suction end opening out into an outer casing of the compressor level with a rotor wheel and a stator stage of the compressor, a screen sheet of annular shape being mounted radially inside the casing facing a portion of the suction end of the duct so as to make the bleeding of air uniform over 360° around the axis of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Laurent JABLONSKI, Sebastien JUSTE, Julien SEDLAK
  • Publication number: 20080141680
    Abstract: System for ventilating a combustion chamber wall A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine comprising a centrifugal compressor (10) supplying, via a diffuser (12), a combustion chamber (14), this system comprising an annular case (90) arranged radially between the combustion chamber and a downstream end-piece (26) of the diffuser and that comprises a radially external wall (92) for the guidance of an air flow coming out of the diffuser, and a radially internal wall (94) delimiting with the end-piece of the diffuser a channel (88) for the air coming out of the diffuser to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Patrice Andre Commaret, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, David Locatelli
  • Publication number: 20080141678
    Abstract: A system for cooling the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this compressor (10) supplying an annular diffuser (12) comprising an end-piece (26) that extends downstream and along the impeller of the compressor and that is covered on the upstream side by an annular metal sheet (90) that delimits, with the impeller of the compressor, a first annular passageway (39) to carry away the air taken from the outlet of the compressor and, with the end-piece of the diffuser, a second annular passageway (98) to carry away a portion of the air flow coming out of the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Jean-Christophe Leininger, David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20080019829
    Abstract: System for cooling a downstream cavity of a centrifugal compressor impeller in a turbomachine, this compressor (10) being connected to a diffuser (12) comprising a downstream annular flange, an annular plating (70) being mounted coaxially around the flange of the diffuser and substantially extending over the entire axial dimension of the flange so as to define an annular ventilation passage (72) fed with air which is cooler than the air (61) exiting the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger