Patents by Inventor Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot

Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot 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: 10900365
    Abstract: An assembly forming a gasket for a turbomachine, includes a brush seal made of a plurality of sealing elastic bristles surrounding a core, a retaining ring including a recess to at least partly accommodate the brush seal, and a bearing cover, placed in contact with the brush seal to hold it in position against the retaining ring, the brush seal being located between the retaining ring and the bearing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Francois Jean Comin, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 10302470
    Abstract: A system for measuring an oil retention volume of a first member of an engine lubricating system, the injected oil flowing inside the first member mixed with a first air volume, the mixture forming a first fluid, the measuring system including an oil injector at the inlet of the lubricating system; a first flowmeter to measure a first oil flow rate at the inlet of the lubricating system; a second flowmeter at the outlet of the first member to measure a second flow rate of the first fluid at the outlet of the first member; a measuring device to calculate a first value representing a quantity of oil in a volume of the first fluid flowing inside the first member; a calculator to calculate a third oil flow rate at the outlet from the second flow rate of the first fluid measured and the first value calculated and the instantaneous oil retention volume in the first member from the comparison of the first oil flow rate with the third oil flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Serge René Morreale
  • Publication number: 20180202303
    Abstract: An assembly forming a gasket for a turbomachine, includes a brush seal made of a plurality of sealing elastic bristles surrounding a core, a retaining ring including a recess to at least partly accommodate the brush seal, and a bearing cover, placed in contact with the brush seal to hold it in position against the retaining ring, the brush seal being located between the retaining ring and the bearing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Francois Jean Comin, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 9909452
    Abstract: A device for sealing the coaxial shafts of a turbomachine includes an annular seal able to perform sealing by contact with the outer shaft, and a lubricating device to lubricate the region of contact between the annular seal and the outer shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Patent number: 9869193
    Abstract: A sealing device between two axisymmetric coaxial parts, includes an elastic segment, two holding elements located on each side of the annular segment, an annular spacer arranged between the two holding elements, wherein the annular spacer has a notch around its peripheral rim; the annular elastic segment has a hooking element at each of its free ends, adapted to cooperate with the notch of the annular spacer, and to hold the elastic segment in a pre-holding position by elastic return force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 9551233
    Abstract: One of the components (15), opposite a labyrinth seal (12), is arranged sliding on a conical interface (18) of its support (7, 19) and constructed from a material with different thermal expansions, so as to reduce the clearance with the component face to face (13, 14), at steady state, at high temperature. The sealing surface (25) may be assured by a circulation of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Publication number: 20150316398
    Abstract: A system for measuring an oil retention volume of a first member of an engine lubricating system, the injected oil flowing inside the first member mixed with a first air volume, the mixture forming a first fluid, the measuring system including an oil injector at the inlet of the lubricating system; a first flowmeter to measure a first oil flow rate at the inlet of the lubricating system; a second flowmeter at the outlet of the first member to measure a second flow rate of the first fluid at the outlet of the first member; a measuring device to calculate a first value representing a quantity of oil in a volume of the first fluid flowing inside the first member; a calculator to calculate a third oil flow rate at the outlet from the second flow rate of the first fluid measured and the first value calculated and the instantaneous oil retention volume in the first member from the comparison of the first oil flow rate with the third oil flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Serge René MORREALE
  • Publication number: 20150300191
    Abstract: An assembly forming a gasket for a turbomachine, includes a brush seal made of a plurality of sealing elastic bristles surrounding a core, a retaining ring including a recess to at least partly accommodate the brush seal, and a bearing cover, placed in contact with the brush seal to hold it in position against the retaining ring, the brush seal being located between the retaining ring and the bearing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene MORREALE, Francois Jean COMIN, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT
  • Publication number: 20150097342
    Abstract: One of the components (15), opposite a labyrinth seal (12), is arranged sliding on a conical interface (18) of its support (7, 19) and constructed from a material with different thermal expansions, so as to reduce the clearance with the component face to face (13, 14), at steady state, at high temperature. The sealing surface (25) may be assured by a circulation of oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene MORREALE, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT
  • Publication number: 20150063981
    Abstract: A device for sealing the coaxial shafts of a turbomachine includes an annular seal able to perform sealing by contact with the outer shaft, and a lubricating device to lubricate the region of contact between the annular seal and the outer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20150050130
    Abstract: A sealing device between two axisymmetric coaxial parts, includes an elastic segment, two holding elements located on each side of the annular segment, an annular spacer arranged between the two holding elements, wherein the annular spacer has a notch around its peripheral rim; the annular elastic segment has a hooking element at each of its free ends, adapted to cooperate with the notch of the annular spacer, and to hold the elastic segment in a pre-holding position by elastic return force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 8246310
    Abstract: A turbomachine fan including blades mounted in slots at the periphery of a rotor disk, and inter-blade platforms having radial lugs for fastening to corresponding lugs of the disk is disclosed. Each platform is fastened to the disk by a pin inserted into orifices in the lugs of the platform and into corresponding orifices in the lugs of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 8186144
    Abstract: A dual-flow turbomachine (10), essentially comprising a fan (14), a compressor (20), a combustion chamber (21), a turbine (22) and an exhaust casing (24), which comprises an auxiliary air compressor (48) driven by a Stirling engine (53) mounted downstream of the combustion chamber (21) and having a hot chamber in thermal contact with the flow (B) of hot gases leaving the turbine and a cold chamber in thermal contact with a flow (A) of cold gases generated by the fan (14) and flowing around the turbine (22) and the exhaust casing (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Laurent Donatien Behaghel, Pascal Coat, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 8074455
    Abstract: A twin-spool gas turbine engine including a high-pressure rotor and a low-pressure rotor, which rotors are mounted in bearings supported by an intermediate casing, at least one accessory gear box, and a drive device which drives radial and coaxial shafts for transmitting movement to the accessory gear box is disclosed. The drive device includes a high-pressure drive gear driving one of the radial shafts and connected to the high-pressure rotor and a low-pressure drive gear connected to the low-pressure rotor upstream of the high-pressure drive gear and driving the other of the radial shafts. The low-pressure drive gear is supported in the intermediate casing by an axial-positioning bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7685828
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least one Stirling cycle thermal engine which is mounted at the end of a radial arm of the exhaust casing and comprises a working chamber located outside the primary and secondary flows, a displacing piston associated with a moving element of an energy generation system, and two exchangers, heating and cooling, formed in parts of the radial arm respectively intercepting the primary flow and the secondary flow, these two exchangers communicating with each other and with the working chamber for the circulation of a working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Auguste Jacques Foucault, Etienne Juchauld, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090058089
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least one Stirling cycle thermal engine which is mounted at the end of a radial arm (36) of the exhaust casing (24) and comprises a working chamber (40) located outside the primary (B) and secondary (A) flows, a displacing piston (42) associated with a moving element (44) of an energy generation system, and two exchangers, heating (58) and cooling (62), formed in parts of the radial arm respectively intercepting the primary flow (B) and the secondary flow (A), these two exchangers (58, 62) communicating with each other and with the working chamber (40) for the circulation of a working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Auguste Jacques FOUCAULT, Etienne JUCHAULD, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Stephane ROUSSELIN
  • Publication number: 20090056302
    Abstract: A dual-flow turbomachine (10), essentially comprising a fan (14), a compressor (20), a combustion chamber (21), a turbine (22) and an exhaust casing (24), which comprises an auxiliary air compressor (48) driven by a Stirling engine (53) mounted downstream of the combustion chamber (21) and having a hot chamber in thermal contact with the flow (B) of hot gases leaving the turbine and a cold chamber in thermal contact with a flow (A) of cold gases generated by the fan (14) and flowing around the turbine (22) and the exhaust casing (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Laurent Donatien BEHAGHEL, Pascal Coat, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090049841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a twin-spool gas turbine engine comprising a high-pressure rotor (and a low-pressure rotor, which rotors are mounted in bearings supported by an intermediate casing, at least one accessory gear box, a drive means, driving radial and coaxial shafts for transmitting movement to the accessory gear box, the drive means comprising a high-pressure drive gear driving one of said radial shafts and connected to the high-pressure rotor, a low-pressure drive gear connected to the low-pressure rotor upstream of the high-pressure rotor and driving the other of said radial shafts, the low-pressure drive gear being supported in the intermediate casing by an axial-positioning bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20080226458
    Abstract: A turbomachine fan (10) comprising blades (16) mounted in slots (23) at the periphery of a rotor disk (12), and inter-blade platforms (20) having radial lugs for fastening to corresponding lugs of the disk (12), wherein each platform (20) is fastened to the disk (12) by means of a pin (64) inserted into orifices in the lugs of the platform (20) and into corresponding orifices in the lugs of the disk (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Stephane ROUSSELIN