Patents by Inventor Arnaud Lebrun

Arnaud Lebrun 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: 9988158
    Abstract: A DC electrical generation system for an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine, such as a turbojet, includes at least one electrical energy storage capacity, at least one generator driven mechanically by a rotation shaft of the turbine engine and electrical connections between the electrical energy storage capacity, the generator and the aircraft equipment for powering the above-mentioned equipment with DC current, also including at least one alternative for supplying DC current to the equipment, which are autonomous in relation to any mechanical driving by a rotation shaft of the turbine engine, and a device that can cut-off power to the generator(s) and simultaneously activate the alternative current supply. The power cut-off device for triggering power cut-off and activating the alternative current supply is controlled by a control or operating parameter of the turbine engine. The alternative current supply is preferably formed by one or more supercapacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud Lebrun, Thomas Lepage, Darragh McGrath
  • Publication number: 20160083106
    Abstract: A DC electrical generation system for an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine, such as a turbojet, includes at least one electrical energy storage capacity, at least one generator driven mechanically by a rotation shaft of the turbine engine and electrical connections between the electrical energy storage capacity, the generator and the aircraft equipment for powering the above-mentioned equipment with DC current, also including at least one alternative for supplying DC current to the equipment, which are autonomous in relation to any mechanical driving by a rotation shaft of the turbine engine, and a device that can cut-off power to the generator(s) and simultaneously activate the alternative current supply. The power cut-off device for triggering power cut-off and activating the alternative current supply is controlled by a control or operating parameter of the turbine engine. The alternative current supply is preferably formed by one or more supercapacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Arnaud LEBRUN, Thomas LEPAGE, Darragh MCGRATH
  • Patent number: 7973422
    Abstract: A device for producing electrical power in a multi-spool gas turbine engine is disclosed. The device includes at least one first rotary spool and a second rotary spool which drives an electrical machine. The electrical machine is of the twin-rotor type with a first rotor and a second rotor. The first rotor is mechanically connected to the first rotary spool and the second rotor is mechanically connected to the second rotary spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Olivier Francois Colin, Arnaud Lebrun, Gilles Barjon
  • Publication number: 20090015011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing electrical power in a multi-spool gas turbine engine comprising at least one first rotary spool (69), for example a low-pressure spool, and a second rotary spool (24), for example a high-pressure spool, and driving an electrical machine (10). The device is one wherein, with the electrical machine (10) being of the twin-rotor type with a first rotor (13) and a second rotor (14), the first rotor (13) is mechanically connected to the first rotary spool (69) and the second rotor is mechanically connected to the second rotary spool (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Olivier Francois Colin, Arnaud Lebrun, Gilles Barjon