Patents by Inventor Aurélien GAILLARD

Aurélien GAILLARD 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: 20240133306
    Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle extending about an axis and including a vane assembly mounted between an outer shroud and an inner shroud; and a position retaining device configured to be placed in an elastically prestressed state between the inner shroud and an inner platform of the vane assembly to apply a stress on the vane assembly towards the outer shroud. The contact between the inner shroud and the inner platform is obtained by one same surface of the position retaining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Aurélien GAILLARD, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Clément JARROSSAY, David René Pierre LE CAIR
  • Publication number: 20240068376
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly having ring segments made of ceramic matrix composite material and each having first and second attachment tabs and a cavity for the circulation of air flow, a metal support having a first bracket and a second bracket bearing axially upstream against the second tab, a first metal flange arranged upstream of the first bracket and having an inner periphery bearing axially downstream against the first tab and an outer periphery fastened to the first bracket, and air passage orifices formed in the inner periphery of the first flange and/or in the second bracket, the orifices configured to ensure that the air flow passes from the cavity to the outside of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Aurélien GAILLARD, Pascal Cédric TABARIN, Arthur Paul Gabriel NIMHAUSER, Clément Emile André CAZIN
  • Patent number: 11879342
    Abstract: A turbine assembly (1) comprising: —a plurality of turbine ring sectors (20) made of ceramic-matrix composite material, —a ring support structure (3), comprising an annular shroud (6), and in addition —a plurality of angular spacer sectors (70) together forming an annular spacer (7), said annular spacer (7) being, on the one hand, fixed to the turbine ring (2) and, on the other hand, fixed to said annular shroud (6), characterized in that said turbine assembly (1) comprises at least one air diffuser (8), which is configured to diffuse cooling air onto the radially outer face (212) of at least one of said turbine ring sectors (20), and in that said at least one air diffuser (8) is mounted by being nested on one of said angular spacer sectors (70), in a nested position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurélien Gaillard, Clément Emile André Cazin, Clément Jarrossay, Pascal Cédric Tabarin, Nicolas Paul Tableau
  • Patent number: 11867091
    Abstract: A nozzle for a turbomachine turbine. The nozzle includes blades made of ceramic matrix composite material, and at least one metal liner passing through a respective blade. The liner is connected in a sealed manner to a metal internal shroud so as to guide a ventilation fluid through the blade. The nozzle can be configured to maintain effective sealing in spite of the different thermal expansions of the blade and of the internal shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Clément Jarrossay, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Aurélien Gaillard, David René Pierre Le Cair, Matthieu Arnaud Gimat
  • Publication number: 20230313695
    Abstract: A nozzle for a turbomachine turbine. The nozzle includes blades made of ceramic matrix composite material, and at least one metal liner passing through a respective blade. The liner is connected in a sealed manner to a metal internal shroud so as to guide a ventilation fluid through the blade. The nozzle can be configured to maintain effective sealing in spite of the different thermal expansions of the blade and of the internal shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Aurélien GAILLARD, David René Pierre LE CAIR, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT
  • Patent number: 11746668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine assembly comprising: a plurality of ring sectors forming a ring; a support structure comprising a shroud from which there project radial flanges which serve to hold latching tabs of each ring sector; a stator positioned downstream of said ring and comprising a blade provided with a radially outer platform and extending axially opposite said ring; an annular space being defined between the ring, the support structure and the platform, this annular space having passing through it a leakage air current, the assembly comprising a hollow ring which occupies said annular space and which is shaped so as to collect, channel and expel said leakage air current, more specifically to channel and expel it into the radially inner region of said annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Jarrossay, Clément Emile André Cazin, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Aurélien Gaillard
  • Publication number: 20230142040
    Abstract: A turbine assembly (1) comprising: —a plurality of turbine ring sectors (20) made of ceramic-matrix composite material, —a ring support structure (3), comprising an annular shroud (6), and in addition ?a plurality of angular spacer sectors (70) together forming an annular spacer (7), said annular spacer (7) being, on the one hand, fixed to the turbine ring (2) and, on the other hand, fixed to said annular shroud (6), characterized in that said turbine assembly (1) comprises at least one air diffuser (8), which is configured to diffuse cooling air onto the radially outer face (212) of at least one of said turbine ring sectors (20), and in that said at least one air diffuser (8) is mounted by being nested on one of said angular spacer sectors (70), in a nested position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Aurélien GAILLARD, Clément Emile André CAZIN, Clément JARROSSAY, Pascal Cédric TABARIN, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20230118738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine assembly comprising: a plurality of ring sectors forming a ring; a support structure comprising a shroud from which there project radial flanges which serve to hold latching tabs of each ring sector; a stator positioned downstream of said ring and comprising a blade provided with a radially outer platform and extending axially opposite said ring; an annular space being defined between the ring, the support structure and the platform, this annular space having passing through it a leakage air current, the assembly comprising a hollow ring which occupies said annular space and which is shaped so as to collect, channel and expel said leakage air current, more specifically to channel and expel it into the radially inner region of said annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Clément Emile André CAZIN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Aurélien GAILLARD
  • Publication number: 20230116425
    Abstract: Turbine shroud assembly comprising sections (10) made from CMC and forming a shroud (1) and a support structure (3), each section having a base (12) with a radially internal face (12a) and a radially external face (12b), from which there extend in a projecting manner an upstream attachment lug (14) and a downstream attachment lug (16), the support structure comprising a collar (31), from which there radially extend in a projecting manner towards the shroud an upstream radial flange (32) and a downstream radial flange (36), by which the lugs of each section of the shroud are retained, the shroud (1) being retained by axial pins (119, 120) which cooperate, on the one hand, with the upstream radial flange, via first and second annular end plates (33, 34), and directly with the downstream radial flange and, on the other hand, with the upstream and downstream attachment lugs, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Aurélien GAILLARD, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20230051167
    Abstract: A stator wheel for a turbomachine turbine. This wheel includes an inner shroud formed by an upstream portion and a downstream portion configured to be assembled with the blades by axial translation in a respective direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurelien GAILLARD, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clement JARROSSAY, Pascal Cedric TABARIN, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20220228498
    Abstract: Turbine comprising a casing and a nozzle including a metal outer shroud integral with the casing, a metal inner shroud, and a plurality of nozzle sectors of CMC forming a ring extending between the metal outer shroud and the metal inner shroud, each sector including a mast, an inner platform, an outer platform and at least one airfoil having a hollow profile defining an inner recess, each of the inner and outer platforms having an opening communicating with said inner recess, and the mast passing through said openings and the inner recess and being attached to said casing and connected with said nozzle sector. The mast comprises at least one fastening projection having at least one portion extending from a radially outer end of the mast in a direction opposite to the center of the mast and in a plane orthogonal to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurélien GAILLARD, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Clément JARROSSAY, Gilles Gérard Claude LEPRETRE, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Patent number: 11156107
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade includes a root intended to be mounted in a recessed pocket of a turbomachine rotor disc, the root having two side faces extending radially and longitudinally, each of the side faces including at least one seating intended to be inserted against a side wall of the recessed pocket, along an axis of longitudinal direction and to be in contact with the side walls of the recessed pocket, a radially inner face intended to face the bottom of the recessed pocket when the root is mounted in the recessed pocket, the radially inner face connecting the two side faces, the radially inner face including at least one curved concave surface and two curved convex surfaces, the curved concave surface extending from one end of each of the two curved convex surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Aurélien Gaillard, Pascal Grégory Casaliggi, Francis Gabriel Michel
  • Publication number: 20200123913
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade includes a root intended to be mounted in a recessed pocket of a turbomachine rotor disc, the root having two side faces extending radially and longitudinally, each of the side faces including at least one seating intended to be inserted against a side wall of the recessed pocket, along an axis of longitudinal direction and to be in contact with the side walls of the recessed pocket, a radially inner face intended to face the bottom of the recessed pocket when the root is mounted in the recessed pocket, the radially inner face connecting the two side faces, the radially inner face including at least one curved concave surface and two curved convex surfaces, the curved concave surface extending from one end of each of the two curved convex surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Aurélien GAILLARD, Pascal Grégory CASALIGGI, Francis Gabriel MICHEL