Patents by Inventor Bernard Carrere

Bernard Carrere 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: 9933164
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber (10) for a turbomachine (100), the combustion chamber presenting an axial direction (X), a radial direction, and an azimuth direction, and comprising a first annular wall (12) and a second annular wall (14), each wall delimiting at least a portion of the volume of the annular combustion chamber (10), the first and second walls (12, 14) presenting complementary fitting elements (12d, 14d), the first wall (12) presenting at least one first through hole (12f), while the second wall (14) presents at least one second through hole (14f), the combustion chamber (10) also having at least one pin (18) engaged in a pair of holes comprising a first hole (12f) and a second hole (14f), said pin (18) locking the fitting of the first and second walls (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Nicolas Savary, Patrick Berteau, Bernard Carrere, Jean-Marc Dubourdieu, Ludovic Naudot
  • Patent number: 9927125
    Abstract: A start-up injector for a turbine engine combustion chamber, said injector including a fuel injection circuit; and a fuel ignition circuit including a fuel injector supplied by the fuel injection circuit and a spark plug for igniting the injected fuel. The start-up injector also includes a partitioned enclosure including a first compartment in which the fuel is ignited by the spark plug and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by a thermally conductive partition; and a main combustion start-up circuit which includes at least one fuel injector supplied by the fuel injection circuit and opens into the second compartment of the enclosure such as to inject the fuel against the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventor: Bernard Carrere
  • Publication number: 20170067640
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber (10) for a turbomachine (100), the combustion chamber presenting an axial direction (X), a radial direction, and an azimuth direction, and comprising a first annular wall (12) and a second annular wall (14), each wall delimiting at least a portion of the volume of the annular combustion chamber (10), the first and second walls (12, 14) presenting complementary fitting elements (12d, 14d), the first wall (12) presenting at least one first through hole (12f), while the second wall (14) presents at least one second through hole (14f), the combustion chamber (10) also having at least one pin (18) engaged in a pair of holes comprising a first hole (12f) and a second hole (14f), said pin (18) locking the fitting of the first and second walls (12, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas SAVARY, Patrick BERTEAU, Bernard CARRERE, Jean-Marc DUBOURDIEU, Ludovic NAUDOT
  • Publication number: 20150260406
    Abstract: A start-up injector for a turbine engine combustion chamber, said injector including a fuel injection circuit; and a fuel ignition circuit including a fuel injector supplied by the fuel injection circuit and a spark plug for igniting the injected fuel. The start-up injector also includes a partitioned enclosure including a first compartment in which the fuel is ignited by the spark plug and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by a thermally conductive partition; and a main combustion start-up circuit which includes at least one fuel injector supplied by the fuel injection circuit and opens into the second compartment of the enclosure such as to inject the fuel against the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventor: Bernard Carrere
  • Patent number: 8925331
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine presenting an axial direction, a radial direction, and an azimuth direction, the combustion chamber including a first annular wall and a second annular wall, each annular wall defining at least a portion of an enclosure of the combustion chamber. The first annular wall and the second annular wall present complementary assembly mechanisms that co-operate by engagement in azimuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Bernard Carrere, Nicolas Savary
  • Publication number: 20140109595
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine presenting an axial direction, a radial direction, and an azimuth direction, the combustion chamber including a first annular wall and a second annular wall, each annular wall defining at least a portion of an enclosure of the combustion chamber. The first annular wall and the second annular wall present complementary assembly mechanisms that co-operate by engagement in azimuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Bernard Carrere, Nicolas Savary