Patents by Inventor Bernard Germain

Bernard Germain 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: 11263367
    Abstract: A method for simulating the distribution of blades on a turbomachine disc includes: providing blade configurations, each being associated with a blade and including at least one measurement of a balancing parameter measured on the associated blade; and searching for and selecting a bladed-disc distribution combining the configurations of blades supplied with positions on the disc, the bladed disc distribution encouraging the attainment of at least one criterion defined according to a predetermined cost function dependent on the balancing parameter measurements, and the searching and selecting being performed by successive iterations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Alexandre Anfriani, Anthony Bernard Germain Lafitte, Julien Alexis Louis Ricordeau, Jean-Michel Roux
  • Patent number: 10865645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for manufacturing a turbomachine fan comprising a plurality of blades mounted on a disc extending along a longitudinal axis, said method comprising the following steps of: —measuring (102) at least one structural parameter of each of the blades in the cold state, and, for each of the blades, estimating (103) at least one structural parameter in operation relating to a blade from the structural parameter(s) measured on said blade in the cold state, —determining (104) an optimal sequence of the blades around the disc from the structural parameters estimated in operation for each of the blades, and —mounting (105) the blades on the disc in the optimal sequence thus determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Anthony Bernard Germain Lafitte, Jean-Frederic Pierre Joseph Bruhat, Frederic Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Jean-Michel Roux
  • Publication number: 20190332742
    Abstract: A method for simulating the distribution of blades on a turbomachine disc, including providing blade configurations, each being associated with a blade and including at least one measurement of a balancing parameter measured on the associated blade, search for and selection of a bladed-disc distribution combining the configurations of blades supplied with positions on the disc, the bladed disc distribution encouraging the attainment of at least one criterion defined according to a predetermined cost function dependent on the balancing parameter measurements, the search and selection being performed by successive iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Alexandre ANFRIANI, Anthony Bernard Germain LAFITTE, Julien Alexis Louis RICORDEAU, Jean-Michel ROUX
  • Publication number: 20180171803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for manufacturing a turbomachine fan comprising a plurality of blades mounted on a disc extending along a longitudinal axis, said method comprising the following steps of: —measuring (102) at least one structural parameter of each of the blades in the cold state, and, for each of the blades, estimating (103) at least one structural parameter in operation relating to a blade from the structural parameter(s) measured on said blade in the cold state, —determining (104) an optimal sequence of the blades around the disc from the structural parameters estimated in operation for each of the blades, and —mounting (105) the blades on the disc in the optimal sequence thus determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Anthony Bernard Germain LAFITTE, Jean-Frederic Pierre Joseph BRUHAT, Frederic Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Jean-Michel ROUX
  • Patent number: D250946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventor: Bernard Germain