Patents by Inventor Bertrand LEON

Bertrand LEON 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: 20250122840
    Abstract: An acoustic panel comprising a first group of cavities oriented towards a front end of the panel and a second group of cavities oriented towards a rear end of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Marc VERSAEVEL, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Pierre-Yves GINI, Sébastien Laurent Marie PASCAL
  • Publication number: 20250108571
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part made of composite material, includes the arrangement of a fibrous preform in the impregnation chamber of a mold, the impregnation chamber being closed by a flexible membrane separating the impregnation chamber from a compaction chamber, an impregnation fluid being injected into the impregnation chamber and a compression fluid being injected into the compaction chamber, the compression fluid being a liquid in which the value of the density is between 60% and 125% of the density of the impregnation fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Gautier MECUSON, Paul CARMINATI, Matthieu SCHWARTZ, Théophile LARDET, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20250108535
    Abstract: A method for producing a part made of composite material, includes obtaining a mold includes (i) a fibrous texture, (ii) a granular filtration layer located between a drainage surface of the texture and a permeable discharge surface and including a powder of filtration particles, and (iii) an element for retaining the granular layer, which element is distinct from the layer and located between the permeable discharge surface and the drainage surface, introducing a suspension including matrix particles in a liquid medium through an introduction surface of the fibrous texture that is distinct from the drainage surface, the liquid medium passing through the drainage surface, the granular filtration layer and the retention element to be discharged through the permeable discharge surface, and the matrix particles being retained in the pores of the fibrous texture by the granular filtration layer, and forming the part made of composite material by forming a matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Davi SILVA DE VASCONCELLOS
  • Publication number: 20250010971
    Abstract: An open composite panel for an aircraft includes a composite skin having an inner face and an outer face, and a plurality of stiffening ribs, each rib extending over the inner face of the skin in a respective direction of extension and projecting from the inner face to a top that is opposite said inner face. The plurality of ribs includes at least one reinforced rib, each reinforced rib having at least one elongate stiffening portion extending along the top of the reinforced rib, said stiffening portion including fibers extending substantially in the direction of extension of the reinforced rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Fabrizio PAGANO, Mathieu François Eric PREAU, Mathieu VIVIENT
  • Patent number: 12180891
    Abstract: An acoustic panel for a turbine engine includes a first strip and a second strip each comprising an alternation of first ridges and second ridges connected by sidewalls. The first and second strips are joined to each other to form a plurality of cells, each delimited by a first ridge of the first strip and a first ridge of the second strip. A third strip is interposed between the first strip and the second strip and includes a first lateral wall bearing on the first strip The third strip further includes at least one tab that extends inside one of the cells and delimits all or part of a passage inside the associated cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Marc Versaevel, Bertrand Léon Marie Desjoyeaux, Pierre-Yves Gini
  • Patent number: 12179918
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform for producing a part made of composite material with an unchangeable final shape includes supplying a triaxial non-woven textile comprising a layer of fibers orientated in a first direction, a layer of fibers orientated in a second direction, a layer of fibers orientated in a third direction, and seams extending parallel to each other and forming sheaths for the circumferential fibers, arranging the textile on an element of unchangeable shape by placing the seams parallel to the circumferential direction of the element, and sliding the circumferential fibers into the sheaths so that the textile is in continuous contact with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Bertrand Leon Marie Desjoyeaux, Julien Lorrillard, Benjamin Provost
  • Publication number: 20240416597
    Abstract: Application head for automated fiber placement, which application head includes at least: an application roller that is designed to apply fibers to a shaping tool which application roller is rotatably movable on its axis for applying fibers to the shaping tool, and a feed device includes a winding of a strip of fibers having a predefined orientation, the strip of fibers being configured to be transferred by unwinding from the feed device onto the application roller with at least one portion of the fibers of the strip being oriented such that they are not perpendicular to the axis of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick DUNLEAVY, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20240359421
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic panel including a first skin, a second skin and an intermediate structure enclosed between these skins and forming oblique cavities with respect to the latter. The method includes an intermediate polymerization step for fastening the intermediate structure to the first skin in order to increase the compressive strength thereof and in particular to support an automated operation of draping the second skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Marc VERSAEVEL, Pierre-Yves GINI, Hugo BOISTELLE, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20240351298
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly structure (10) for manufacturing a composite part. The structure comprises:—a skin preform (Pp) and a generally omega-shaped stiffener preform (PT) each having first and second opposing surfaces, the stiffener preform extending along and opposite the first surface of the skin preform. longitudinally and transversely in the form of a stiffener preform cross-section,—a rigid skin tooling (Op) disposed opposite the entire second surface (Sp2) of the skin preform,—a local rigid stiffener tooling (Or1, Or2) extending transversely around the stiffener preform cross-section with a transverse dimension smaller than the transverse dimension of the first surface of the skin preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: SAFRAN NACELLES, SAFRAN NANCELLES LIMITED
    Inventors: Julien LORRILLARD, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20240351699
    Abstract: An acoustic panel for an aircraft turbomachine has a sandwich structure. The sandwich structure includes a cell structure with a plurality of acoustic cells, a perforated acoustic structure, and a porous acoustic structure attached to the perforated acoustic structure. The perforated acoustic structure is arranged between the cell structure and the porous acoustic structure. The porous acoustic structure is multi-layered and has a first woven textile layer and a second woven textile layer connected to the first layer. The second layer is arranged between the first layer and the perforated acoustic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Mathieu François Eric PREAU, Marc VERSAEVEL, Pierre Charles CARUEL, Geneviève CLUZEAU
  • Publication number: 20240191655
    Abstract: A core for an acoustic attenuation panel extending between a first and a second end face, the core including a plurality of tubular polygonal cells having a main axis of extension between the end faces, each cell including an internal cavity delimited by lateral walls extending between the first and second end faces and opening out into each of the two end faces, the cells being expandable in a direction parallel to the end faces, each polygonal cell having septa extending transversely relative to the main axis and being offset there along, wherein each septum is folded in a W-shape at least between one of the lateral walls and another of the lateral walls and has a through orifice, the orifices of two consecutive septa being offset radially with respect to the main axis to form a baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Bertrand Leon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Marc VERSAEVEL
  • Publication number: 20240191656
    Abstract: An acoustic panel for a turbine engine includes a first strip and a second strip each comprising an alternation of first ridges and second ridges connected by sidewalls. The first and second strips are joined to each other to form a plurality of cells, each delimited by a first ridge of the first strip and a first ridge of the second strip. A third strip is interposed between the first strip and the second strip and includes a first lateral wall bearing on the first strip The third strip further includes at least one tab that extends inside one of the cells and delimits all or part of a passage inside the associated cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Marc VERSAEVEL, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Pierre-Yves GINI
  • Publication number: 20240166332
    Abstract: Curved stiffener for a turbomachine cowl composed of a resin-impregnated fibrous reinforcement, including a stack of a plurality of layers of fibers stacked along the thickness direction and extending on the entire width of the fibrous reinforcement, each layer of fibers having a plurality of fibers parallel to each other extending along a direction inclined relative to the length direction, the fibers of two consecutive layers of fibers along the thickness direction have directions inclined relative to each other, and the layers of fibers are sewn together by sewing threads extending along the length direction, the fibrous reinforcement includes a layer of reinforcing fibers having a plurality of fibers parallel to each other extending along the length direction, the layer of reinforcing fibers extending at least on the central part, over a width smaller than the width of the fibrous reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Benjamin PROVOST, Julien LORRILLARD, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Pierre PARANT
  • Publication number: 20240125283
    Abstract: An assembly including a nacelle panel of an aircraft engine, the nacelle panel including an outer skin, an inner skin and a central layer interposed between the outer skin and the inner skin, and the nacelle panel having a free inner enclosure contiguous with the outer skin, and a member forming a link including one or more degrees of freedom, the member being attached to the nacelle panel solely by one or both of the outer skin and the inner skin, and the member extending facing the free inner enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste DELARUE, Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Moncef M'HASNI
  • Patent number: 11867073
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first part and a second part separate from the first part, the first and second parts being intended to be in frictional contact, the first part being made of an organic matrix composite material that has, on its surface, an abrasion-resistant area including a resin that contains polytetrafluoroethylene particles, the polytetrafluoroethylene particles being only present at the surface of the first part, and the second part being made of an organic matrix composite material and being in contact with the abrasion-resistant area of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie Desjoyeaux, Mathieu François Eric Preau
  • Publication number: 20240001590
    Abstract: A tooling for infiltrating a slurry into a textile preform includes a mold which includes an impregnation chamber including, on one of its face, an element for filtering a liquid phase of the slurry intended to receive a first face of a textile preform, the impregnation chamber being closed by a counter-mold located facing the filtration element; and an output vent present on the mold and configured to eliminate a filtrate of the filtration element at an elimination pressure, wherein the tooling also includes a circulation system for a slurry including an input port and an output port, the circulation system being configured to circulate the slurry in the impregnation chamber from the input port to the output port at a circulation pressure greater than the elimination pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Nicolas EBERLING-FUX, Paul CARMINATI
  • Publication number: 20230323713
    Abstract: A device for holding an opening element in an ajar position relative to a fixed part of a body of a motor vehicle, the device including a first element having at least one connection member and a second element having at least one retention member having at least one elastically deformable body configured to cooperate with a second area of the at least one connection member so as to prevent the opening element from opening; the holding device comprises at least one protective wall defining a receiving recess in which the at least one elastically deformable body is at least partially housed. The invention also relates to a vehicle provided with at least one holding device of the type mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Olivier BOURGEOIS, Bertrand LEON
  • Publication number: 20230202002
    Abstract: A device for temporarily holding an opening element in an ajar position relative to a stationary element of a body of a vehicle, including a body provided with at least one mounting method, and a retaining method including a tab a first end of which is designed to cooperate with a first flange of a housing and a second end of which provides a junction with the body, wherein the tab includes, between the first end and the second end, an intermediate area including at least one section configured to distribute stresses applied to the tab when the device is moved to the ajar position or the fully open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: EXSTO THERMOPLASTICS
    Inventor: Bertrand LEON
  • Publication number: 20230003176
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an alveolar core structure includes at least one cell including a secondary duct having a first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet. The method also includes a fastening step in which adhesive tapes transverse to the longitudinal direction of said first plate are applied on a first longitudinal plate. The secondary duct in the form of a flattened element is fastened, on the first plate, by gluing at its sound wave inlet. A second plate is applied. A step of deploying the first and second plates so as to form the peripheral wall of the cells and so that the flattened element is deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Marc VERSAEVEL, Mathieu François Eric PREAU, Laurent MOREAU
  • Publication number: 20220403754
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first part and a second part separate from the first part, the first and second parts being intended to be in frictional contact, the first part being made of an organic matrix composite material that has, on its surface, an abrasion-resistant area including a resin that contains polytetrafluoroethylene particles, the polytetrafluoroethylene particles being only present at the surface of the first part, and the second part being made of an organic matrix composite material and being in contact with the abrasion-resistant area of the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie DESJOYEAUX, Mathieu François Eric PREAU