Patents by Inventor Brice ANDRE

Brice ANDRE 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: 10208669
    Abstract: A method for regulating oil cooling within an oil cooling device of a turbomachine including a first heat exchanger mounted in series with a second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger being an oil/air exchanger while the second heat exchanger is an oil/fuel exchanger, each heat exchanger having an oil inlet and an oil outlet, a bypass directly connecting the oil inlet of the first heat exchanger to the oil outlet of the first heat exchanger, and a flow regulator to regulate the flow rate of oil flowing through the bypass. Circulation of oil though the bypass is allowed by means of the flow regulator when the oil temperature is less than or equal to a predetermined temperature comprised between 70° C. and 90° C., preferably equal to about 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Gameiro, Brice Andre, Guillaume Mathon Margueritte, Nicolas Potel
  • Patent number: 9903277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a fuel circuit shut-off valve comprising an LPSOV, a flow regulator, the shut-off valve, characterised in that it comprises: a step for ordering (30) the closure of the valves; a step for measuring (32) the fuel flow rate in the circuit qui carried out before the LPSOV is completely closed; and a diagnostic step (34) consisting of determining that said shut-off valve is defective if the fuel flow rate measured is not equal to zero and determining that said shut-off valve is operating correctly if the fuel flow rate measured is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Brice Andre, Virginie Ayrault, Bruno Robert Gaully
  • Patent number: 9817127
    Abstract: A method for selecting usable satellites from among the satellites of a localization constellation, to determine an instantaneous kinematic state of a train, is provided. The method includes determining a measured value and an estimated value of a Doppler coefficient and/or a pseudo-range, then comparing the measured and estimated values and, in case of divergence, deleting the satellite from the usable satellites. The estimated value results from a dynamic model of the train, which uses only a kinematic state at a past moment to calculate an estimated instantaneous kinematic state and that uses a mapping of the track on which the guided vehicle moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA
    Inventors: Brice Andre, Mauro Bortolotto
  • Publication number: 20160003148
    Abstract: A method for regulating oil cooling within an oil cooling device of a turbomachine including a first heat exchanger mounted in series with a second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger being an oil/air exchanger while the second heat exchanger is an oil/fuel exchanger, each heat exchanger having an oil inlet and an oil outlet, a bypass directly connecting the oil inlet of the first heat exchanger to the oil outlet of the first heat exchanger, and a flow regulator to regulate the flow rate of oil flowing through the bypass. Circulation of oil though the bypass is allowed by means of the flow regulator when the oil temperature is less than or equal to a predetermined temperature comprised between 70° C. and 90° C., preferably equal to about 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien GAMEIRO, Brice ANDRE, Guillaume MATHON MARGUERITTE, Nicolas POTEL
  • Patent number: 9115647
    Abstract: A detection method of a breakdown of a pressure relief valve of a fuel injection circuit for a turbomachine, the injection circuit including a low pressure stage and a high pressure stage, the low pressure stage having an inlet and an outlet, the high pressure stage having an inlet and an outlet, the low pressure stage being connected to the high pressure stage, the pressure relief valve being connected in parallel with respect to the high pressure stage, the injection circuit further including a recirculation loop including an inlet connected to the outlet of the high pressure stage and an outlet connected to the outlet of the low pressure stage, the method including measuring a differential pressure in the injection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Brice Andre, Nicolas Potel
  • Publication number: 20140333478
    Abstract: A method for selecting usable satellites from among the satellites of a localization constellation, to determine an instantaneous kinematic state of a train, is provided. The method includes determining a measured value and an estimated value of a Doppler coefficient and/or a pseudo-range, then comparing the measured and estimated values and, in case of divergence, deleting the satellite from the usable satellites. The estimated value results from a dynamic model of the train, which uses only a kinematic state at a past moment to calculate an estimated instantaneous kinematic state and that uses a mapping of the track on which the guided vehicle moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Alstom Transport SA
    Inventors: Brice Andre, Mauro Bortolotto
  • Publication number: 20130019952
    Abstract: A detection method of a breakdown of a pressure relief valve of a fuel injection circuit for a turbomachine, the injection circuit including a low pressure stage and a high pressure stage, the low pressure stage having an inlet and an outlet, the high pressure stage having an inlet and an outlet, the low pressure stage being connected to the high pressure stage, the pressure relief valve being connected in parallel with respect to the high pressure stage, the injection circuit further including a recirculation loop including an inlet connected to the outlet of the high pressure stage and an outlet connected to the outlet of the low pressure stage, the method including measuring a differential pressure in the injection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Brice ANDRE, Nicolas POTEL