Patents by Inventor Bruno Andre

Bruno 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).

  • Publication number: 20200378339
    Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for a rear of a dual-flow turbomachine (10) having a longitudinal axis (X), comprising: a secondary nozzle (110) defined about the longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck (112) corresponding to a minimal cross-cross-section of the secondary nozzle (110), a heating system located on at least one portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck and/or upstream from the neck (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume BODARD, Jeremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Norman Bruno Andre JODET
  • Publication number: 20200355085
    Abstract: A flow-straightener vane of a bypass turbomachine includes a plurality of vane sections stacked radially with respect to a longitudinal axis (X) along a stacking line (L) between a root end and a tip end. Each vane section has a pressure-face surface and a suction-face surface extending axially between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge. Between the leading and trailing edges of each vane section there is formed a profile chord (CA) the length of which is substantially constant between the tip end and the root end, and the stacking line (L) exhibits a curvature in a plane passing more or less through the axis (X) and through the stacking line (L), situated in the vicinity of the tip end and oriented from downstream towards upstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Guillaume Martin, Laurent Soulat
  • Patent number: 10787962
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit including two distinct fan spools, and including a first duct and a second duct extending downstream of the two fan spools, the propulsion unit including a control ring disposed on one of the ducts, downstream of one of the fan spools, with at least one annular internal wall extending in an interior space of the duct, the control unit of the control ring being configured to modify the shape of the internal wall, and to cause an air passage cross section in the duct to vary at the ring, a device for acquiring acoustic signals generated by acoustic waves propagating downstream of the fan spools, and a device for processing the acoustic signals, configured to measure a dephasing between the acoustic waves and to control the control ring depending on the dephasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jean Michel Roux, Norman Bruno André Jodet, Laurent Louis Robert Baudoin
  • Publication number: 20200279346
    Abstract: This invention falls within the scope of steganography, i.e., encoding of information (such as a text) into other information, for example, an image. It is the object of this invention a computational method for generating at least one image with coded information comprising the steps of: i) associating an information to be coded to a plurality of graphic elements, each of the graphic elements consisting of a symbol out of a plurality of symbols, thus generating a pattern of graphic elements and ii) generating at least one image comprising at least one pattern obtained from step i). This method introduces a consistent and highly flexible way of encoding information into an image. Additionally, this invention has also as object a system associated to the said method, images obtained from the said method, as well as a reading method and system thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Nuno Miguel MENDONÇA DA SILVA GONÇALVES, Bruno André SANTOS PATRÃO, Leandro MORAES VALLE CRUZ, João Pedro DE ALMEIDA BARRETO
  • Patent number: 10723434
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for aircraft, the assembly including a turbojet having at least one unducted propulsion propeller; and an attachment pylon for attaching the turbojet to a structural element of the aircraft, the pylon being positioned on the turbojet upstream from the propeller and having an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon includes a cutout extending longitudinally over a fraction of the trailing edge facing at least a portion of the propeller, the cutout being configured to increase locally the distance between the trailing edge and the propeller, the cutout presenting an outline having a curved shape presenting at least two points of inflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Simon Paul Gruber, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet
  • Publication number: 20200173396
    Abstract: An assembly for the rear of a bypass turbomachine (10) comprises a primary nozzle (11) comprising a trailing edge defining a primary flow path portion and a secondary nozzle (110) defining a secondary flow path portion, defined about a longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary flow path (Vs) and from a primary flow path (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent shape with a throat (112) corresponding to a minimum cross section of the nozzle (110), the secondary nozzle (110) comprising, at the throat (112), a periodic succession of lobes (116, 118) which are situated along the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle (110). The assembly also comprises a lobed mixer (130) at the downstream end of the primary nozzle (11), this having an alternation of hot lobes (134) extending inside the secondary flow path and of cold lobes (132) extending inside the primary flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Guillaume BODARD, Norman Bruno Andre JODET, Jacky Novi MARDJONO
  • Publication number: 20200173362
    Abstract: An acoustic panel for an aircraft propulsion unit, comprises a core and an entry layer in contact with the core, the entry layer comprising lower elements and upper elements, each comprising an inner face, an outer face and at least one through-hole, the inner faces of the lower elements and upper elements being in contact with each other and forming a channel defining a baffle and opening into a cell of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Georges Jean Xavier RIOU, Norman Bruno André JODET, Jéremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ
  • Patent number: 10662876
    Abstract: A turbomachine vane includes an electroacoustic source including two membranes fixed on a support arranged such that the membranes and the support delimit a first cavity. The membranes are arranged on two opposite sides of the first cavity between the two aerodynamic surfaces of the vane. A first of the aerodynamic surfaces includes a first region arranged facing a first of the membranes for the passage of acoustic waves. The membranes and membrane vibration device are configured such that the membranes vibrate in phase opposition and along a same emission direction by applying forces to the support such that the resultant force is approximately zero. The mechanical energy lost in the form of vane deformations due to membrane vibrations can thus be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Jacky Novi Mardjono, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet, Jeremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10557417
    Abstract: An acoustic absorber cell (1) for mounting on a turbojet wall in contact with a fluid flow, the cell (1) having a resonant cavity (2) presenting a wall (30) having at least one orifice (4) associated with a neck (5) having a tube (51) extending inside the resonant cavity (2) and projecting from the wall (30). The neck (5) also having a tubular ring (52) coaxial with the tube (51) and movable relative to the tube (51), and the cell (1) includes electromagnetic actuator (6) for moving the ring (52) along the tube (51), and controller (7) for controlling the electromagnetic actuator (6) and configured to control movement of the ring (52) along the tube (51) as a function of the operating speed of the turbojet between at least first and second positions defining respective first and second resonant frequencies of the resonant cavity (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Norman Bruno Andre Jodet, Jeremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez, Jacky Novi Mardjono, Georges Jean Xavier Riou
  • Patent number: 10518869
    Abstract: A turboprop including a propeller including a blade extending in a direction, which also includes a root, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a wing tip, and an inner air stream channel, wherein the inner air stream channel includes an inlet located at the root of the blade and an outlet leading to the trailing edge of the blade transversely directed in relation to the main elongation direction, such that an inner stream of air flowing in the inner air stream channel by entering via the inlet adjacent to the root of the blade is discharged via the outlet adjacent to the trailing edge of the blade by forming a stream of blown air that moves away from the trailing edge in a direction which is transverse to the main elongation direction and which has a component in the direction of a skeleton line of the blade at the trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Paul Antoine Foresto, Anthony Binder, Alexandre Gerard Francois Couilleaux, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet
  • Publication number: 20190300415
    Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system includes a submerged combustion melter having a housing that defines a melting chamber and one or more vibration damping devices operatively coupled to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Steven James Mighton, William Wyatt Toth, Alvin Lee Miller, Bruno Andre Purnode
  • Patent number: 10403161
    Abstract: A process is described that includes the generation and transmission of collision avoidance data and/or collision avoidance instructions based on data from 3-D radar scans of an airspace. The transmitted data and/or instructions could facilitate collision avoidance by aerial vehicles operating in the airspace. The transmitted data could be limited to protect the security, privacy, and/or safety of other aerial vehicles, airborne objects, and/or individuals within the airspace. The transmitted data could be limited such that only information pertaining to a region of the airspace proximate to a particular aerial vehicle was transmitted. The transmitted data could be limited such that it included instructions that could be executed by a particular aerial vehicle to avoid collisions and such that the transmitted data did not include location or other data associated with other aerial vehicles or airborne objects in the airspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wing Aviation LLC
    Inventors: Adam Bry, Abraham Bachrach, Bruno Andre Posokhow
  • Patent number: 10370086
    Abstract: A blade for a turbine engine propeller, in particular a propfan engine, comprising a protruding part on the leading edge thereof, wherein said blade comprises means for controlling the position of the protruding part along the leading edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurence Francine Vion, Rasika Fernando, Norman Bruno André Jodet
  • Patent number: 10370278
    Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system (90) includes a submerged combustion melter (100) having a housing (102) that defines a melting chamber (104) and one or more vibration damping devices (340) operatively coupled to the housing (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Steven James Mighton, William Wyatt Toth, Alvin Lee Miller, Bruno Andre Purnode
  • Patent number: 10358938
    Abstract: A stator designed to be placed radially in a flow which passes through one or more rotors which share the same axis of rotation, with a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge and trailing edge are connected by a lower face and an upper face, wherein at least one of the faces of the stator has radial undulations which extend axially from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The radial undulations can have at least two bosses in the same azimuth direction, the amplitude of which is at least one centimeter on at least part of the axial length of the stator. A propulsion assembly formed by the rotor and the stator, and to a turbine engine comprising such assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Jérôme Romano, Norman Bruno André Jodet
  • Publication number: 20190112979
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic attenuation liner comprising: a porous coating (39) with a mesh structure, an acoustically absorbent material (41) covered with the porous coating and having a first volume (Vabs) and at least one cavity (45) created between the acoustically absorbent material (41) and the porous coating (39) and which has a second volume (Vcav), such as Vcav>3% (Vcav+Vabs), wherein the mesh structure has wires (390) separating between them openings passing through said structure, some of which have, when flat, a minimum elementary area So.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Josselin David Florian REGNARD, Norman Bruno André JODET
  • Publication number: 20190078534
    Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for a rear of a dual-flow turbomachine (10) having a longitudinal axis (X), comprising: a secondary nozzle (110) defined about the longitudinal axis (X), said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine (10), the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck (112) corresponding to a minimal cross-cross-section of the secondary nozzle (110), a heating system located on at least one portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck and/or upstream from the neck (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume BODARD, Jeremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Norman Bruno Andre JODET
  • Publication number: 20190063314
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit including two distinct fan spools, and including a first duct and a second duct extending downstream of the two fan spools, the propulsion unit including a control ring disposed on one of the ducts, downstream of one of the fan spools, with at least one annular internal wall extending in an interior space of the duct, the control unit of the control ring being configured to modify the shape of the internal wall, and to cause an air passage cross section in the duct to vary at the ring, a device for acquiring acoustic signals generated by acoustic waves propagating downstream of the fan spools, and a device for processing the acoustic signals, configured to measure a dephasing between the acoustic waves and to control the control ring depending on the dephasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jean Michel Roux, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet, Laurent Louis Robert Baudoin
  • Publication number: 20190024586
    Abstract: A supply duct of a compressor of a turbine engine, formed from internal and external walls of revolution around an axis and opposite one another to define a circulation stream of a fluid, is provided. The stream allows the fluid to be routed from the inlet of the duct to the inlet of the compressor. The radius of the external wall at the inlet of the duct is greater than the radius of the duct at the inlet of the compressor. The duct includes a portion for which the radius of the external wall along the portion is less than the radius of the external wall at the inlet of the compressor, and the radius of the internal wall along the portion of the duct is less than the radius of the internal wall at the inlet of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jacky Novi MARDJONO, Norman Bruno Andre JODET
  • Publication number: 20180354634
    Abstract: An airplane propelled by a turbine engine having at least one fan, the turbine engine being integrated in the rear of a fuselage of the airplane, extending it rearwards, the airplane further including at least one acoustic baffle forming panel connected to the fuselage of the airplane and arranged below the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Norman Bruno Andre JODET, Jeremy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Herve ROLLAND