Patents by Inventor Bruno Brochard

Bruno Brochard 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).

  • Jet propulsion device and fuel supply method
    Patent number: 9771897
    Abstract: A reaction propulsion device in which a first feed circuit for feeding a main thruster with a first propellant includes a branch connection downstream from a pump of a first turbopump, which branch connection passes through a first regenerative heat exchanger and a turbine of a first turbopump, and in which a second feed circuit for feeding the main thruster with a second propellant includes, downstream from a pump of a second turbopump, a branch-off passing through a second regenerative heat exchanger and a turbine of the second turbopump. At least one secondary thruster is connected downstream from the turbines of the first and second turbopumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulier, Bruno Brochard, Jean-Michel Sannino
  • JET PROPULSION DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD
    Publication number: 20140260181
    Abstract: A reaction propulsion device in which a first feed circuit for feeding a main thruster with a first propellant includes a branch connection downstream from a pump of a first turbopump, which branch connection passes through a first regenerative heat exchanger and a turbine of a first turbopump, and in which a second feed circuit for feeding the main thruster with a second propellant includes, downstream from a pump of a second turbopump, a branch-off passing through a second regenerative heat exchanger and a turbine of the second turbopump. At least one secondary thruster is connected downstream from the turbines of the first and second turbopumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Soulier, Bruno Brochard, Jean-Michel Sannino