Patents by Inventor Cédric Zaccardi

Cédric Zaccardi 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: 11898517
    Abstract: A turbofan engine including an exhaust casing traversed by a primary flow and surrounded by a secondary flow and an outlet cone carried by this exhaust casing, the exhaust casing and the outlet cone together defining an internal space. The exhaust casing includes a hollow radial arm traversing the primary flow in order to convey part of the secondary flow so as to form a cooling flow for supplying the internal space, and the outlet cone is terminated by an opening for discharging the cooling flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert Belmon, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Publication number: 20230383665
    Abstract: A bypass turbomachine is disclosed. The turbomachine includes a longitudinal axis having an upstream blower impeller and a downstream air-flow straightening assembly of a secondary annular passage delimited radially on the inside by a radially inner shroud and radially on the outside by a radially outer shroud, blades extending between the radially inner and outer shrouds and being attached at a first end portion to the radially inner shroud and at a second end portion to the radially outer shroud, the blades including a useful portion extending between the first and second end portions and defining a lower face and an upper face. For each blade, in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, each aerodynamically useful portion is bent into a C-shape in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Cédric Zaccardi, William Henri Joseph Riera
  • Patent number: 11814987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a straightening assembly (28) comprising two radially inner and outer coaxial shells (34) between which extend vanes (36) made of composite material, fixed to a first end portion on the radially inner shell and to a second end portion on the radially outer shell, characterized in that: for each vane (36), in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the radially inner and outer shells (34), a straight line passing through a junction between said first and second end portions and the useful part forms an angle ? with a radius of the radially inner shell, passing through the junction between said first end portion and the useful part of said vane (36), such that 0°<??30°; the radially inner shell has a diameter ranging from 1,000 mm to 1,600 mm; and in that the radially outer shell has a diameter ranging from 2,000 to 2,800 mm; the number of vanes (36) ranges from twenty-five to forty-five.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Kaëlig Merwen Orieux, William Henri Joseph Riera
  • Patent number: 11753953
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine through which an air flow passes, includes a stator including guide vanes extending radially in relation to a longitudinal axis, at least one inter-vane platform extending between the radially outer ends of two circumferentially consecutive guide vanes, each inter-vane platform including an outer surface that faces the axis, a heat exchanger located downstream of the stator in relation to a direction of circulation of the air flow in the turbomachine during operation, this stator including a heat exchange surface extending in the extension of an inter-vane platform. At least one inter-vane platform located in the upstream extension of the heat exchange surface is provided with at least one turbulence generator on its outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Amélie Argie Antoinette Chassagne, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Patent number: 11686249
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine having a primary air flow path with low-pressure and high-pressure compressors, a secondary air flow path which is located around the primary path and runs coaxially thereto, the turbine engine including vanes distributed about a main axis of the turbine engine. A pressurized air circuit draws air between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor or in the high-pressure compressor and supplies at least one component located close to a main axis of the turbine engine. The pressurized air circuit includes a heat exchanger between the stream of pressurized air and the stream of air flowing in the secondary path, the heat exchanger being arranged in at least one of the straightening vanes, where a heat exchanger pipe is arranged, the pipe having a pressurized-air inlet and a pressurized-air outlet that are located at the same radial end of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Catherine Pikovsky, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Patent number: 11639665
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade including a body that extends mainly in a plane defined by a main axis and a longitudinal direction, which is defined by a lower surface wall, an upper surface wall, a leading edge located at a first longitudinal end of the body and a trailing edge located at a second longitudinal end of the body, wherein the body of the blade includes a plurality of first pipes that extend mainly along the direction of the main axis, for circulation of a gas flow, and a plurality of second pipes that extend mainly along the longitudinal direction, for circulation of a second gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Catherine Pikovsky
  • Patent number: 11598268
    Abstract: A turbojet engine including a shaft surrounded by a low-pressure rotor surrounded by a coaxial and independent high-pressure spool, this turbojet engine including from upstream to downstream: a fan driven by the shaft; a low-pressure compressor carried by the rotor; an inter-compressor casing; a high-pressure compressor and a high-pressure turbine carried by the high-pressure spool; an inter-turbine casing; a low-pressure turbine carried by the rotor; an exhaust casing; this turbojet engine including an upstream rotor bearing carried by the inter-compressor casing; a downstream rotor bearing carried by the exhaust casing; a gearbox downstream of the downstream bearing and through which the rotor drives the shaft; a downstream shaft bearing downstream of the downstream rotor bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert Belmon, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Publication number: 20230010301
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine through which an air flow passes, includes a stator including guide vanes extending radially in relation to a longitudinal axis, at least one inter-vane platform extending between the radially outer ends of two circumferentially consecutive guide vanes, each inter-vane platform including an outer surface that faces the axis, a heat exchanger located downstream of the stator in relation to a direction of circulation of the air flow in the turbomachine during operation, this stator including a heat exchange surface extending in the extension of an inter-vane platform. At least one inter-vane platform located in the upstream extension of the heat exchange surface is provided with at least one turbulence generator on its outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Amélie Argie Antoinette CHASSAGNE, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Cédric ZACCARDI
  • Publication number: 20220412675
    Abstract: A heat exchanger between a fluid and an air flow, includes a heat exchange wall separating the fluid and the air flow, the heat exchange wall including a heat exchange surface that extends parallel to a longitudinal direction of the air flow and with which the air flow is in contact. The heat exchange wall includes at least one turbulence generator extending in a hollow manner in relation to the heat exchange surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Amélie Argie Antoinette CHASSAGNE, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Cédric ZACCARDI
  • Patent number: 11346247
    Abstract: A turbine engine of an aircraft includes: a primary air flow duct; a secondary air flow duct which is located around the primary duct, the secondary duct including a stator including a plurality of blades distributed around a main axis of the turbine engine and inter-blade platforms located between radially internal ends or between radially external ends of two adjacent blades, each platform including a wall partially delimiting the secondary duct; and a fluid circuit which includes a heat exchanger formed by at least one of the platforms. The platform includes a line that has an inlet port of the fluid and a fluid outlet port. The fluid circuit includes a distributor associated with each port of the at least one platform with the rest of the fluid circuit and of which each distributor is axially offset with respect to the platform along the main axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cedric Zaccardi, Alexandre Bernard Marie Boisson, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Catherine Pikovsky
  • Publication number: 20220162952
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade including a body that extends mainly in a plane defined by a main axis B and a longitudinal direction, which is defined by a lower surface wall, an upper surface wall, a leading edge located at a first longitudinal end of the body and a trailing edge located at a second longitudinal end of the body, wherein the body of the blade includes a plurality of first pipes that extend mainly along the direction of the main axis B, for circulation of a gas flow, and a plurality of second pipes that extend mainly along the longitudinal direction, for circulation of a second gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric ZACCARDI, Christophe Marcel Lucien PERDRIGEON, Catherine PIKOVSKY
  • Patent number: 11280204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a straightening assembly for an air flow of a turbomachine, comprising two respectively coaxial radially inner and outer shrouds (30), between which extend the vanes (32) made of composite material attached, at a first end portion (42) thereof, to the radially inner shroud and at a second end portion (44) thereof, to the radially outer shroud (30), with the vanes (32) comprising a useful portion extending between the two end portions (42, 44). According to the invention, for each vane (32) in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the radially inner and outer shrouds (30), a straight line passing through a junction between said first and second end portions (42, 44) and the useful portion forms, with a radius of the radially inner shroud passing through the junction between said first end portion and the useful portion of said vane (32), an angle ? such that 0°<??90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Kaëlig Merwen Orieux, William Henri Joseph Riera
  • Publication number: 20220025833
    Abstract: A turbofan engine including an exhaust casing traversed by a primary flow and surrounded by a secondary flow and an outlet cone carried by this exhaust casing, the exhaust casing and the outlet cone together defining an internal space. The exhaust casing includes a hollow radial arm traversing the primary flow in order to convey part of the secondary flow so as to form a cooling flow for supplying the internal space, and the outlet cone is terminated by an opening for discharging the cooling flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert BELMON, Cédric ZACCARDI
  • Publication number: 20220010735
    Abstract: A turbojet engine including a shaft surrounded by a low-pressure rotor surrounded by a coaxial and independent high-pressure spool, this turbojet engine including from upstream to downstream: a fan driven by the shaft; a low-pressure compressor carried by the rotor; an inter-compressor casing; a high-pressure compressor and a high-pressure turbine carried by the high-pressure spool; an inter-turbine casing; a low-pressure turbine carried by the rotor; an exhaust casing; this turbojet engine including an upstream rotor bearing carried by the inter-compressor casing; a downstream rotor bearing carried by the exhaust casing; a gearbox downstream of the downstream bearing and through which the rotor drives the shaft; a downstream shaft bearing downstream of the downstream rotor bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert BELMON, Cédric ZACCARDI
  • Patent number: 11143045
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intermediate case (25) for a twin spool turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising a hub (26), an outer shell (23) and outlet guide vanes (24) installed at their ends on the hub and on the outer shell, and each of at least some of the outlet guide vanes (24) performing a heat exchanger function and comprising a lubricant passage (50a, 50b) designed to be cooled by the fan flow (58) following an outer surface of the outlet guide vane. According to the invention, the case also comprises at least one lubricant duct (55) passing along a circumferential direction of the hub (26) and at least part of which is made from a single casting with the hub, the lubricant duct (55) having at least one lateral opening communicating with the lubricant passage (50a, 50b) of at least one of the vanes (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon
  • Patent number: 11125091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide vane for a bypass aircraft turbomachine, its aerodynamic part comprising a first lubricant cooling interior passage in which heat transfer structures are arranged and a second lubricant cooling interior passage in which heat transfer structures are arranged, the aerodynamic part comprising a bent area connecting a lubricant output end of the first interior passage to a lubricant input end of the second passage, the bent area extending along a curved generatrix and being partly delimited by the intrados wall and the extrados wall of the vane. According to the invention, the bent area comprises one or more lubricant guide(s) arranged between the intrados and extrados walls of the vane, and each extending substantially parallel to the curved generatrix of the bent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Mohamed-Lamine Boutaleb, Sébastien Vincent François Dreano
  • Patent number: 11015468
    Abstract: A guide vane arranged in an air flow from a fan of an twin-spool aircraft engine, the aerodynamic part of the vane including an internal lubricant cooling passage partly delimited by an extrados wall and an extrados wall of the vane. The passage is equipped with a heat conduction matrix compressed between the walls and separating a first lubricant circulation space from a second lubricant circulation space. Furthermore, the matrix defines firstly first contact elements of the intrados wall formed in the first space and between which the lubricant from the first space will circulate, and secondly second contact elements of the extrados wall formed in the second space and between which the lubricant from the first space will circulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cedric Zaccardi, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Mohamed-Lamine Boutaleb, Dimitri Daniel Gabriel Marquie
  • Patent number: 10995634
    Abstract: A gas turbine casing made of composite material, the casing presenting an axisymmetric shape and including, in an axial direction: an upstream flange; a retention zone presenting thickness greater than the remainder of the casing; and a downstream flange. The casing presents, in section on a plane defined by the axial direction and by a radial direction, a profile including at least first and second inclined portions that are inclined relative to each other and relative to the axis of the casing. The first and second inclined portions meet at a point situated between the retention zone and one of the flanges, this point corresponding to the vertex of an angle formed by the first and second inclined portions. The distance between the vertex of the angle and the mean radius of the casing lies in the range 1.5% and 4% of the mean radius of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi, Mathilde Anaëlle Mélissia Saurat
  • Publication number: 20210115854
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine having a primary air flow path with low-pressure and high-pressure compressors, a secondary air flow path which is located around the primary path and runs coaxially thereto, the turbine engine including vanes distributed about a main axis of the turbine engine. A pressurized air circuit draws air between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor or in the high-pressure compressor and supplies at least one component located close to a main axis of the turbine engine. The pressurized air circuit includes a heat exchanger between the stream of pressurized air and the stream of air flowing in the secondary path, the heat exchanger being arranged in at least one of the straightening vanes, where a heat exchanger pipe is arranged, the pipe having a pressurized-air inlet and a pressurized-air outlet that are located at the same radial end of the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Catherine PIKOVSKY, Christophe PERDRIGEON, Cedric ZACCARDI
  • Publication number: 20210095618
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine having a primary air flow path with a low-pressure and a high-pressure compressors, a secondary air flow path with vanes and decks between vanes, each of the decks being located between the inner radial ends or between the outer radial ends of two adjacent vanes, each deck having a wall partially delimiting the secondary path. A pressurized air circuit draws air between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor or in the high-pressure compressor and supplies at least one turbine engine component located near a main axis of the turbine engine. The pressurized air circuit includes a heat exchanger between the pressurized-air stream and the air stream flowing in the secondary path. The heat exchanger is formed by at least one deck through which the pressurized air flows, the wall of the deck performing the heat transfer between the pressurized air and the air stream flowing in the secondary path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Catherine PIKOVSKY, Christophe Marcel Lucien PERFRIGEON, Cedric ZACCARDI