Patents by Inventor Christian Manuel Planas

Christian Manuel Planas 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).

  • Method for repairing wear marks on a rotor supporting the fan of a bypass engine
    Patent number: 9512724
    Abstract: A method for repairing a flange of a rotor, to a transverse surface of which a disk of a fan in an upstream turbo-fan engine is attached. The flange includes, in a form of a ring, openings for connecting to the disk and intermediate discharge openings. Wear marks are formed by friction of the fan blades on the flange. The method includes machining spot facings onto the flange, in areas with wear marks; placing anti-wear slugs in the discharge openings that can be covered by the blades during friction; and the spot facings extend between the connection openings and are circumferentially limited by clamping surfaces of the connection between the disk and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michael Delapierre, Eric Gvozdenovic, Christian Manuel Planas, Patrick Jean-Louis Reghezza
  • METHOD FOR REPAIRING WEAR MARKS ON A ROTOR SUPPORTING THE FAN OF A BYPASS ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150040395
    Abstract: A method for repairing a flange of a rotor, to a transverse surface of which a disk of a fan in an upstream turbo-fan engine is attached. The flange includes, in a form of a ring, openings for connecting to the disk and intermediate discharge openings. Wear marks are formed by friction of the fan blades on the flange. The method includes machining spot facings onto the flange, in areas with wear marks; placing anti-wear slugs in the discharge openings that can be covered by the blades during friction; and the spot facings extend between the connection openings and are circumferentially limited by clamping surfaces of the connection between the disk and the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michael Delapierre, Eric Gvozdenovic, Christian Manuel Planas, Patrick Jean-Louis Reghezza