Patents by Inventor Christophe Bernard Texier

Christophe Bernard Texier 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: 20230047952
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine extending along an axis includes a combustion chamber having, at its downstream end, a downstream flange having a radially extending part. The assembly further includes a distributor disposed downstream of the combustion chamber and having a platform from which at least one vane extends radially. The platform includes an upstream flange extending radially and delimiting, with the radial part of the downstream flange disposed opposite it. An annular space for the circulation of cooling air opens into the combustion chamber at its radially internal end and has, at its radially external end, means of sealing attached to the distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Olivier DANRE, Jean-Luc BACHA, Julie Laure Antoinette BUREL, Julien Michel TAMIZIER, Christophe Bernard TEXIER
  • Patent number: 11221141
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a combustion chamber with a radially extending downstream flange at its downstream end. A distributor is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber and includes a platform from which at least one vane extends radially. The platform has an upstream edge extending radially and delimiting, with the downstream flange disposed opposite, a gap opening into the combustion chamber at its radially inner end and closed at its radially outer end by sealing means fixed to the distributor. The downstream flange of the combustion chamber has at least one rectilinear cooling orifice passing through the flange and opening into the gap opposite the platform of the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Michel Tamizier, Christophe Bernard Texier, Damien Bonneau, Damien Bonnefoi, François Xavier Chapelle
  • Publication number: 20210302018
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a combustion chamber with a radially extending downstream flange at its downstream end. A distributor is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber and includes a platform from which at least one vane extends radially. The platform has an upstream edge extending radially and delimiting, with the downstream flange disposed opposite, a gap opening into the combustion chamber at its radially inner end and closed at its radially outer end by sealing means fixed to the distributor. The downstream flange of the combustion chamber has at least one rectilinear cooling orifice passing through the flange and opening into the gap opposite the platform of the distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Michel Tamizier, Christophe Bernard Texier, Damien Bonneau, Damien Bonnefoi, François Xavier Chapelle
  • Patent number: 8038410
    Abstract: When cold and in the uncoated state, the aerodynamic airfoil is substantially identical to a nominal airfoil determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z? given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z? is the ratio D/H where D is the distance from the point in question to a reference plane P0, located at the base of the nominal airfoil, and H is the height of this airfoil, measured from said reference plane up to the tip of the blade. The D and H measurements being taken radially with respect to the axis of the turbine whereas the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gregory Pierre Lafarge, Philippe Picot, Christophe Bernard Texier
  • Publication number: 20080206061
    Abstract: Optimized aerodynamic airfoil for a turbine blade When cold and in the uncoated state, the aerodynamic airfoil is substantially identical to a nominal airfoil determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Z? given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z? is the ratio D/H where D is the distance from the point in question to a reference plane P0, located at the base of the nominal airfoil, and H is the height of this airfoil, measured from said reference plane up to the tip of the blade. The D and H measurements being taken radially with respect to the axis of the turbine whereas the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gregory Pierre LAFARGE, Philippe PICOT, Christophe Bernard TEXIER
  • Patent number: 6334755
    Abstract: The invention provides a turbomachine including a device for supplying pressurized gas, the gas being bled from the compressor of the turbomachine via a bleed orifice and cooled in a cooling cavity disposed within the compressor rotor upstream of the bleed orifice. This arrangement has the effect of cooling the bled gas by heat transfer through the outer wall of the compressor rotor to the gas stream which is being compressed by the compressor upstream of the bleed orifice, and has the result of reducing the drop in the performance of the compressor as a result of the gas being bled off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Xavier Gérard André Coudray, Mischaël François Louis Derrien, Marc Roger Marchi, Philippe Christian Pellier, Jean-Claude Christian Taillant, Thierry Henri Marcel Tassin, Christophe Bernard Texier, Isabelle Marie Monique Valente
  • Patent number: 5993156
    Abstract: A turbine vane-system cooling system uses three internal cooling cavities 1, 12, 13) separated by two radial walls (9, 10). The upstream cavity (11) uses a helical ramp (30) and is fed through an intake (22) at the vane root (3). The middle cavity (12) also is fed at the vane root (3) and includes a compartmented, multi-perforated lining (40). The air is exhausted from each compartment through impact orifices and enters the succeeding compartment through slots (42) and then is finally exhausted through a vane-head orifice (21). The vane side walls opposite the downstream cavity (13) have double skins with bridging elements. The air passes through these double skins but circulates centrifugally in the upstream portion (15) of the downstream cavity (13) and enters this cavity's downstream portion (16) to be exhausted through slots (19) in the trailing edge (6). A third wall (14) divides the downstream cavity (13) into two parts (15, 16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation SNECMA
    Inventors: Yves Maurice Bailly, Xavier Gerard Andre Coudray, Mischael Francois Louis Derrien, jean-Michel Roger Fougeres, Philippe Christian Pellier, Jean-Claude Christian Taillant, Thierry Henri Marcel Tassin, Christophe Bernard Texier