Patents by Inventor Christophe Lima

Christophe Lima 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: 20230079110
    Abstract: A turbomachine module with a longitudinal axis comprising an unducted propeller rotated about the longitudinal axis and at least one straightener. The module includes a plurality of unducted variable-pitch stator blades extending along a radial axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, from a fixed casing. The module includes a first stator blade pitch-changing system. The pitch-changing system includes at least one first control that includes a first fixed body connected to the fixed casing and a first body which is axially mobile in relation to the first fixed body and at least one first joining mechanism joining each stator blade to the first mobile body of the first control. The first joining mechanism includes: a joining ring centered on the longitudinal axis, joined to the feet of each stator blade and at least one lever joined, on one hand, to the joining ring and, on the other hand, to the first mobile body of the first control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Lima
  • Patent number: 11585237
    Abstract: A system for the axial retention of a holding ring for a bearing for guiding in rotation a rotary shaft of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes an annular bearing support and a bearing holding ring that is borne by the annular bearing support. The bearing holder ring includes an upstream ring configured to be brought into contact with the bearing support and a downstream ring that is elastically deformable. The bearing support has a first axial retention element, and the bearing holding ring has a second axial retention element. The first and second axial retention elements are configured to cooperate with one another to axially retain the bearing holding ring in the event of damage to the downstream ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Lima, Boucif Bensalah, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin Matos, Valentin Olivier Jean-Jacques Quesnel
  • Publication number: 20220034237
    Abstract: A system for the axial retention of a holding ring for a bearing for guiding in rotation a rotary shaft of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes an annular bearing support and a bearing holding ring that is borne by the annular bearing support. The bearing holder ring includes an upstream ring configured to be brought into contact with the bearing support and a downstream ring that is elastically deformable. The bearing support has a first axial retention element, and the bearing holding ring has a second axial retention element. The first and second axial retention elements are configured to cooperate with one another to axially retain the bearing holding ring in the event of damage to the downstream ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Lima, Boucif Bensalah, Alain Dominique Gendraud, Alberto Martin Matos, Valentin Olivier Jean-Jacques Quesnel
  • Patent number: 10502081
    Abstract: A turbomachine bearing housing comprising a fixed wall, a rotating shaft, first and second seals between the wall and the shaft, and a chamber between the fixed wall and a stator element supplied with air via an opening close to the shaft. An air guide is arranged along the surface of the wall of the housing, outside same, such that at least a portion of the air exiting the guide passes between the first seal and the shaft, the air guide being supplied with air by an air intake separated radially from the shaft, the air from the air intake being at a higher pressure than at the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Lucien Jacques Bioud, Sébastien Bourget, Gaël Evain, Eddy Stéphane Joël Fontanel, Florence Irène Noëlle Leutard, Christophe Lima, Giuliana Elisa Rossi
  • Publication number: 20160341059
    Abstract: A turbomachine bearing housing comprising a fixed wall, a rotating shaft, first and second seals between the wall and the shaft, and a chamber between the fixed wall and a stator element supplied with air via an opening close to said shaft. An air guide means is arranged along the surface of the wall of the housing, outside same, such that at least a portion of the air exiting the guide means passes between the first seal and the shaft, said guide means being supplied with air by an air intake separated radially from the shaft, the air from the air intake being at a higher pressure than at the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jérémy Lucien Jacques Bioud, Sébastien Bourget, Gaël Evain, Eddy Stphane Joél Fontanel, Florence Irène Noëlle Leutard, Christophe Lima, Giuliana Elisa Rossi