Patents by Inventor Christophe SCHOLTES

Christophe SCHOLTES 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: 11859502
    Abstract: A variable-pitch stator vane for a turbine engine compressor stator, extending in a longitudinal radial plane including a radially inner plate and a radially outer plate between which at least one blade extends, each plate including a transverse longitudinal wall facing the other plate, characterised in that the transverse longitudinal wall of at least one plate includes at least one fin protruding radially towards the other plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Scholtes
  • Patent number: 11585230
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a stator (1) and a rotor (2) rotatable relative to the stator (1) about an axis, the rotor (2) comprising blades each ×comprising a vane (3) connected to a radially inner platform (5), a block of abradable material (6) extending radially inwardly from the radially inner platform (5) the stator (1) having a shroud comprising an annular area (9), at least one lug (12) extending radially outwardly from said annular area (9), the radially outer end of the lug (12) cooperating with the block of abradable material (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse George, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet
  • Patent number: 11566538
    Abstract: An internal casing ferrule for a turbomachine, centered on a longitudinal central axis, which includes: a main body centered on this axis, with two ends, delimited by surfaces that are radially inner and outer relative to this axis; a thermal porous-structure insulation envelope having a volumetric porosity ?50%, which includes: a lateral portion entirely covering the two ends; when viewed in section transversely to this axis, exterior and interior portions entirely covering, respectively, the radially outer and inner surfaces of the main body; and a protective envelope which at least partially covers the envelope and which includes, when viewed in section transversely to this axis, radially outer and inner protective portions, respectively covering, at least in part, the exterior and interior portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Scholtes
  • Publication number: 20220389829
    Abstract: A variable-pitch stator vane for a turbine engine compressor stator, extending in a longitudinal radial plane including a radially inner plate and a radially outer plate between which at least one blade extends, each plate including a transverse longitudinal wall facing the other plate, characterised in that the transverse longitudinal wall of at least one plate includes at least one fin protruding radially towards the other plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Christophe SCHOLTES
  • Publication number: 20220065124
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a stator (1) and a rotor (2) rotatable relative to the stator (1) about an axis, the rotor (2) comprising blades each comprising a vane (3) connected to a radially inner platform (5), a block of abradable material (6) extending radially inwardly from the radially inner platform (5) the stator (1) having a shroud comprising an annular area (9), at least one lug (12) extending radially outwardly from said annular area (9), the radially outer end of the lug (12) cooperating with the block of abradable material (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse GEORGE, Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET
  • Patent number: 11248486
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine-engine module casing including an external module casing and at least one sealing ring intended to surround a movable impeller of the module and arranged radially towards the inside with respect to the external casing. The casing includes at least one capillary heat pipe, a first end which is fixed to the sealing ring, and a second end which, opposite to the first, is fixed to a casing element arranged radially towards the outside with respect to the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Scholtes
  • Publication number: 20220034236
    Abstract: An internal casing ferrule for a turbomachine, centered on a longitudinal central axis, which includes: a main body centered on this axis, with two ends, delimited by surfaces that are radially inner and outer relative to this axis; a thermal porous-structure insulation envelope having a volumetric porosity ?50%, which includes: a lateral portion entirely covering the two ends; when viewed in section transversely to this axis, exterior and interior portions entirely covering, respectively, the radially outer and inner surfaces of the main body; and a protective envelope which at least partially covers the envelope and which includes, when viewed in section transversely to this axis, radially outer and inner protective portions, respectively covering, at least in part, the exterior and interior portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Christophe SCHOLTES
  • Patent number: 11105262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine extending longitudinally along an X axis and including a main duct in which an air stream flows, the turbine engine including at least one upstream compressor disc, at least one downstream compressor disc and a circuit for collecting air from an air stream collected in the main duct, the air collection circuit including a radial portion in which at least one air collection tube is mounted and a longitudinal portion extending between a cylindrical body and a central bore of the downstream compressor disc. The turbine engine includes a plurality of blades extending in the longitudinal portion of the air collection circuit, configured to be rotated about the X axis, in order to rotate the collected air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Ulysse Jacques Bernard Danteny
  • Publication number: 20210207487
    Abstract: An angular sector of a fixed blading ring of a turbomachine, in particular of a stator or distributor, extends through a given angle about an axis A of the ring. The angular sector includes, with respect to axis A, a radially outer platform, a radially inner platform, at least two blades extending between the platforms, and at least one block of abradable honeycomb material. The abradable honeycomb material extends inwardly with respect to the inner platform between transverse ends of the sector and that comprises includes radially oriented tubular cells, in which the block of abradable material has at least one transverse end wall at which all of the cells are open by openings oriented away from the sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse George, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet
  • Publication number: 20210156255
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes at least one tubular element, such as a rotor shaft, and at least one rotor wheel extending around the tubular element and having a disk carrying at an external periphery of same, an annular row of blades, the disk extending at a radial distance h from the tubular element in such a way as to define an annular flow space for a cooling gas stream (Fr) during operation, wherein the tubular element includes at least one annular wall extending radially outwards and configured to divert the gas stream (Fr) in order for it to pass substantially radially between the disk and this annular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Scholtes
  • Patent number: 10975716
    Abstract: Assembly forming a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine, comprising: at least one abradable material of which the inner surface defines a stair shape with a sequence of treads and risers; a plurality of fins extending radially toward said inner surface, the fins each comprising, at least in part, an upstream side wall forming a riser facing the corresponding fin such that, when seen in axial cross-section, the tangent at the top of the upstream side wall of at least one fin and the straight line passing through the downstream side wall of said at least one abradable material intersect, the angle between said tangent and said straight line being strictly between 5 and 15°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Wilfried Lionel Schweblen
  • Publication number: 20210071578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine extending longitudinally along an X axis and including a main duct in which an air stream flows, the turbine engine including at least one upstream compressor disc, at least one downstream compressor disc and a circuit for collecting air from an air stream collected in the main duct, the air collection circuit including a radial portion in which at least one air collection tube is mounted and a longitudinal portion extending between a cylindrical body and a central bore of the downstream compressor disc. The turbine engine includes a plurality of blades extending in the longitudinal portion of the air collection circuit, configured to be rotated about the X axis, in order to rotate the collected air stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Ulysse Jacques Bernard Danteny
  • Patent number: 10738650
    Abstract: A deicer device deices both a splitter nose and inlet guide vanes of an aviation turbine engine. The device includes a splitter nose to split a stream coming from the fan into primary and secondary stream flow channels of annular shape and an inner shroud to which inlet guide vanes are fastened and including a hook that holds the inner shroud axially at its upstream end against the inner annular wall. An outer surface facing of the hook forms an angle of less than 90° with an injection orifice such that the outer surface comes progressively closer to the outer annular wall on going away from the injection orifice. The outer surface of the hook presents a minimum amount of clearance J relative to the outer annular wall such that 0.2?J/D?0.6 where D is the hydraulic diameter of an injection orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Simon Jose Pierre Amoedo
  • Patent number: 10683805
    Abstract: An anti-icing system for a turbine engine vane extending between an outer casing and an inner casing defining a passage, the system includes an injector device for injecting a jet of air into the passage upstream from the vane, the injector device including a first injection orifice for injecting the jet of air, the first orifice passing through one member selected from the outer casing and the inner casing, and being located in such a manner that, at a first speed of the engine wherein a stream of air flows generally in the passage along a first direction, the first orifice and a leading edge of the vane are substantially in alignment along the first direction, the first orifice is spaced apart from the junction between the leading edge of the vane and the member through which the first orifice passes by a distance of at least 10 mm, and preferably of about 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Georges Philippe Linassier, Morgan Balland, Helene Mazet, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Simon Amodeo
  • Patent number: 10598191
    Abstract: A vane for turbomachinery, such as, for example, an aircraft turbojet or turbofan engine, or an aircraft turboprop engine. The vane includes: (i) a first deicing fluid flow circuit inside the vane; (ii) a second deicing fluid flow circuit inside the vane; and (iii) a selector for directing the majority of the fluid towards the first circuit when the turbomachinery is in a first operating state, and for directing the majority of the fluid towards the second circuit when the turbomachinery is in a second operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Cedric Michel Claude Chretien, Thomas Nolwenn Emmanuel Delahaye
  • Publication number: 20190186282
    Abstract: Assembly forming a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine, comprising: at least one abradable material of which the inner surface defines a stair shape with a sequence of treads and risers; a plurality of fins extending radially toward said inner surface, the fins each comprising, at least in part, an upstream side wall forming a riser facing the corresponding fin such that, when seen in axial cross-section, the tangent at the top of the upstream side wall of at least one fin and the straight line passing through the downstream side wall of said at least one abradable material intersect, the angle between said tangent and said straight line being strictly between 5 and 15°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Wilfried Lionel SCHWEBLEN
  • Patent number: 10273967
    Abstract: A compressor shroud for an aircraft turbine engine, the shroud being arranged between two bladed rotary wheels and radially in line with a deflector, the shroud including a sealing device including one or more sealing elements, including a downstream end sealing element on which, projecting downstream, an air entraining and diverting structure is provided, designed to axially divert the discharge air issuing from the end sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Kevin Eugene Henri Giboudeaux, Hadrien Paul Alexandre Mage
  • Publication number: 20190024533
    Abstract: A deicer device deices both a splitter nose and inlet guide vanes of an aviation turbine engine. The device includes a splitter nose to split a stream coming from the fan into primary and secondary stream flow channels of annular shape and an inner shroud to which inlet guide vanes are fastened and including a hook that holds the inner shroud axially at its upstream end against the inner annular wall. An outer surface facing of the hook forms an angle of less than 90° with an injection orifice such that the outer surface comes progressively closer to the outer annular wall on going away from the injection orifice. The outer surface of the hook presents a minimum amount of clearance J relative to the outer annular wall such that 0.2?J/D?0.6 where D is the hydraulic diameter of an injection orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Simon Jose Pierre AMOEDO
  • Patent number: 10138745
    Abstract: A sealing system in a cavity under the stator of a turbomachine flow path, the cavity being located between a root of a vane of the stator and a complementary rotor device, the root including two surfaces each provided with an abradable coating, the rotor device being provided with a first and a second sealing element, arranged facing the first and the second surface respectively, the first surface and the first sealing element forming a first sealing pair and delimiting a first leakage section between them, the second surface and the second sealing element forming a second sealing pair and delimiting a second leakage section between them, one of the two pairs tending towards a minimum leakage section when the other tends towards a maximum leakage section, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Christophe Scholtes
  • Publication number: 20180216528
    Abstract: An anti-icing system for a turbine engine vane extending between an outer casing and an inner casing defining a passage, the system includes an injector device for injecting a jet of air into the passage upstream from the vane, the injector device including a first injection orifice for injecting the jet of air, the first orifice passing through one member selected from the outer casing and the inner casing, and being located in such a manner that, at a first speed of the engine wherein a stream of air flows generally in the passage along a first direction, the first orifice and a leading edge of the vane are substantially in alignment along the first direction, the first orifice is spaced apart from the junction between the leading edge of the vane and the member through which the first orifice passes by a distance of at least 10 mm, and preferably of about 15 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Georges Philippe LINASSIER, Morgan BALLAND, Helene MAZET, Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Simon AMOEDO