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).
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Patent number: 11859502Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Christophe Scholtes
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Patent number: 11585230Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse George, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet
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Patent number: 11566538Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Christophe Scholtes
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Publication number: 20220389829Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventor: Christophe SCHOLTES
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Publication number: 20220065124Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse GEORGE, Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET
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Patent number: 11248486Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Christophe Scholtes
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Publication number: 20220034236Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventor: Christophe SCHOLTES
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Patent number: 11105262Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Ulysse Jacques Bernard Danteny
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Publication number: 20210207487Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Alexis Hector Ulysse George, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet
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Publication number: 20210156255Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Christophe Scholtes
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Patent number: 10975716Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Wilfried Lionel Schweblen
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Publication number: 20210071578Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Ulysse Jacques Bernard Danteny
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Patent number: 10738650Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Simon Jose Pierre Amoedo
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Patent number: 10683805Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Guillaume Claude Georges Philippe Linassier, Morgan Balland, Helene Mazet, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Simon Amodeo
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Patent number: 10598191Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Cedric Michel Claude Chretien, Thomas Nolwenn Emmanuel Delahaye
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Publication number: 20190186282Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Wilfried Lionel SCHWEBLEN
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Patent number: 10273967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Kevin Eugene Henri Giboudeaux, Hadrien Paul Alexandre Mage
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Publication number: 20190024533Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Simon Jose Pierre AMOEDO
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Patent number: 10138745Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Christophe Scholtes
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Publication number: 20180216528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Guillaume Claude Georges Philippe LINASSIER, Morgan BALLAND, Helene MAZET, Christophe SCHOLTES, Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Simon AMOEDO