Patents by Inventor Claire MAFFRE

Claire MAFFRE 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: 11746705
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic element of a sound absorption structure including at least one cylindrical, conical or truncated conical chamber obtained from a flat preform shaped and then assembled in order to obtain the cylindrical, conical or truncated conical shape of the chamber. This manufacturing method makes it possible to obtain an acoustic element that has thin walls and is made from a material suited to its environment. An acoustic element obtained using the manufacturing method, a sound absorption structure comprising at least one such acoustic element and an aircraft powerplant comprising at least one such structure are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wolfgang Brochard, Laurent Cazeaux, Claire Maffre
  • Patent number: 11572189
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Claire Maffre, Jérôme Gaillardo, Lionel Czapla, Florian Ravise, Laurent Caliman, Laurent Cazeaux, Antoine Cousin, Denis Brossard
  • Patent number: 11511875
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure includes: at least one acoustic element which has at least one cavity delimited by at least one enclosure comprising at least one first drainage orifice passing through the enclosure, and a rotational indexing system making it possible to position the acoustic element so that at least one first drainage orifice is positioned in proximity to or at a lowest point of the cavity. An aircraft propulsion assembly including such an acoustic absorption structure is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wolfgang Brochard, Laurent Cazeaux, Claire Maffre
  • Publication number: 20210049993
    Abstract: A double-enclosure acoustic element of small size, in particular for an aircraft acoustic panel. The acoustic element has a first enclosure with a mouth and a second enclosure with, at a front longitudinal end, a mouth and arranged inside the first enclosure, these first and second enclosures being joined together at the front. The acoustic element includes a slotting assembly system, the assembly system including at least one protruding element on the first edge of one of the first and second enclosures and at least one recess in the first edge of the other of the first and second enclosures, the protruding element and the recess having complementary shapes such that the protruding element can be slotted into the recess. Thus, the two enclosures can be assembled by quick and easy slotting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Laurent Cazeaux, Florent Mercat, Claire Maffre
  • Publication number: 20200164997
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure includes: at least one acoustic element which has at least one cavity delimited by at least one enclosure comprising at least one first drainage orifice passing through the enclosure, and a rotational indexing system making it possible to position the acoustic element so that at least one first drainage orifice is positioned in proximity to or at a lowest point of the cavity. An aircraft propulsion assembly including such an acoustic absorption structure is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Brochard, Laurent Cazeaux, Claire Maffre
  • Publication number: 20200165975
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic element of a sound absorption structure including at least one cylindrical, conical or truncated conical chamber obtained from a flat preform shaped and then assembled in order to obtain the cylindrical, conical or truncated conical shape of the chamber. This manufacturing method makes it possible to obtain an acoustic element that has thin walls and is made from a material suited to its environment. An acoustic element obtained using the manufacturing method, a sound absorption structure comprising at least one such acoustic element and an aircraft powerplant comprising at least one such structure are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Brochard, Laurent Cazeaux, Claire Maffre
  • Publication number: 20200164998
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Claire MAFFRE, Jérôme GAILLARDO, Lionel CZAPLA, Florian RAVISE, Laurent CALIMAN, Laurent CAZEAUX, Antoine COUSIN, Denis BROSSARD
  • Publication number: 20200072161
    Abstract: A structure which absorbs low-frequency sound comprising a perforated skin, a box having two lateral walls in the shape of a strip, that delimit between them an opening, and a bottom opposite the opening connecting the two lateral walls, the lateral walls becoming closer together with increasing distance from the opening to the bottom. The box is attached to the skin at the opening. Each lateral wall extends width-wise between the opening and the bottom. Each box has two tongues, each tongue being strip shaped, extending lengthwise over an entire box length, and width-wise between the opening and the bottom of the box. Each tongue has a first end attached along an edge of the opening and a second, free end which extends towards the bottom, becoming closer to the second end of the other tongue, where each tongue has an arcuate shape along its length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Eric BOUCHET, Laurent CAZEAUX, Thierry GACHES, Morad KASSEM, Claire MAFFRE