Patents by Inventor Claude Leonetti

Claude Leonetti 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: 10124877
    Abstract: A method for measuring the position of a mobile structure in a set of reference axes, the structure comprising a plurality of intrinsic recurrent structural elements, comprising the following steps undertaken by a processor. Acquiring simultaneous images of the structure from a plurality of optical devices, each recurrent element being in a field of view of at least three separate optical devices. Extracting the recurrent elements from each image and determining their position in the image. Computing at least one indicator for each recurrent element detected in each image. Identifying each recurrent element by associating a unique identifier with each element, the identifier being related to the position of each optical device in the set of reference axes, and to at least one indicator associated with each element in each image. Determining the position, by implementing a photogrammetric algorithm, of each recurrent element in the set of reference axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Bry, Claude Leonetti, Gregoire Pebernad De Langautier
  • Patent number: 9530201
    Abstract: An automated method for the non-destructive testing of a woven preform for the manufacture of a turbine engine part and including a plurality of first marker threads intertwined with second marker threads, the first and second threads having light-reflecting properties that are different from those of the threads of the preform and being woven with the threads of the preform so as to form a surface grid on a given area of the preform. The method includes determining, with a plurality of consecutive steps, the spatial coordinates of the intersections between the first and second marker threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Marolle, Bertrand Pierre Martin Leroyer, Claude Leonetti
  • Publication number: 20160340016
    Abstract: A method for measuring the position of a mobile structure in a set of reference axes, the structure comprising a plurality of intrinsic recurrent structural elements, comprising the following steps undertaken by a processor. Acquiring simultaneous images of the structure from a plurality of optical devices, each recurrent element being in a field of view of at least three separate optical devices. Extracting the recurrent elements from each image and determining their position in the image. Computing at least one indicator for each recurrent element detected in each image. Identifying each recurrent element by associating a unique identifier with each element, the identifier being related to the position of each optical device in the set of reference axes, and to at least one indicator associated with each element in each image. Determining the position, by implementing a photogrammetric algorithm, of each recurrent element in the set of reference axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Bry, Claude Leonetti, Gregoire PEBERNAD DE LANGAUTIER
  • Publication number: 20150302577
    Abstract: An automated method for the non-destructive testing of a woven preform for the manufacture of a turbine engine part and including a plurality of first marker threads intertwined with second marker threads, the first and second threads having light-reflecting properties that are different from those of the threads of the preform and being woven with the threads of the preform so as to form a surface grid on a given area of the preform. The method includes determining, with a plurality of consecutive steps, the spatial coordinates of the intersections between the first and second marker threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe MAROLLE, Bertrand Pierre, Martin LEROYER, Claude LEONETTI
  • Patent number: 8881392
    Abstract: A method of using machining to repair a component workpiece, such as a turbomachine blade, from a known profile of the component, is disclosed. The method includes deforming the profile using a morphing method so that the deformed profile interpolates a cluster of points measured on the component. Deforming the profile involves comparing each zone of the component workpiece that has excess or insufficient thickness with elementary deformation configurations (EDCs) each in the form of a mesh portion and of points, the elementary deformation configurations (EDCs) being filed in a database, the database associating the parameters of the morphing function with each elementary deformation configuration (EDC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Gérard Derrien, Stéphane Kerneis, Ludovic Gasne, Claude Leonetti
  • Patent number: 8866891
    Abstract: An automatic method of non-destructive inspection of a mechanical part by comparing images of the surface of the part with reference images recorded in a database, by a digital image acquisition device including an image sensor, a lighting source, and a mechanism for moving the image sensor and the lighting source relative to the mechanical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Derrien, Claude Leonetti
  • Patent number: 8597073
    Abstract: A method and a device for machining the leading edge of a turbine engine blade by a machining center for which parameters are set is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a 3D profile of the leading edge of the blade; calculating at least one characteristic of the leading edge from the 3D profile; comparing the value of the calculated characteristic with a known theoretical value of the characteristic to obtain an elementary difference for the characteristic; calculating at least one undulation of the leading edge between at least two consecutive elementary sections from the 3D profile; optimizing the elementary differences obtained as a function of the undulation; setting the parameters of the machining center as a function of the optimized elementary differences for the elementary sections to define machining passes over the leading edge; and machining the leading edge of the blade with the machining center with parameters set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Derrien, Claude Leonetti
  • Publication number: 20120077417
    Abstract: A method and a device for machining the leading edge of a turbine engine blade by a machining center for which parameters are set is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a 3D profile of the leading edge of the blade; calculating at least one characteristic of the leading edge from the 3D profile; comparing the value of the calculated characteristic with a known theoretical value of the characteristic to obtain an elementary difference for the characteristic; calculating at least one undulation of the leading edge between at least two consecutive elementary sections from the 3D profile; optimizing the elementary differences obtained as a function of the undulation; setting the parameters of the machining center as a function of the optimized elementary differences for the elementary sections to define machining passes over the leading edge; and machining the leading edge of the blade with the machining center with parameters set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gérard Derrien, Claude Leonetti
  • Publication number: 20110298901
    Abstract: An automatic method of non-destructive inspection of a mechanical part by comparing images of the surface of the part with reference images recorded in a database, by a digital image acquisition device including an image sensor, a lighting source, and a mechanism for moving the image sensor and the lighting source relative to the mechanical part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Derrien, Claude Leonetti
  • Publication number: 20100095526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of using machining to repair a component workpiece (1), such as a turbomachine blade, from a known profile of the component (B), the method comprising a step of deforming (32) the profile (B) using a morphing method so that the deformed profile interpolates a cluster of points (A) measured on the component. Deforming the profile (B) involves comparing each zone of the component workpiece (1) that has excess or insufficient thickness (20) with elementary deformation configurations (EDCs) (5) each in the form of a mesh portion and of points, the elementary deformation configurations (EDCs) (5) being filed in a database (100), the database (100) associating the parameters of the morphing function (101) with each elementary deformation configuration (EDC) (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Derrien, Stephane Kerneis, Ludovic Gasne, Claude Leonetti