Patents by Inventor Claude Loudet

Claude Loudet 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: 7264441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid cycle HP compressor (104) for a turbine engine, comprising in particular a first rotor wheel (16), a first rectifier (118) and a second rotor wheel (20), as well as a separation slot (22) fitted between the first rectifier and the second rotor wheel in order to supply the turbine engine with a secondary air flux. According to the invention, the first rectifier is a double grid rectifier comprising a grid of vanes upstream (30) as well as a grid of vanes downstream (34), these upstream and downstream vane grids being associated respectively with variable setting systems upstream and downstream (38,40) controlled in autonomous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventor: Claude Loudet
  • Publication number: 20050244269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid cycle HP compressor (104) for a turbine engine, comprising in particular a first rotor wheel (16), a first rectifier (118) and a second rotor wheel (20), as well as a separation slot (22) fitted between the first rectifier and the second rotor wheel in order to supply the turbine engine with a secondary air flux. According to the invention, the first rectifier is a double grid rectifier comprising a grid of vanes upstream (30) as well as a grid of vanes downstream (34), these upstream and downstream vane grids being associated respectively with variable setting systems upstream and downstream (38,40) controlled in autonomous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventor: Claude Loudet
  • Patent number: 6782702
    Abstract: A low of compressed air originating from a compressor stream (3) is drawn off through first orifices (13) towards ducts (5, 6) leading outside the casing, creating a flow division through adjacent cavities (11, 12) in the casing (1). These arrangements make it possible to carry a large air flow even if the cavity cross sections (11, 12) are small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Christophe Charon, Graëme Cook, Grégory Garcia, Patrick Kapala, Eric Lippinois, Claude Loudet, Fabrice Marois, Lucien Pham, Dominique Raulin
  • Publication number: 20030051482
    Abstract: A low of compressed air originating from a compressor stream (3) is drawn off through first orifices (13) towards ducts (5, 6) leading outside the casing, creating a flow division through adjacent cavities (11, 12) in the casing (1). These arrangements make it possible to carry a large air flow even if the cavity cross sections (11, 12) are small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Christophe Charon, Graeme Cook, Gregory Garcia, Patrick Kapala, Eric Lippinois, Claude Loudet, Fabrice Marois, Lucien Pham, Dominique Raulin
  • Patent number: 5520511
    Abstract: A variable camber turbomachine vane is described in which at least one of a front part and a rear part is pivotable relative to the other about a pivot axis to vary the camber of the vane, and the facing end surfaces of the front and rear parts form a junction which provides for the continuity of the intrados and extrados faces of the vane as well as for sealing between these two faces. The pivot axis is offset on the intrados face side relative to the mean surface of the vane by a distance which is preferably at least one third of the thickness of the vane. Also, a cover is provided on the intrados side of the vane for masking the recess which is created in the intrados face at the junction when the camber of the vane is varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "SNECMA"
    Inventors: Claude Loudet, Jean-Paul Mirete