Patents by Inventor Claude Mons

Claude Mons 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: 8192560
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace?50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace?500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace?500 ppm, —Ti=trace?500 ppm, —O=trace?200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace?50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace?100 ppm, —S=trace?50 ppm, —Cu=trace?1%, and —P=trace?200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Aubert & Duval, SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Jacques Montagnon, Philippe Heritier, Isabelle Peslerbe, Claude Mons
  • Patent number: 8153056
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight:—C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace?50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace?500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace?500 ppm, —Ti=trace?500 ppm, —O=trace?200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace?50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace?100 ppm, —S=trace?50 ppm, —Cu=trace?1%, and —P=trace?200 ppm, the remainder comprising iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Aubert & Duval, SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Jacques Montagnon, Philippe Heritier, Isabelle Peslerbe, Claude Mons
  • Patent number: 8152938
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace—50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace—500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace—500 ppm, —Ti=trace—500 ppm, —O=Trace—200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace—50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace—100 ppm, —S=trace—50 ppm, —Cu=trace—1%, and —P=trace—200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Aubert & Duval, SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Jacques Montagnon, Philippe Heritier, Isabelle Peslerbe, Claude Mons
  • Publication number: 20120028056
    Abstract: A fabrication method of fabricating a thermal barrier covering a superalloy metal substrate, the thermal barrier including at least an underlayer and a ceramic layer, the method including: smoothing a surface state of the underlayer by at least one physicochemical and/or mechanical process prior to depositing the ceramic layer such that a number of defects presenting a peak-to-peak difference lower than or equal to 2 ?m is at most five over any distance of 50 ?m, and then depositing the ceramic layer. The method can be applied to turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Yannick Cadoret, Samuel Hervier, Claude Mons, Annie Pasquet
  • Publication number: 20110129310
    Abstract: A method of angle rounding at an intersection between two surfaces of a workpiece, the method including machining away a minimum volume of material from the intersection of the two surfaces, thereby giving a convex rounded shape to the intersection of the two surfaces, the curved shape being located relative to the workpiece on the outside of a circular arc tangential to the two surfaces at the point where the curved shape connects with the two surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vincent Dessoly, Marcel Claude Mons, Ana Carmen Viguera Sancho
  • Publication number: 20110048583
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace?50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace?500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace?500 ppm, —Ti=trace?500 ppm, ?O=trace?200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace?50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace?100 ppm, —S=trace?50 ppm, —Cu=trace?1%, and —P=trace?200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: AUBERT & DUVAL, SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Jacques MONTAGNON, Philippe HERITIER, Isabelle PESLERBE, Claude MONS
  • Publication number: 20110041961
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterized by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight: —C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace-50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace-500 ppm, —Rare earths=trace-500 ppm, —Ti=trace-500 ppm, —O=trace-200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace-50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace-100 ppm, —S=trace-50 ppm, —Cu=trace-1%, and —P=trace-200 ppm, the remainder including iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: AUBERT & DUVAL, SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Jacques MONTAGNON, Philippe HERITIER, Isabelle PESLERBE, Claude MONS
  • Patent number: 7687021
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of fabricating a turbine stator casing, the method comprising the operations consisting in: between the walls of portions of a mold, forming a cavity of shape corresponding to the shape of the shroud of said casing, securing soluble cores to at least one of said mold portions, said cores being held at a distance from the wall of said mold portion and representing empty spaces that are to be formed inside said shroud; putting soluble inserts into place between the cores to represent flow paths between said empty spaces; filling said cavity with a metal alloy powder; sintering said powder by hot isostatic pressing; eliminating the cores and the inserts by dissolving them; and extracting the shroud as molded in this way. The invention is applicable to fabricating a turbine stator casing for an airplane turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Sebastien Imbourg, Claude Mons, Philippe Pabion, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20090208342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine part comprising a main portion and a leading edge. Over at least a fraction of the length of said part, the leading edge is constituted by a sheet of material that is fastened to the main portion and that extends from the pressure side to the suction side of the main portion while leaving a space between the sheet and the upstream end of the main portion, said material being capable, below a maximum deformation ?2, of responding to an impact against a foreign body by deforming reversibly in superelastic manner without damaging the main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Claude MONS
  • Patent number: 7422644
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-axially symmetrical manufactured parts of thickness less than 10 mm, made of ? or quasi-? titanium alloy, having a core microstructure constituted by whole grains presenting a slenderness ratio greater than 4 and an equivalent diameter lying in the range 10 ?m to 300 ?m. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the parts by forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Blandine Barbier, Philippe Gallois, Claude Mons, Agathe Venard, Pascal Vignolles
  • Publication number: 20080193321
    Abstract: The invention relates to steel which is characterised by the following composition as expressed in percentages by weight:—C=0.18 0.30%, —Co=5-7%, —Cr=2-5%, —Al=1-2%, —Mo+W/2=1-4%, —V=trace 0.3%, —Nb=trace 0.1%, —B=trace?50 ppm, —Ni=10.5-15% with Ni?7+3.5 Al, —Si=trace 0.4%, —Mn=trace 0.4%, —Ca=trace?500 ppm, -Rare earths=trace?500 ppm, —Ti=trace?500 ppm, —O=trace?200 ppm if the steel is obtained by means of powder metallurgy or trace?50 ppm if the steel is produced in air or under a vacuum from molten metal, —N=trace?100 ppm, —S=trace?50 ppm, —Cu=trace?1%, and —P=trace?200 ppm, the remainder comprising iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from production. The invention also relates to a method of producing a part from said steel and to the part thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: AUBERT & DUVAL
    Inventors: Jacques Montagnon, Philippe Heritier, Isabelle Peslerbe, Claude Mons
  • Patent number: 7367774
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the rotary assembly, at least one segment of the shaft being covered in a covering which comprises at least one piece of fabric impregnated with resin and which is for coming into contact with a surrounding portion of the turbomachine when the unbalance occurs in order to protect the first shaft and ensure that there is no risk of the first shaft rupturing. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Bourget, Bruno Dambrine, Claude Mons, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7360986
    Abstract: A turbomachine including at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the first shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the first rotary assembly. The turbomachine further comprising brake arrangement for braking the first shaft when the unbalance occurs, and bond arrangement acting at the end of braking to bond a portion of the first shaft to a surrounding portion of the turbomachine. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Aymeric Hugonie, Claude Mons, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20070253810
    Abstract: In the method, a support is provided presenting an annular base for a wiper, and the projecting portion of the wiper is built up by depositing successive layers on the base by performing the following steps: activating both a laser source connected to an optical head focused on a point of the surface of the top of the base and a source of powder that is connected to a spray nozzle, thereby forming a localized melt at said point, with the powder being injected into the melt, thereby forming a localized region of extra thickness; and aiming the optical head and the nozzle on another point adjacent to said region of extra thickness, and returning to the preceding step, until a layer has been formed over substantially the entire base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Mons, Joel Olivier Vigneau
  • Patent number: 7261784
    Abstract: The method of the invention enables a coating to be made on at least one face to be protected of a metal substrate and/or article in order to improve its performance in terms of resistance to wear by friction, in particular at high temperature. The method comprises the following steps: providing a flexible sheet derived from at least one plate obtained by the technique of casting a strip by silkscreen printing from a viscous material made of a binder and a metal powder of a superalloy; cutting said flexible sheet to the dimensions of said face to be protected of a metal substrate and/or article in order to constitute a preform; placing said preform on said face to be protected of a metal substrate and/or article; and raising the assembly to a temperature enabling a coating to be formed by establishing a bond between said preform and said face to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventor: Claude Mons
  • Patent number: 7234920
    Abstract: A turbine stator casing comprising a jacket and fastener hooks for fastening a turbine distributor nozzle, the hooks projecting from the inside face of the jacket, said jacket being made of a first alloy by hot isostatic compression using metal powder, said fastener hooks being made out of a second alloy that is more refractory than the first, and being secured to said jacket by diffusion welding during the hot isostatic compression. The casing also comprises inserts passing through the fastener hooks and through said jacket. These inserts, which are likewise secured to the jacket by diffusion welding, serve during manufacture of the casing to fasten the hooks to a mold portion inside which the jacket is formed. The invention is applicable to the turbines of airplane turbojets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Sébastien Imbourg, Claude Mons, Philippe Pabion, Jean-Iuc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20070134096
    Abstract: According to the method, a blade is provided having at least one base for a rim at its free end, and the projecting portion of the rim is built up by depositing successive layers on the base by performing the following steps: activating a laser source connected to an optical head focused on a point of the surface of the top of the base and activating a powder source connected to a spray nozzle, whereby a localized melt is formed at said point, into which the powder is injected, thereby forming a localized region of extra thickness; and aiming the optical head and the nozzle on another point adjacent to said region of extra thickness and returning to the preceding step until a layer has been formed over substantially the entire base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Mons, Joel Vigneau
  • Publication number: 20070116556
    Abstract: In the method, a support is provided that presents a base for an annular wiper, and a wiper is built up that presents height that varies around its circumference, by forming a plurality of projecting portions by performing following successive steps: a laser source connected to an optical head focused on a point on the top surface of the base is activated, as is a source of powder connected to the spray nozzle, thereby forming a localized melt at said point, into which the powder is injected, thus forming a localized region of extra thickness; and the optical head and the nozzle are aimed at another point adjacent to said region of extra thickness and the method returns to the preceding step until the layer of material is completed in the angular sector in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Mons, Joel Olivier Vigneau
  • Publication number: 20070110562
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermomechanical turbomachine part that is circularly symmetrical about a longitudinal axis, in particular a rotor, the part including at least one annular wiper for a sealing labyrinth. In characteristic manner, the wiper presents height in the radial direction that varies around its circumference by forming a plurality of projecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Mons, Joel Oliver Alfred Vigneau
  • Publication number: 20070048142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for the mounting of the foot (121) of a blade, fixed or movable, of a turbomachine, made of metal, in the aperture (101) of a support made of metal, such as a casing, a fixed flange or the disk (10) of a rotor. Characteristically, this assembly comprises, between the foot (121) and the aperture (101), a non-metallic film (20), coated or impregnated with an adhesive, in particular a fabric of glass fibres and/or polyamide fibres, advantageously comprising polytetrafluoroethylene. Application for the mounting of blades (12) of the fan on the disk (10) of the rotor, or for the fixed and/or movable blades of a compressor, in particular a low-pressure compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Bruno Dambrine, Stephane Deyber, Jean-Noel Mahieu, Claude Mons