Patents by Inventor Clement COTTET

Clement COTTET 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: 12351294
    Abstract: A propeller for an aircraft turbomachine, the propeller having; a hub extending around a first axis including openings distributed around the first axis, each of the openings having a substantially radial orientation relative to the first axis and extending through the hub, a system for controlling the angular setting of a blade which is mounted in each of the openings, and bearings for guiding the control system, which are mounted in each of the openings, the guide bearings including two guide bearings, one of which includes two annular rows of angular contact coaxial balls having different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Regis Eugene Henri Servant, Clement Cottet, Mathias Gautier
  • Patent number: 12331647
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, includes a blade having a vane connected to a root. A hub accommodates the root of the blade, and a ring is mounted around the root and in the hub. Stops are also mounted around the root and in the hub. A nut is threadedly engaged with a thread of the ring and is configured to bear axially against the hub to secure the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Clément Cottet, Laurent Jablonski, Jean-Claude Christian Taillant
  • Patent number: 12291980
    Abstract: An unducted rectifier for a turbomachine is provided. The rectifier includes: (1) stator vanes each having a root and a blade radially projecting from the root, the root having two half-platforms; (2) pivots, each associated with a vane mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis and configured to connect to a system for changing the pitch of the blades, each pivot having an upper platform and a cylindrical lower portion; and (3) attachment systems for attaching the half-platforms of the root of the vane to the associated pivot, each having two plates having a substantially identical shape to each half-platform and a clamping system for clamping the half-platforms between the plates of the attachment system and the upper platform of the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clémentine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Olivier Belmonte, Olivier Bazot, Clément Cottet
  • Patent number: 12247498
    Abstract: A system for changing the pitch of the blades of a turbomachine propeller, each blade being mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis, the system including a control means and a connection mechanism connecting the control means to each blade of the propeller, the connection mechanism including, for each blade of the propeller: —a connecting rod having a first end connected to the control means; and —an eccentric having a first end connected to the blade in order to rotate same about its pitch axis and a second end forming a yoke connected to a second end of the connecting rod by a pivot connection; the yoke of the eccentric being oriented towards the pitch axis of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Clement Cottet
  • Publication number: 20250035009
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, includes a blade having a vane connected to a root. A hub accommodates the root of the blade, and a ring is mounted around the root and in the hub. Stops are also mounted around the root and in the hub. A nut is threadedly engaged with a thread of the ring and is configured to bear axially against the hub to secure the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT, Clément COTTET, Laurent JABLONSKI, Jean-Claude Christian TAILLANT
  • Publication number: 20240367775
    Abstract: A propeller for an aircraft turbomachine, the propeller having; a hub extending around a first axis including openings distributed around the first axis, each of the openings having a substantially radial orientation relative to the first axis and extending through the hub, a system for controlling the angular setting of a blade which is mounted in each of the openings, and bearings for guiding the control system, which are mounted in each of the openings, the guide bearings including two guide bearings, one of which includes two annular rows of angular contact coaxial balls having different diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Regis Eugene Henri SERVANT, Clement COTTET, Mathias GAUTIER
  • Publication number: 20240317385
    Abstract: An assembly for a propeller of a turbine engine of an aircraft is provided. The assembly includes a variable-pitch vane having a blade connected to a root, the vane having a longitudinal axis aligned with a vane pitch axis which passes through the root, a base rigidly connected to the vane to rotate together with the vane about the axis and connected to a portion of a toothed wheel extending around the axis, and a counterweight device having a shaft which can rotate about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis, the shaft being connected to at least one flyweight and to a pinion meshed with the toothed wheel portion. The toothed wheel portion can be attached to the base by at least one shear pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Ceddric BELJAMBE, Clément COTTET, Jean Charles Olivier RODA, Kevin Franck Jacques TRIBOUT
  • Patent number: 12091986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vane (7) of a turbine engine, comprising: —a structure which has an aerodynamic profile (20); —a spar (21) comprising a vane root portion (24), a blade portion (25) arranged inside the structure which has an aerodynamic profile (20), and a stilt portion (26), the blade portion (25) comprising a body (27) connected to the vane root portion (24) and two arms extending radially from the body (27); and —a structural reinforcement (31) extending from the vane root portion (24) to the body (27) of the blade portion (25), the structural reinforcement (31) being rigidly connected to the vane root portion (24) and configured to form a force path separate from the stilt portion (26) in the event of failure of the spar (21) within the stilt portion (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Joudon, Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Régis Eugène Henri Servant
  • Publication number: 20240286733
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The assembly generally includes an un-ducted propeller blade of which the root has a bulbous portion; a system for setting the pitch of the blade about a pitch setting axis, the pitch setting system including a cup configured to be placed inside the outer casing, has a flared open top end for axial insertion of the root and in which the root of the blade can be axially affixed by a locking member; and at least one radial retention prong in a radial space reserved between the wall of the cup and the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Thierry Georges Paul PAPIN
  • Publication number: 20240271541
    Abstract: An unducted rectifier for a turbomachine is provided. The rectifier includes: (1) stator vanes each having a root and a blade radially projecting from the root, the root having two half-platforms; (2) pivots, each associated with a vane mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis and configured to be connected connect to a system for changing the pitch of the blades, each pivot comprising having an upper platform and a cylindrical lower portion; and (3) attachment systems for attaching the half-platforms of the root of the vane to the associated pivot, each having two plates having a substantially identical shape to each half-platform and a clamping system for clamping the half-platforms between the plates of the attachment system and the upper platform of the pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clémentine Charlotte Marie MOUTON, Olivier BELMONTE, Olivier BAZOT, Clément COTTET
  • Patent number: 12030615
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The system generally includes a cup having an annular wall extending about a pitch setting axis of the blade, the annular wall having a lower axial end enclosed by a bottom wall, and an upper axial end that is open and configured so as to enable a root of the blade to be mounted in the cup; and a locking ring that extends around the pitch setting axis and is configured to be mounted around the root, the locking ring being a double dog ring that comprises two annular rows of outer dogs constituting active and safety dogs, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Régis Eugène Henri Servant
  • Publication number: 20240218800
    Abstract: A system for changing the pitch of the blades of a turbomachine propeller, each blade being mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis, the system including a control means and a connection mechanism connecting the control means to each blade of the propeller, the connection mechanism including, for each blade of the propeller: a connecting rod having a first end connected to the control means; and an eccentric having a first end connected to the blade in order to rotate same about its pitch axis and a second end forming a yoke connected to a second end of the connecting rod by a pivot connection; the yoke of the eccentric being oriented towards the pitch axis of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christophe Marcel Lucien PERDRIGEON, Clement COTTET
  • Patent number: 12012201
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The assembly generally includes an un-ducted propeller blade of which the root has a bulbous portion; a system for setting the pitch of the blade about a pitch setting axis, the pitch setting system including a cup, configured to be placed inside the outer casing, has a flared open top end for axial insertion of the root and in which the root of the blade can be axially affixed by a locking member; and at least one radial retention prong in a radial space reserved between the wall of the cup and the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Thierry Georges Paul Papin
  • Publication number: 20240175363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vane (7) of a turbine engine, comprising: —a structure which has an aerodynamic profile (20); —a spar (21) comprising a vane root portion (24), a blade portion (25) arranged inside the structure which has an aerodynamic profile (20), and a stilt portion (26), the blade portion (25) comprising a body (27) connected to the vane root portion (24) and two arms extending radially from the body (27); and —a structural reinforcement (31) extending from the vane root portion (24) to the body (27) of the blade portion (25), the structural reinforcement (31) being rigidly connected to the vane root portion (24) and configured to form a force path separate from the stilt portion (26) in the event of failure of the spar (21) within the stilt portion (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Vincent JOUDON, Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Patent number: 11993365
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a propeller blade and its system for angularly adjusting the pitch of the blade including a bowl which is radially delimited by an annular wall extending about an axis for adjusting the pitch of the blade, the bowl having a bottom wall, a free lower end of the root being fitted axially into a complementary housing of the bottom wall in order to rotatably connect the bowl and the blade about the pitch-adjustment axis. The root of the blade comprises a first limiting face that engages with a first abutment face of the bowl to limit the rotation of the blade in the event of breakage of the lower end of the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clement Cottet, Vivien Mickael Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Regis Eugene Henri Servant, Laurent Jablonski
  • Patent number: 11981418
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The system generally including a blade having an airfoil connected to a root; a cup having an annular wall extending about a pitch axis of the blade and a lower axial end enclosed by a bottom wall; a locking ring that extends around the root and inside the cup; a safety element that ensures the retention of the root relative to the cup. The at least one safety element can have a generally elongate shape and can pass through aligned holes in the bottom wall of the cup and in the free end of the root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Régis Eugène Henri Servant
  • Patent number: 11873076
    Abstract: An assembly including a propeller blade and a pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade. A root of the blade has a bulb and the pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade includes a cup having an upper opening; —a retaining ring, which extends around the bulb, is restricted at least in terms of axial movement towards the opening relative to the cup and has a bearing face to inhibit axial movement of the root towards the opening The pitch adjustment system being further includes a lower seat for the root to engage the cup, the seat and/or the retaining ring being mounted so as to be capable of axial translation relative to the cup by at least one clamping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Arnaud Langlois, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Laurent Jablonski
  • Patent number: 11851157
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, including a cup having an annular wall extending about an axis intended to be a pitch setting axis of the blade, and a bottom wall configured so as to cooperate in a form-fitting manner with a free end of the root so that the cup is prevented from rotating relative to the root about the axis, and a locking ring that is configured so as to be mounted within the cup and to cooperate respectively with the root and the annular wall of the cup in order to ensure axial retention of the root in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Joudon, Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Régis Eugène Henri Servant
  • Publication number: 20230339600
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The system generally includes a cup having an annular wall extending about a pitch setting axis of the blade, the annular wall having a lower axial end enclosed by a bottom wall, and an upper axial end that is open and configured so as to enable a root of the blade to be mounted in the cup; and a locking ring that extends around the pitch setting axis and is configured to be mounted around the root, the locking ring being a double dog ring that comprises two annular rows of outer dogs constituting active and safety dogs, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Patent number: 11780562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine module (1), comprising: —a rotating housing (7-8) supporting a propeller provided with a plurality of blades (5), —a system for varying the pitch of the propeller blades (5), the system comprising a control means, and a mechanism for varying the pitch of the propeller blades, characterised in that the system is supported by the rotary housing (7-8), in that the control means comprise an annular row of rotary actuators (16), and in that the mechanism for varying the pitch of the blades comprises a synchronisation ring (11) that is driven to rotate by rotary output shafts (17) of the actuators (16), the synchronisation ring (11) being guided in rotation relative to the rotary housing (7-8) by guide means and meshed by a first toothing (13) with pinions (14) of the blades (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clement Cottet, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Regis Eugene Henri Servant