Patents by Inventor Damien Lourit

Damien Lourit 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: 9708931
    Abstract: A device for centring and guiding the rotation of a turbine engine shaft, in which the outer race of a bearing is retained axially upstream and downstream by a retaining mechanism cooperating with a bearing bracket and with a coupling mechanism including elastically deformable mechanism connecting the outer race to the bearing bracket, the retaining mechanism being separate from a protecting ring of the device. A method of assembling such a device is also described. The retaining mechanism is pre-assembled with the coupling mechanism prior to the final assembly of the coupling mechanism with the bearing bracket. The device and the method have the combined advantages of axially retaining the outer race in two opposing directions and having a particularly straightforward assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Regis Eugene Henri Servant, Serge Louis Antunes, Julie Bellay, Fabrice Cretin, Damien Lourit
  • Patent number: 9528441
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly (100) for an aircraft turbofan comprising a flowpath splitter (40) downstream from which there is firstly a fan flowpath (31) inner delimitation ring (44) and secondly a compressor case (42), the assembly comprising a plurality of outlet guide vanes (34) provided with an inner platform (50) located in the downstream continuity of the delimitation ring. According to the invention, the assembly comprises at least one part (52) to support the delimitation ring (44), comprising a radially outer end (52b) fixed to a downstream part of this ring (44) and a radially inner end (52a) fixed to the compressor case (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Cretin, Yvan Guezel, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Damien Lourit
  • Publication number: 20160290161
    Abstract: A device for centring and guiding the rotation of a turbine engine shaft, in which the outer race of a bearing is retained axially upstream and downstream by a retaining mechanism cooperating with a bearing bracket and with a coupling mechanism including elastically deformable mechanism connecting the outer race to the bearing bracket, the retaining mechanism being separate from a protecting ring of the device. A method of assembling such a device is also described. The retaining mechanism is pre-assembled with the coupling mechanism prior to the final assembly of the coupling mechanism with the bearing bracket. The device and the method have the combined advantages of axially retaining the outer race in two opposing directions and having a particularly straightforward assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: RĂ©gis Eugene Henri SERVANT, Serge Louis ANTUNES, Julie BELLAY, Fabrice CRETIN, Damien LOURIT
  • Publication number: 20150159554
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly (100) for an aircraft turbofan comprising a flowpath splitter (40) downstream from which there is firstly a fan flowpath (31) inner delimitation ring (44) and secondly a compressor case (42), the assembly comprising a plurality of outlet guide vanes (34) provided with an inner platform (50) located in the downstream continuity of the delimitation ring. According to the invention, the assembly comprises at least one part (52) to support the delimitation ring (44), comprising a radially outer end (52b) fixed to a downstream part of this ring (44) and a radially inner end (52a) fixed to the compressor case (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Cretin, Yvan Guezel, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Damien Lourit