Patents by Inventor Daniel-Ciprian Mincu

Daniel-Ciprian Mincu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125285
    Abstract: An air inlet of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly comprising an inner wall and an outer wall which are connected upstream by an air inlet lip. The air inlet lip comprising thick portions and thin portions distributed alternately over the circumference of the air inlet lip. Each thick portion comprising an upstream leading edge to separate an upstream air flow into an outer air flow guided by the outer wall and an inner air flow guided by the inner wall during a thrust phase. Each thin portion comprising a downstream leading edge situated longitudinally downstream of each upstream leading edge so as to detach a reverse air flow at the air inlet lip during a thrust reversal phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yacine Cheraga, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Patent number: 11933246
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine extending along an X axis and comprising a blower configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake which comprises at least one deflection member movably mounted between a deployed position in which the deflection member projects from the inner wall or from the lip of the air intake in a radially inward direction of deployment facing the X axis or in a longitudinal direction of deployment with respect to the X axis, in order to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the inner wall to support the reverse thrust phase, and a retracted position in which the air intake has an aerodynamic profile so as to guide the internal air flow along the inner wall in order to support the thrust phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Frédéric Dautreppe, Anthony Binder, Eva Julie Lebeault
  • Patent number: 11913404
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air outlet of a nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine, the nacelle forming a solid of revolution about a longitudinal axis, the air outlet having a straightening device having a plurality of flaps mounted circumferentially and protruding, each flap being mounted pivoting around a pivot axis, forming, with respect to the longitudinal axis, an angle of convergence in a radial plane, between a closed position, in which each flap extends along the pivot axis in the aerodynamic prolongation of the trailing edge in order to support a thrust phase and a deployed position, in which each flap extends in a deployed plane forming an angle of deployment with respect to the closed position about the pivot axis, so as to support a reverse thrust phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Philippe Gérard Chanez, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Publication number: 20240002036
    Abstract: An air intake for an aircraft propulsion assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a turbine engine that comprises a primary flow path and a secondary flow path for respectively guiding a primary air flow and a secondary air flow during a thrust, and thrust reversal means for changing the secondary airflow into a reverse airflow during a thrust reversal. The air intake comprising a peripheral external enclosure comprising, in each plane radial to the axis, a point of maximum curvature for detaching the reverse airflow, an osculating circle defining a radius of curvature that is defined at each of the points of maximum curvature. The average value of the radii of curvature being less than a product of 0.028 times an internal radius of the intake at the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yacine Cheraga, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Philippe Gérard Chanez, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix
  • Patent number: 11739688
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine comprising a fan configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake, the air intake comprising at least one circulation duct in the annular cavity opening, on the one hand, at the air intake lip and, on the other hand, at the inner wall and/or the outer wall so as to promote a reverse thrust phase, the air intake comprising at least one cover member mounted to move between a covered position, in which the cover member closes the circulation duct at the air intake lip and an uncovered position, in which the cover member opens the circulation duct at the air intake lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Mathieu Patrick Jean-Louis Lallia, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Jagoda Alina Worotynska, Frédéric Dautreppe
  • Patent number: 11649765
    Abstract: Method for using an air intake of a turbojet engine nacelle comprising at least one elastically deformable portion, at least one connecting member mounted in an annular cavity integrally with the elastically deformable portion, and at least one controllable displacement member, in which method: during a thrust phase of the turbojet engine, the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a first position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an aerodynamic profile, and during a thrust reversal phase of the turbojet engine the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a second position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an irregular profile so as to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the elastically deformable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Laurent Louis Robert Baudoin, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Jagoda Alina Worotynska, Frédéric Dautreppe, Caroline Marie Frantz
  • Patent number: 11614051
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for using an aircraft turbojet engine comprising an air inlet comprising a plurality of rectifier vanes, each rectifier vane being mounted such that it can move between a retracted position to assist the thrust phase and a deployed position in which the rectifier vane protrudes from the inner wall in a radially inward direction in order to rectify the reverse air flow of the inner wall to assist a thrust-reverse phase, in which method at least one rectifier vane is in the retracted position during a turbojet engine thrust phase, the method comprising, during a thrust-reverse phase of the turbojet engine, a step of moving the rectifier vane to the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Anthony Binder, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Publication number: 20230090029
    Abstract: An air outlet for a nacelle for an aircraft turbofan having an inner wall and an outer wall connected to each other by a trailing edge, at least one radial through aperture extending over an angular portion of the air outlet and having inner and outer open faces and, for each aperture, a guiding device having inner and outer movable members movably mounted between a closed position wherein the inner and outer movable members respectively close off the inner and outer open faces, the aperture defining a closed cavity and an open position wherein the inner and outer movable members are configured to allow an external air flow to circulate in the aperture to support a reverse thrust phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Eva Julie Lebeault, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Publication number: 20230038787
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air outlet of a nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine, the nacelle forming a solid of revolution about a longitudinal axis, the air outlet having a straightening device having a plurality of flaps mounted circumferentially and protruding, each flap being mounted pivoting around a pivot axis, forming, with respect to the longitudinal axis, an angle of convergence in a radial plane, between a closed position, in which each flap extends along the pivot axis in the aerodynamic prolongation of the trailing edge in order to support a thrust phase and a deployed position, in which each flap extends in a deployed plane forming an angle of deployment with respect to the closed position about the pivot axis, so as to support a reverse thrust phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Philippe Gérard Chanez, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Publication number: 20220186663
    Abstract: Method for using an air intake of a turbojet engine nacelle comprising at least one elastically deformable portion, at least one connecting member mounted in an annular cavity integrally with the elastically deformable portion, and at least one controllable displacement member, in which method: during a thrust phase of the turbojet engine, the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a first position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an aerodynamic profile, and during a thrust reversal phase of the turbojet engine the controllable displacement member moves the connecting member into a second position in which the elastically deformable portion of the air intake lip has an irregular profile so as to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the elastically deformable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Laurent Louis Robert Baudoin, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Jagoda Alina Worotynska, Frédéric Dautreppe, Caroline Marie Frantz
  • Publication number: 20220186682
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine extending along an X axis and comprising a blower configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake which comprises at least one deflection member movably mounted between a deployed position in which the deflection member projects from the inner wall or from the lip of the air intake in a radially inward direction of deployment facing the X axis or in a longitudinal direction of deployment with respect to the X axis, in order to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the inner wall to support the reverse thrust phase, and a retracted position in which the air intake has an aerodynamic profile so as to guide the internal air flow along the inner wall in order to support the thrust phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Frédéric Dautreppe, Anthony Binder, Eva Julie Lebeault
  • Publication number: 20220170430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for using an aircraft turbojet engine comprising an air inlet comprising a plurality of rectifier vanes, each rectifier vane being mounted such that it can move between a retracted position to assist the thrust phase and a deployed position in which the rectifier vane protrudes from the inner wall in a radially inward direction in order to rectify the reverse air flow of the inner wall to assist a thrust-reverse phase, in which method at least one rectifier vane is in the retracted position during a turbojet engine thrust phase, the method comprising, during a thrust-reverse phase of the turbojet engine, a step of moving the rectifier vane to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Anthony Binder, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu
  • Publication number: 20220170417
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine comprising a fan configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake, the air intake comprising at least one circulation duct in the annular cavity opening, on the one hand, at the air intake lip and, on the other hand, at the inner wall and/or the outer wall so as to promote a reverse thrust phase, the air intake comprising at least one cover member mounted to move between a covered position, in which the cover member closes the circulation duct at the air intake lip and an uncovered position, in which the cover member opens the circulation duct at the air intake lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Mathieu Patrick Jean-Louis Lallia, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Jagoda Alina Worotynska, Frédéric Dautreppe
  • Publication number: 20220170429
    Abstract: A process for using an air input of a turboreactor nacelle of an aircraft, comprising an air input lip which comprises at least one fixed portion and at least one portion which can be moved between a first position, in which the air input lip has an aerodynamic profile so as to guide the internal air flow over the internal wall in order to promote a thrust phase, and a second position, in which the portion is displaced in relation to the fixed portion so that the air input lip has a second radial thickness in the second position which is less than the first radial thickness in the first position so as to promote a reverse thrust phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, MATHIEU PATRICK JEAN-LOUIS LALLIA, NICOLAS JOSEPH SIRVIN, JAGODA ALINA WOROTYNSKA, FREDERIC DAUTREPPE, ANTHONY BINDER, EVA JULIE LEBEAULT