Patents by Inventor Daniel Plona

Daniel Plona 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: 7404678
    Abstract: A recentering device for a rotor shaft for recentering a rotor shaft relative to an axis X of a stator structure in the event of decoupling caused by excessive imbalance. The shaft, in normal operating conditions, lies on the axis X and is radially supported by a bearing support disposed in a bore of the axis X in the stator structure. The bearing support has an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of the bore, to enable the bearing support to orbit about the axis X in the event of decoupling. The bearing support is connected to the stator structure by radially fusible elements. The recentering device recenters the bearing support after decoupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventor: Daniel Plona
  • Patent number: 7290769
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing between two static portions of a turbomachine includes a brush gasket formed by a plurality of resilient bristles which are, at least in part, held in a housing. Each bristle has a main portion and a secondary portion interconnected by a bent portion. The secondary portion has a free end ensuring leaktight contact with a surface that is to be sealed of the other static portion. The sealing device further includes a flexible washer of bent section which has a free end bearing both against the free ends of the secondary portions of the bristles of the brush gasket, and against the surface that is to be sealed so that the free ends of the secondary portions of the bristles of the brush gasket are permanently in contact with the surface that is to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Daniel Plona, Guy Dusserre-Telmon
  • Publication number: 20070089495
    Abstract: A method of inspecting the profile of the connection zone between the cylindrical portion and the taper of a turbomachine part, the surface profile of the part being geometrically defined by at least one first zone corresponding to the taper of the part, at least one second zone corresponding to the connection between the cylindrical portion and the taper of the part, and a third zone corresponding to the cylindrical portion of the part, the method consisting in measuring the surface profile of the part; from the measured surface profile, modeling the contact pressures that apply to the surface of the part for each of its zones; and comparing the contact pressures modeled for the second zone of the surface profile of the part with predefined threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Daniel PLONA
  • Publication number: 20060239812
    Abstract: A device applied to regulating the flow rate of air flowing in a rotary shaft of a turbomachine, the shaft including at least one through orifice for passing air. The device at least one shutter member for shutting the orifice and secured to a deformable blade presenting bi-linear behavior, the blade being secured to the shaft and being suitable for deforming under the effect of the centrifugal force that results from the shaft rotating such that the shutter member is suitable for taking up two different positions depending on the speed of rotation of the shaft: one position in which it shuts the orifice; and another position in which it releases the orifice to allow air to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jerome Friedel, Jean-Pierre Mourlan, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20060233479
    Abstract: The assembly arrangement between an inner race 6 of a bearing and a journal 2 supported in rotation in this bearing comprises: a journal annular groove 36 and a race annular groove 26 which interact to form an annular channel 52 when they are placed opposite one another, a retaining ring 40 placed in the said annular channel 52, which prevents a relative movement in translation between the said journal 2 and the said inner race 6, and at least one recess 38 of the said journal 2 and at least one tooth 32 of the said inner race 6, which interact to prevent a relative movement in rotation between the said journal 2 and the said inner race 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Bouiller, Gilles Charier, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20060225427
    Abstract: The jet engine of the invention comprises an exhaust nozzle of variable section, comprising at least one flap pivot mounted about a pin, the pin being joined to the fixed structure of the jet engine via two braces each comprising a bore for housing the pin, the flap being pivot commanded by an actuating cylinder, connected to two fasteners which each comprise a bore through which the pin passes and about which they rotate. The jet engine is characterized by the fact that the pin, the bores of the braces and bores of the fasteners are arranged so that the contacts between the pin with the bore walls of the braces and with the bore walls of the fasteners are made over convex surfaces. Therefore, when in operation, in the event of pin bending the contact surfaces follow this convex shape and are suitably distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Daniel Bainachi, Mathieu Dakowski, Olivier Kreder, Romain Lunel, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20060159378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing assembly (4) comprising a first liquid lubricant injector (32) designed to be fed exclusively with non-recycled liquid lubricant to lubricate a bearing (10). According to the invention, a plurality of drain orifices (24) passes through a bearing ring (12) fixed to a fixed part (6), and the assembly also comprises a second liquid lubricant injector (42) fed with liquid lubricant drained through collection means (38) for collecting liquid lubricant drained from the orifices (24), the means (38) communicating firstly with a reinjection circuit (40) connected to the second injector, and with a bypass circuit (48) designed to evacuate surplus drained liquid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20060115194
    Abstract: The quality of the lubrication of an inter-shaft bearing, particularly one with counter-rotational bushes, is improved by the presence of an obstacle on the outer bush which allows an adjustment in the quantity of oil present on the outer roll track. In particular, the drying of the roll track under the effect of the repeated running of the runners is compensated for by organising a mandatory axial circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Daniel Plona
  • Patent number: 7040811
    Abstract: A rolling bearing defines a separation between an oil enclosure and an air enclosure. The bearing includes rolling elements defining a first side opening and a second side opening, and includes an annular junction piece having an annular contact surface with the structural piece. An oil film is disposed at the annular contact surface between the structural piece and the junction piece and is laterally defined by at least two sealing rings. A sealing device covers at least part of the first side opening. A first oil circulation device feeds the oil film with oil and feeds the rolling elements beside the oil enclosure with oil from the oil film. A second oil circulation device, independent of the first, recovers the oil used for lubricating the rolling elements and is arranged in such a manner as to avoid oil flowing towards the air enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Dusserre-Telmon, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20050220384
    Abstract: A recentering device for a rotor shaft for recentering a rotor shaft relative to an axis X of a stator structure in the event of decoupling caused by excessive imbalance. The shaft, in normal operating conditions, lies on the axis X and is radially supported by a bearing support disposed in a bore of the axis X in the stator structure. The bearing support has an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of the bore, to enable the bearing support to orbit about the axis X in the event of decoupling. The bearing support is connected to the stator structure by radially fusible elements. The recentering device recenters the bearing support after decoupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventor: Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20050151324
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing between two static portions of a turbomachine, said device comprising a brush gasket formed by a plurality of resilient bristles which are, at least in part, held in a housing, each bristle having a main portion and a secondary portion interconnected by a bent portion, the secondary portion having a free end ensuring leaktight contact with a surface that is to be sealed of the other static portion. The sealing device further comprises a flexible washer of bent section which has a free end bearing both against the free ends of the secondary portions of the bristles of the brush gasket, and against the surface that is to be sealed so that the free ends of the secondary portions of the bristles of the brush gasket are permanently in contact with the surface that is to be sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Daniel Plona, Guy Dusserre-Telmon
  • Publication number: 20050079046
    Abstract: A device is dedicated to setting one or more pivoting axial flow synchronizing rings (R), comprising a drive mechanism (4-6) intended to rotate their rotary spindle (3) so as to set them angularly depending on angular position data supplied by a means of control. These means of control comprise firstly means of illumination (8, 10) designed to supply light to an illumination zone (11), secondly an encoder element (12) attached to the spindle of the synchronizing ring (R) in the illumination zone (11) and designed to interact with the illumination light in order to generate optical signals representing the angular position of the synchronizing ring, thirdly means (13a) designed to collect the optical signals and fourthly means of processing (7) designed to determine angular position data based on the optical signals collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Gerard Jolibois, Daniel Plona
  • Patent number: 6872003
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for a turbomachine supporting a first shaft to rotate relative to a second shaft, and comprising: a plurality of rolling elements engaged between an inner annular ring mounted on the second shaft and an outer annular ring mounted on the first shaft; an oil film formed at an annular contact surface between said outer ring and said first shaft; at least one duct passing through said inner ring and opening out in an inner race for said rolling elements in order to lubricate them; and at least one additional duct passing through said inner ring and opening out outside the inner race in order to feed oil through said outer ring to said oil film under the effect of the centrifugal force generated by said second shaft rotating, said outer ring having an annular shoulder projecting radially towards the inside of said annular space, said shoulder having at least one channel opening out substantially in register with said additional duct and opening out into said oil film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Dusserre-Telmon, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20040239039
    Abstract: A gasket, sliding about the axis of rotation of a part to be brought closer to or to be spaced apart from another part with which it provides tightness through a pair of lips provided on a ring. The gasket includes a portion of the ring capable of bending to modify the clearance between the corresponding lip and the part, the pressure prevailing in an intermediate cavity, the balance of forces on the joint and hence the clearance and the leak flow rate allowed before the gasket, which is advantageous in particular in a case of ventilation gas for refrigerating an element of the machine in controlled operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Daniel Plona
  • Patent number: 6799416
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for supporting and recentering a shaft (2) after decoupling. The device comprises an annular support (4) surrounding the shaft (2), a bearing (5) secured to the annular support (4) and having an inner ring (9) which is spaced apart from the shaft by clearance J. The inner ring (9) has two webs or tenons (14a, 14b) that are normally held to the periphery of two troughs (16a, 16b) carried by the shaft (2). Two sets of balls (28a, 28b) normally bear against the bottoms of indentations (25, 26) formed facing one another in the adjacent radial walls of the troughs (16a, 16b) and of the inner ring (9). Resilient means (26) tend to urge the troughs (16a and 16b) towards each other. In the event of the webs or tenons (14a, 14b) breaking due to a large unbalance, the balls (28a, 28b) roll on the walls of the indentations (25, 26) and move the troughs (16a, 16b) apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Daniel Plona, Patrick Morel
  • Publication number: 20040062460
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for a turbomachine supporting a first shaft to rotate relative to a second shaft, and comprising: a plurality of rolling elements engaged between an inner annular ring mounted on the second shaft and an outer annular ring mounted on the first shaft; an oil film formed at an annular contact surface between said outer ring and said first shaft; at least one duct passing through said inner ring and opening out in an inner race for said rolling elements in order to lubricate them; and at least one additional duct passing through said inner ring and opening out outside the inner race in order to feed oil through said outer ring to said oil film under the effect of the centrifugal force generated by said second shaft rotating, said outer ring having an annular shoulder projecting radially towards the inside of said annular space, said shoulder having at least one channel opening out substantially in register with said additional duct and opening out into said oil film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Dusserre-Telmon, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20040022463
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for supporting a shaft in rotation inside an annular structural piece, said bearing defining a separation between an oil enclosure and an air enclosure, and comprising: a plurality of rolling elements engaged between an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring and defining a first side opening beside said air enclosure and a second side opening beside said oil enclosure; at least one annular junction piece mechanically connected to said outer bearing ring and having an annular contact surface with said structural piece; an oil film disposed at said annular contact surface between said structural piece and said junction piece and laterally defined by at least two sealing rings; sealing means covering at least part of said first side opening beside said air enclosure; first oil circulation means for feeding said oil film with oil and for feeding said rolling elements beside said oil enclosure with oil from said oil film in order to lubricate them; and second oil circulation means, independ
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Dusserre-Telmon, Daniel Plona
  • Publication number: 20030182926
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for supporting and recentering a shaft (2) after decoupling. The device comprises an annular support (4) surrounding the shaft (2), a bearing (5) secured to the annular support (4) and having an inner ring (9) which is spaced apart from the shaft by clearance J. The inner ring (9) has two webs or tenons (14a, 14b) that are normally held to the periphery of two troughs (16a, 16b) carried by the shaft (2). Two sets of balls (28a, 28b) normally bear against the bottoms of indentations (25, 26) formed facing one another in the adjacent radial walls of the troughs (16a, 16b) and of the inner ring (9). Resilient means (26) tend to urge the troughs (16a and 16b) towards each other. In the event of the webs or tenons (14a, 14b) breaking due to a large unbalance, the balls (28a, 28b) roll on the walls of the indentations (25, 26) and move the troughs (16a, 16b) apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Daniel Plona, Patrick Morel