Patents by Inventor Didier Rene Andre Escure

Didier Rene Andre Escure 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: 8157506
    Abstract: A device for supplying ventilation air to a turbine rotor of a gas turbine engine including a first turbine disk, a second turbine disk, and a downstream shell ring together forming a one-piece drum is disclosed. The second turbine disk includes cavities machined in the rim to house the turbine blades, where the blades are axially retained by axial retaining segments. The downstream shell ring has at least one aperture drilled therethrough, downstream of the rim, which places an internal volume of the drum in fluid communication with at least one of the cavities via a passage formed in the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 8127525
    Abstract: A device for, in a gas turbine engine, braking a turbine including a rotor, having at least one disk with a rim driving a shaft and capable of rotating with respect to a stator, is disclosed. The device is for the event of the shaft breaking and includes a first braking member, secured to the rim and provided with at least one cutting element, and a second braking member secured to the stator downstream of the rim and including a ring-shaped element made of a material that can be cut by the cutting element. The two braking members coming into contact with one another through axial displacement of the rotor once the shaft has broken. The cutting element of the first braking member cuts the ring-shaped element of the second braking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Claude Marcel Mons, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20120017603
    Abstract: A double-body gas turbine engine, including a low-pressure body LP and a high-pressure body HP, rotatably mounted about a single shaft in a stationary casing, the low-pressure body LP including a compressor and a turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft LP. The low-pressure shaft LP is supported by an upstream LP bearing, a first downstream LP bearing, and an additional downstream LP bearing by the stationary casing, the high-pressure body being supported by an upstream HP bearing and a downstream HP bearing which is an inter-shaft bearing including an inner track rigidly connected to the HP turbine rotor and an outer track rigidly connected to the LP shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene, Andre Escure, Ornella Gastineau
  • Patent number: 8057160
    Abstract: A device (40) for limiting overspeed in a turbomachine in the event of breakage of the turbine shaft (24), comprising means (38, 44) of propelling a pin (42) into the path of the blades (22), these propelling means being controlled by means (36) that detect overspeed or that the turbine shaft has broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7845901
    Abstract: Devices for intaking gases from the boundary layer through ducts hollowed out in blades. These devices are suitable for variable setting blades, installed on the stator using pivots. The seal is maintained despite the variation in the relative position between the moving pivots through which ducts pass, and the fixed intake header pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephan Yves Aubin, Thomas Julien Roland Earith, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Thierry Jean-Jacques Obrecht, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090304495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for supplying ventilation air to a turbine rotor of a gas turbine engine comprising a first and a second turbine disk (11, 12) and a downstream shell ring (14) together forming a one-piece drum, the second turbine disk (12) comprising cavities machined in the rim (12J) to house the turbine blades (6), the blades being axially retained by axial retaining segments (18, 18?). The device is one wherein at least one drilling (12P) is made in the shell ring (14) downstream of the rim (12J) placing the inside of the drum in communication with at least some of said cavities, a passage (18P; 18?P) being formed in the segments (18; 18?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090126336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for, in a gas turbine engine, braking a turbine comprising a rotor driving a shaft capable of rotating with respect to a stator in the event of said shaft breaking. The device is one which comprises a first braking member (110) provided with at least one abrasive element (110A) and a second braking member (120) comprising a ring-shaped element (120A) made of a material capable of being eroded by the abrasive element (110A), the two braking members being secured one of them to the rotor and the other to the stator and coming into contact with one another through axial displacement of the rotor once the shaft has broken, the abrasive element (110A) of the first braking member (110) eroding the ring-shaped element (120A) of the second braking member (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Claude Marcel Mons, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20090123269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detecting breakage of a shaft of a turbomachine, in particular of the aviation type. The invention relates in particular to a device designed to perform such detection. According to the invention, the device for detecting breakage of a turbomachine shaft comprises: a shaft having an upstream end and a downstream end; a rod having an upstream end and a downstream end, and placed coaxially inside the shaft, the downstream end of the rod being securely fastened to the downstream end of the shaft and the upstream end of the rod being free to rotate relative to the upstream and of the shaft; and a sensor suitable for detecting a difference in speed of rotation between the upstream end of the rod and the upstream end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene BART, Didier Rene Andre ESCURE, Cedric MAGRET, Stephane ROUSSELIN
  • Publication number: 20080289315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for, in a gas turbine engine, braking a turbine comprising a rotor, having at least one disk (63?) with a rim (63?B), driving a shaft and capable of rotating with respect to a stator, this device being for the event of said shaft breaking and comprising a first braking member (110), secured to said rim and provided with at least one cutting element (110A), and a second braking member (120) secured to the stator downstream of the rim (63?B), comprising a ring-shaped element (120A) made of a material that can be cut by the cutting element (110A), the two braking members coming into contact with one another through axial displacement of the rotor once the shaft has broken, the cutting element (110A) of the first braking member (110) cutting the ring-shaped element (120A) of the second braking member (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Claude Marcel Mons, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20080159861
    Abstract: A compressor with a centripetal air takeoff system that includes pipes installed between an outer collar and an inner collar. Each pipe is fitted in a hole in the outer collar and in a hole in the inner collar. The system further includes a locking mechanism between the pipe and the inner collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre, Vincent Bouiller, Gilles Alain, Marie Charier, Didier Rene, Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7390167
    Abstract: A compressor with a centripetal air takeoff system that includes pipes installed between an outer collar and an inner collar. Each pipe is fitted in a hole in the outer collar and in a hole in the inner collar. The system further includes a locking mechanism between the pipe and the inner collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Pierre Vincent Bouiller, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20080107530
    Abstract: The coupling device (20) is intended for coupling a turbine upstream guide vane (8), said upstream guide vane (8) being coupled to a supporting part (22) itself attached to a stabilizing part (24). The coupling device (20) comprises: interlocking means for interlocking a supporting end (26) of the supporting part (22) with a stabilizing end (30) of the stabilizing part (24), and a retaining part (60) to keep said supporting end (26) and said stabilizing end (30) interlocked. Application to the coupling of an upstream guide vane (8) of a turbojet turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20080101917
    Abstract: A device (40) for limiting overspeed in a turbomachine in the event of breakage of the turbine shaft (24), comprising means (38, 44) of propelling a pin (42) into the path of the blades (22), these propelling means being controlled by means (36) that detect overspeed or that the turbine shaft has broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene BART, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 7334999
    Abstract: A turbomachine rotor including at least one disk having a ring constituted, for example, by a winding of metal-coated silicon carbide or alumina yarn. According to the invention, the composite ring is received in a closed annular cavity, e.g. defining by machining a groove in an enlarged portion of the disk and closing the groove by means of an annular plate after the ring has been put into place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Caroline Aumont, Sandrine Chatel, Bruno Jacques Gerard Dambrine, Didier Rene Andre Escure, Jean-Francois Fromentin, Jean-yves Guedou, Ludovic Edmond Camille Molliex, Stephane Rousselin
  • Patent number: 6648592
    Abstract: A centripetal-flow airbleed system for a gas-turbine engine including an annular support affixed to first and second disks of a compressor of the engine and having a plurality of peripherally spaced orifices defined along the radius thereof, a plurality of airbleed tubes each mounted in a substantially radial manner in one of the orifices of the annular support, and a vibration reduction device for reducing vibrations of the airbleed tubes. The device includes a plurality of damping tubes each mounted in one of the orifices of the annular support. The radially inner end of the damping tube encloses a portion of the airbleed tube and delimits an annular space defined therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Didier René André Escure, Patrick Didier Michel Lestoille, Gérard Gabriel Miraucourt, Pascal Didier Vareille
  • Publication number: 20020182059
    Abstract: A centripetal-flow airbleed system for a gas-turbine engine including an annular support affixed to first and second disks of a compressor of the engine and having a plurality of peripherally spaced orifices defined along the radius thereof, a plurality of airbleed tubes each mounted in a substantially radial manner in one of the orifices of the annular support, and a vibration reduction device for reducing vibrations of the airbleed tubes. The device includes a plurality of damping tubes each mounted in one of the orifices of the annular support. The radially inner end of the damping tube encloses a portion of the airbleed tube and delimits an annular space defined therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Didier Rene Andre Escure, Patrick Didier Michel Lestoille, Gerard Gabriel Miraucourt, Pascal Didier Vareille