Patents by Inventor Dominique Marie Christian Coupe

Dominique Marie Christian Coupe 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: 20240133084
    Abstract: A fibrous structure intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a part made of composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The fibrous structure includes at least a first portion having a first type of weave and a second portion, continuing on from the first portion, having a second type of weave, the warp yarns and the weft yarns having a degree of interweaving in the first type of weave that is greater than the degree of interweaving of the warp yarns and the weft yarns in the second type of weave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Célline KRIBS, Adrienne RETIVEAU-LECA
  • Publication number: 20240133086
    Abstract: A fibrous texture for a blade has a three-dimensional weave between a first plurality of yarn layers and a second plurality of yarn layers, includes a blade aerofoil part extending between a first edge and a second edge. The texture includes a first part with at least three yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns and at least three yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns. Yarns of the two yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns bind yarns of the second plurality of yarns to the two yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns with a determined binding frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Marc-Antoine COLOT
  • Patent number: 11872777
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite material component including a fiber reinforcement based on carbon fibers densified by a matrix, includes successively producing a fiber structure by multilayer three-dimensional weaving, placing the fiber structure in a closed mold, and injecting a resin into the mold, and wherein, during the weaving of the fiber structure, the process further includes spraying carbon nanoparticles onto the carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon Marchal, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine
  • Patent number: 11753948
    Abstract: A fibrous preform obtained by three-dimensional weaving, comprising a first skin, a second skin, and a central portion connecting them and forming a stiffening element. In a transverse plane, transverse threads of the first skin and the second skin are woven in pairs in the first skin and the second skin on either side of the central portion; the threads of a first pair of the first skin and of a second pair of the second skin are separated into two unitary threads at the central portion by being woven with longitudinal threads, and a thread of the first pair crosses a thread of the second pair at least twice in the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon Marchal, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe
  • Patent number: 11739649
    Abstract: A three-dimensional fibrous preform of a fan blade includes a blade root and a blade airfoil between the blade root and a free end of the preform. The airfoil has an area with two skins and a longitudinal stiffener between the skins and, in a transverse plane, transverse yarns of the skins woven in pairs in the first and in the second skin either side of the stiffener, the yarns of a first pair of the first skin are separated into two unit yarns at the stiffener, the unit yarns being woven separately with longitudinal yarns, the yarns of a second pair of the second skin are separated into two unit yarns at the stiffener, the yarns being woven separately with longitudinal yarns, and a yarn of each pair cross over each other twice in the stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon Marchal, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe
  • Publication number: 20230093651
    Abstract: A fibrous preform for forming the fibrous reinforcement of a composite material part, the fibrous preform being made as a single piece and obtained by three-dimensional weaving, the preform including first and second skins and a longitudinal stiffening portion connecting the first to the second skin, the longitudinal stiffening portion forming a stiffening element of the part in the longitudinal direction. The preform has an intermediate portion extending in the longitudinal direction between two end portions. The longitudinal stiffening portion includes, in the intermediate portion, longitudinal non-woven threads or strands held together by first transverse threads or strands coming from the first skin and second transverse threads or strands coming from the second skin. In the end portions, the longitudinal threads or strands of the longitudinal stiffening portion are woven with the transverse threads or strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno Jacques Gérard DAMBRINE, Yann Didier Simon MARCHAL, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Marc-Antoine COLOT
  • Patent number: 11549400
    Abstract: A fibrous texture in the form of a web includes a first portion extending in a longitudinal direction between a proximal part and an intermediate part. One or more layers of warp threads or strands present on the side of an inner face of the fibrous texture include threads or strands of glass fibers, the threads or strands of the other layers of warp threads or strands including threads or strands of carbon fibers. The fibrous texture further includes a second portion extending in the longitudinal direction between the intermediate part and a distal part of the fibrous texture. One or more of the plurality of layers of warp threads or strands present on the side of an outer face of the fibrous texture include threads or strands of glass fibers. The warp threads or strands are continuous over the entire length of the fibrous texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Hervé Grelin, François Charleux, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe
  • Publication number: 20220403748
    Abstract: A three-dimensional fibrous preform of a fan blade includes a blade root and a blade airfoil between the blade root and a free end of the preform. The airfoil has an area with two skins and a longitudinal stiffener between the skins and, in a transverse plane, transverse yarns of the skins woven in pairs in the first and in the second skin either side of the stiffener, the yarns of a first pair of the first skin are separated into two unit yarns at the stiffener, the unit yarns being woven separately with longitudinal yarns, the yarns of a second pair of the second skin are separated into two unit yarns at the stiffener, the yarns being woven separately with longitudinal yarns, and a yarn of each pair cross over each other twice in the stiffener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon MARCHAL, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE
  • Publication number: 20220372882
    Abstract: A fibrous preform obtained by three-dimensional weaving, comprising a first skin, a second skin, and a central portion connecting them and forming a stiffening element. In a transverse plane, transverse threads of the first skin and the second skin are woven in pairs in the first skin and the second skin on either side of the central portion; the threads of a first pair of the first skin and of a second pair of the second skin are separated into two unitary threads at the central portion by being woven with longitudinal threads, and a thread of the first pair crosses a thread of the second pair at least twice in the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon MARCHAL, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE
  • Publication number: 20220297391
    Abstract: A tracer strand for the weaving of a composite material part reinforcement, the tracer strand including one or more carbon yarns twisted with one or more yarns of a material having a color contrasting with the color of the carbon yarns, the yarns being twisted together according to a twist included between 10 turns per meter and 80 turns per meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Yann Didier Simon MARCHAL, Brock GILBERTSON
  • Publication number: 20220111606
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite material component including a fiber reinforcement based on carbon fibers densified by a matrix, includes successively producing a fiber structure by multilayer three-dimensional weaving, placing the fiber structure in a closed mold, and injecting a resin into the mold, and wherein, during the weaving of the fiber structure, the process further includes spraying carbon nanoparticles onto the carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yann Didier Simon MARCHAL, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Bruno Jacques Gérard DAMBRINE
  • Publication number: 20220074309
    Abstract: A part of a turbomachine made of composite material includes a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weaving including a first set of yarns made of a first material, wherein the fiber reinforcement includes a vibration-damping element formed by a second set of yarns including a second material which is viscoelastic and which is different to the first material, the second set of yarns being woven with the first set of yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Bruno Jacques Gérard DAMBRINE, Bastien TRANQUART, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Marc-Antoine COLOT
  • Publication number: 20220065112
    Abstract: A fibrous texture intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a turbomachine part, includes first yarns bonded with second yarns, and at least one vibration damping element of viscoelastic material present in a recess defined by a second de-bonding zone, the de-bonding zone separating, on a portion of the texture, a first surface part of the texture from a second part of the texture formed by a three-dimensional fabric in which the first yarns are bonded with the second yarns, the first surface part of the texture being formed by a unidimensional layer of first yarns or being formed by a two-dimensional fabric in which the first yarns are bonded with the second yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Bruno Jacques Gérard DAMBRINE, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Bastien TRANQUART
  • Publication number: 20220055252
    Abstract: A preform has a fibrous reinforcement woven in one piece by three-dimensional weaving to create a fan inter-blade platform The platform includes an aerodynamic base and a fixing structure having stiffening elements that extend from the aerodynamic base. The preform includes a first fibrous part configured to form the aerodynamic base, second fibrous part configured to at least partially form the stiffening elements of the inter-blade platform, a first connection zone in which the first and second parts are woven together, and a first disconnection zone delimited by a first disconnection line extending in a transverse direction and in which the first and second parts are separated from one another. The first disconnection zone is adjacent to the first connection zone in a longitudinal direction L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Enrico Giovanni Obert, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Marc-Antoine Colot, Fabrice Michel François René Aubert, Pierre Martin Michelsen
  • Patent number: 11247416
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a turbomachine composite part, such as a fan blade, are provided. The composite part has a fibrous structure with a three-dimensional fibrous preform coated with a surface fibrous web, and which is embedded in a polymer matrix The methods include: forming the surface web in a cavity of a mold in order to shape it, wetting and forming the preform on the surface web in order to shape it, and closing the mold, drying the fibrous structure, and injecting thermosetting resin into the mold in order to form said polymer matrix. The surface web is wetted before and/or during the forming thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien Dunaud, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Olivier Foussard, Didier Payen, Adrien Touze
  • Patent number: 11230798
    Abstract: A fibrous structure having the form of a band extending in a longitudinal direction (X) over a given length between a proximal part and a distal part and in a lateral direction (Y) over a given width between a first side edge and a second side edge, the fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave between a plurality of layers of warp yarns or strands extending longitudinally and a plurality of layers of weft yarns or strands extending laterally, wherein a first portion of the fibrous structure present between the proximal part and an intermediate part of the fibrous structure includes carbon fiber weft yarns or strands and wherein a second portion of the fibrous structure present between the intermediate part and the distal part includes glass fiber weft yarns or strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Son Le Hong, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Martin Gabillon, Hervé Grelin, Jean-Noël Mahieu, Sylvain Mousillat, Roland José Yann Mortier, Frédéric Raymond
  • Publication number: 20210339485
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a turbomachine composite part, such as a fan blade, are provided. The composite part has a fibrous structure with a three-dimensional fibrous preform coated with a surface fibrous web, and which is embedded in a polymer matrix The methods include: forming the surface web in a cavity of a mold in order to shape it, wetting and forming the preform on the surface web in order to shape it, and closing the mold, drying the fibrous structure, and injecting thermosetting resin into the mold in order to form said polymer matrix. The surface web is wetted before and/or during the forming thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien Dunaud, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Olivier Foussard, Didier Payen, Adrien Touze
  • Patent number: 11141938
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a turbomachine flow straightener made from composite material having a blade extended by at least one attachment end, comprising the operations of: forming a fibrous blank from a three-dimensional fabric comprising warp threads oriented in a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the blade to be manufactured; dividing at least one end of the fibrous blank by separating in order to constitute at least two sets of integrated layers; shifting at least one set of integrated layers in a planar configuration such that the warp threads are inclined in this set of integrated layers relative to the orientation of the warp threads in the fibrous blank portion of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Pierre Faivre D'Arcier
  • Publication number: 20210292938
    Abstract: A strip-shaped fibrous texture has a three-dimensional or multi-layered weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns or strands and a plurality of layers of weft yarns or strands extending in the lateral direction. The fibrous texture includes a first section extending along the longitudinal direction from a proximal portion of the texture and in which one or more layers of the plurality of layers of weft yarns or strands consist of a plurality of groups of yarns or strands each including at least one carbon fiber yarn or strand and one glass fiber yarn or strand. The carbon fiber yarn or strand and the glass fiber yarn or strand of each group of yarns being woven together according to the same weaving pattern or weave. The fibrous texture further includes a second section present between the first section and a distal portion of the fibrous texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: François CHARLEUX, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Hervé GRELIN
  • Publication number: 20210164364
    Abstract: A fibrous texture in the form of a web includes a first portion extending in a longitudinal direction between a proximal part and an intermediate part. One or more layers of warp threads or strands present on the side of an inner face of the fibrous texture include threads or strands of glass fibers, the threads or strands of the other layers of warp threads or strands including threads or strands of carbon fibers. The fibrous texture further includes a second portion extending in the longitudinal direction between the intermediate part and a distal part of the fibrous texture. One or more of the plurality of layers of warp threads or strands present on the side of an outer face of the fibrous texture include threads or strands of glass fibers. The warp threads or strands are continuous over the entire length of the fibrous texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Hervé GRELIN, François CHARLEUX, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE