Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris

Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris 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: 11959418
    Abstract: An impeller (230) for a planet carrier of a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, is configured intended to be rotatably secured to the planet carrier and to be rotated about an axis A of the speed reducer. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes lubrication means (43, 45, 238), in particular for lubricating bearings of planet gears of the speed reducer. The lubrication means include an annular cavity (238) situated at the inner periphery of the impeller. The impeller includes an inner peripheral wall (246) closing the cavity (238) in the radial direction, and the impeller includes an annular port (248) that extends around the axis and that opens in the axial direction into the cavity in order to supply it with lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Patent number: 11719329
    Abstract: A reducing assembly includes a planet carrier that is flexible and fixed, borne by a casing which surrounds it by two distinct connections with this casing, with a device for applying a torsional prestress to the planet carrier between these two connections. Prestressing the flexible planet carrier makes it possible to limit its level of mechanical stress when it is in service, in order to simplify its design and dimensioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11719107
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20220372912
    Abstract: An impeller (230) for a planet carrier of a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, is configured intended to be rotatably secured to the planet carrier and to be rotated about an axis A of the speed reducer. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes lubrication means (43, 45, 238), in particular for lubricating bearings of planet gears of the speed reducer. The lubrication means include an annular cavity (238) situated at the inner periphery of the impeller. The impeller includes an inner peripheral wall (246) closing the cavity (238) in the radial direction, and the impeller includes an annular port (248) that extends around the axis and that opens in the axial direction into the cavity in order to supply it with lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Patent number: 11396821
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20220154815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reducing assembly (26) comprising a planet carrier (27) that is flexible and fixed, borne by a casing (32) which surrounds it by means of two distinct connections with this casing (32), with means (44) for applying a torsional prestress to the planet carrier (27) between these two connections. Prestressing the flexible planet carrier (27) makes it possible to limit its level of mechanical stress when it is in service, in order to simplify its design and dimensioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS
  • Patent number: 11225317
    Abstract: A device for controlling pitch of fan blades of a turbine engine including an un-ducted fan, the device including: at least one set of fan blades of adjustable pitch, the set being constrained to rotate with a rotary ring centered on a longitudinal axis and mechanically connected to a turbine rotor, each blade of the set being mounted on a blade root support that is pivotally mounted on the rotary ring; and at least one radial control shaft adjusting pitch of at least two adjacent blades of the set, the control shaft being constrained to rotate with the rotary ring and being configured to pivot about an axis of the shaft, being coupled to the blade root supports of the at least two blades of the set to adjust their pitch via a transmission system including eccentrics connected together by at least one connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tewfik Boudebiza, Olivier Belmonte, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner
  • Publication number: 20220003123
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20210381388
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11131270
    Abstract: The turbojet includes, linking two of its parts as a main nacelle portion and a rear nacelle portion, a device which moves them relative to one another, for example in order to open a reverse gas thrust slot. The device includes a sleeve and two rods which are coaxial connected together by two screw links and two locking devices which may be engaged independently, such that the deployment of one of the rods results in the opening of the slot and the movement of the other rod, controlled by the same device, only occurs under specific turbojet maintenance circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Quentin Matthias Emmanuel Garnaud, Antoine Elie Hellegouarch, Martial Alexandre Monseu, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton
  • Patent number: 11125318
    Abstract: The invention concerns a power transmission system of a turbomachine, comprising: a speed reducer (12) comprising a sun gear (15) rotationally secured to a power shaft (5) with a longitudinal axis, an outer ring gear (18) rotating a rotor shaft along the longitudinal axis, and a planet carrier (17), and a device (40) for recovering oil ejected by centrifugal effect and comprising an annular gutter (41) for recovering the ejected oil, the gutter being attached to a fixed annular housing (26) and having a recovery chamber (42) and a first wall portion (43) disposed at least partially facing oil ejection means (30) of the speed reducer for directing the oil to the recovery chamber. According to the invention, the recovery chamber is provided with an inlet opening (45) directed radially outwardly and defined in a plane radially lower than a plane where an outlet port (33) of the ejection means is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Fabrice Joel Luc Chevillot, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11118509
    Abstract: A turbojet of the unducted rotor type and an aircraft including such a turbojet, the turbojet including a gas generator, a first unducted propeller connected to a shaft of the gas generator via first reduction gearing, and a second unducted propeller connected to a shaft of the gas generator via second reduction gearing, wherein the first propeller and the first reduction gearing are mounted at the front of the gas generator, and wherein the second propeller and the second reduction gearing are mounted at the rear of the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Julien Nguyen Van, Olivier Belmonte, Jeremy Phorla Lao, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Patent number: 11104416
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of fan blades of a turbine engine propeller, the system including an actuator secured to a casing of the turbine engine, having a movable portion that is movable in translation relative to the casing, the movable portion being mechanically coupled to a load transfer bearing having an outer ring that is coupled to fan blade pivots so that a movement in translation of the movable portion of the actuator leads to a change in the pitch angle of the fan blades, and at least one locking peg secured to the casing of the turbine engine and suitable, in the event of the actuator malfunctioning, for mechanically locking the load transfer bearing in a position wherein the fan blades are feathered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Didier Jean-Louis Yvon, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 10830066
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Patent number: 10730608
    Abstract: A pivot for an adjustable-pitch blade for a turbine engine fan hub, the pivot including a stud having coupling device for transmitting a twisting torque and an outside thread, a force-decoupling part positioned around the stud, provided with an outside thread, pressing transversely against the stud at its radially outer end, an outer rolling bearing having an inside ring mounted to press transversely against the force-decoupling part, an inner rolling bearing assembled around the force-decoupling part and held thereby, a pitch transmission ring provided with a coupling device co-operating, with the coupling device of the stud, a first clamping nut screwed onto the outside thread of the force-decoupling part in order to clamp the outer and inner rolling bearings around the fan hub, and a second clamping nut screwed onto the outside thread of the stud in order to provide clamping between the stud, the force-decoupling part, and the pitch transmission ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 10689094
    Abstract: A device for locking the pitch and for feathering adjustable-pitch fan blades of a turbine engine propeller, the device including an actuator having at least one movable portion designed to be coupled to pivots of the fan blades of the propeller in order to modify their pitch angle when it slides, a movable part having first mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-unlocking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an extended actuator stroke; and second mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-locking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an actuator stroke that is shorter than the extended actuator stroke, and an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Publication number: 20200095876
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS, Sebastien Emile Philippe TAJAN
  • Patent number: 10577972
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine including a shaft of a rotor of a turbomachine, and at least two bearings allowing at least one portion of the shaft to be supported, including a bearing support configured to be connected to a casing of the turbomachine which extends between the internal rings of the bearings while being mounted thereon, as well as a bearing connector which is connected to the shaft of the rotor and which is mounted on the external rings of the bearings while extending between them, the bearing support and the bearing connector being common to the two bearings and delimiting together at least partially an oil circulation housing common to the two bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Publication number: 20190360578
    Abstract: The invention concerns a power transmission system of a turbomachine, comprising: a speed reducer (12) comprising a sun gear (15) rotationally secured to a power shaft (5) with a longitudinal axis, an outer ring gear (18) rotating a rotor shaft along the longitudinal axis, and a planet carrier (17), and a device (40) for recovering oil ejected by centrifugal effect and comprising an annular gutter (41) for recovering the ejected oil, the gutter being attached to a fixed annular housing (26) and having a recovery chamber (42) and a first wall portion (43) disposed at least partially facing oil ejection means (30) of the speed reducer for directing the oil to the recovery chamber. According to the invention, the recovery chamber is provided with an inlet opening (45) directed radially outwardly and defined in a plane radially lower than a plane where an outlet port (33) of the ejection means is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrice Joel Luc CHEVILLOT, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS
  • Patent number: 10443609
    Abstract: A device for controlling the pitch of fan blades in a turbine engine having an unducted fan including at least one set of adjustable pitch fan blades, each fan blade being coupled, for pitch adjustment purposes, to a radial control shaft constrained to rotate with the set of fan blades and suitable for pivoting about a radial pitch axis of the fan blade, the device including a stationary actuator centered on a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine and driving an outer ring of a load transfer bearing in translation, the outer ring of the load transfer bearing being coupled directly to a lever arm of each control shaft via a respective ball joint connection in order to adjust its pivoting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Olivier Belmonte, Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Thomas Julien Nguyen Van