Patents by Inventor Eric Conete

Eric Conete 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: 12253048
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine with a longitudinal axis having an exhaust cone with an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary airflow and an annular box arranged radially inside the outer annular wall, an exhaust casing arranged upstream of and connected to the exhaust cone. One end of the outer annular wall or one end of the annular box may be free to move relative to and have no mechanical connection with the exhaust cone or the exhaust casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Thomas Vandellos, Benoit Carrere, Eric Conete, Jean-Philippe Joret, Vincent Devanlay, Clément Marie Benoît Roussille
  • Patent number: 12195406
    Abstract: A part includes a substrate made of ceramic matrix composite material, the substrate being coated with a multilayer stack including at least, and in this order, starting from the substrate a tie layer including silicon; an insulation layer including a rare earth disilicate or silica; a barrier layer including a rare earth disilicate; the part further including at least one thermocouple inserted between the insulation layer and the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: SAFRAN CERAMICS, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Eric Conete, Lisa Pin, Ioannis Stasinopoulos
  • Patent number: 12196157
    Abstract: A turbomachine turbine assembly having a longitudinal axis and including an exhaust casing, an ejection cone arranged downstream of the exhaust casing, the ejection cone having an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air stream and an acoustic box arranged radially inside said outer annular wall. The acoustic box can include a radially inner annular wall and a connection member interposed longitudinally between the exhaust casing and the inner annular wall of the ejection cone. The connection member can be fastened to the exhaust casing and to the inner annular wall. The upstream end of the outer annular wall can be connected to the connection member with a degree of freedom in the radial direction and a degree of freedom in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere, Thomas Vandellos
  • Publication number: 20240417339
    Abstract: A part includes a substrate made of ceramic matrix composite material, the substrate being coated with a multilayer stack including at least, and in this order, starting from the substrate a tie layer including silicon; an insulation layer including a rare earth disilicate or silica; a barrier layer including a rare earth disilicate; the part further including at least one thermocouple inserted between the insulation layer and the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Eric CONETE, Lisa PIN, Ioannis STASINOPOULOS
  • Patent number: 12078356
    Abstract: A turbomachine subassembly including a first component forming a portion of a wall of a combustion chamber of the turbomachine and a second component forming a connecting member connecting the first component to a structural element of the combustion chamber, wherein the two components are made from materials having different coefficients of expansion, and wherein the two components are elements of revolution coaxial with a main axis A of the subassembly, and each including an annular radial wall, the radial walls facing one another and bearing against one another axially in a first direction, wherein the second component includes a plurality of clamping tabs, with the clamping tabs collaborating with the first component in order to produce an axial force causing the radial walls to bear against one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Patrick Olivier Duchaine, Amaury Benoit Jacques Paillard, Eric Conete, Benjamin Lacombe
  • Patent number: 11959440
    Abstract: An annular or semi-annular acoustic attenuation structure includes an inner skin and an outer skin, defining between them an annular or semi-annular volume, and a plurality of partitions extending in the space in a radial direction perpendicular to the inner and outer skins and in a circumferential direction. The inner and outer skins and the partitions are made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix. The fibrous reinforcement of each partition includes yarns or fibers extending into the fibrous reinforcement of at least one of the inner or outer skins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Eric Bouillon, Eric Conete
  • Publication number: 20240044497
    Abstract: A turbomachine subassembly including a first component forming a portion of a wall of a combustion chamber of the turbomachine and a second component forming a connecting member connecting the first component to a structural element of the combustion chamber, wherein the two components are made from materials having different coefficients of expansion, and wherein the two components are elements of revolution coaxial with a main axis A of the subassembly, and each including an annular radial wall, the radial walls facing one another and bearing against one another axially in a first direction, wherein the second component includes a plurality of clamping tabs, with the clamping tabs collaborating with the first component in order to produce an axial force causing the radial walls to bear against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Patrick Olivier DUCHAINE, Amaury Benoit Jacques PAILLARD, Eric CONETE, Benjamin LACOMBE
  • Publication number: 20230407816
    Abstract: A turbomachine turbine assembly having a longitudinal axis and including an exhaust casing, an ejection cone arranged downstream of the exhaust casing, the ejection cone having an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air stream and an acoustic box arranged radially inside said outer annular wall. The acoustic box can include a radially inner annular wall and a connection member interposed longitudinally between the exhaust casing and the inner annular wall of the ejection cone. The connection member can be fastened to the exhaust casing and to the inner annular wall. The upstream end of the outer annular wall can be connected to the connection member with a degree of freedom in the radial direction and a degree of freedom in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Eric CONETE, Benoit CARRERE, Thomas VANDELLOS
  • Publication number: 20230407814
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine with a longitudinal axis having an exhaust cone with an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary airflow and an annular box arranged radially inside the outer annular wall, an exhaust casing arranged upstream of and connected to the exhaust cone. One end of the outer annular wall or one end of the annular box may be free to move relative to and have no mechanical connection with the exhaust cone or the exhaust casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas VANDELLOS, Benoit CARRERE, Eric CONETE, Jean-Philippe JORET, Vincent DEVANLAY, Clément Marie Benoît ROUSSILLE
  • Publication number: 20230406780
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a turbomachine blade made of ceramic-matrix composite material comprising an airfoil and a platform, producing a first fibrous preform, the first fibrous preform forming an airfoil preform, producing a second fibrous preform comprising a housing, the second fibrous preform forming a platform preform, producing a strand of ceramic fibers, consolidating the fibrous preforms and the strand of ceramic fibers to form consolidated preforms and a consolidated strand, assembling the consolidated preforms by engagement and cooperation of the first consolidated preform in the housing, the consolidated strand being interposed between the first consolidated preform and the second consolidated perform, co-densifying the assembly to form the turbomachine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventor: Eric CONETE
  • Patent number: 11821387
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising a central element (1) for the ejection of gas, and a connecting flange (9) interposed between, upstream, a gas outlet (22a) made of metal for a turbomachine, and, at the downstream end, the central element (1). The connecting flange comprises an annular portion (9a) and flexible tabs (11) having axially: a first end (111a) where the tab is connected to the said annular portion, and a second free end (111b), projecting radially inwardly with respect to the first end and to which said tab is attached with the central element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
  • Patent number: 11619380
    Abstract: A constant volume combustion system includes at least one combustion chamber having at least one admission port and an exhaust port. The system also includes at least one elastically deformable tongue made of ceramic matrix composite material forming an air admission valve, the tongue being present inside the chamber and being positioned facing the admission port, the tongue having a first end that is stationary relative to an inside wall of the chamber and a second end, opposite from the first end, the second end being free and movable relative to the inside wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Eric Conete, Gautier Mecuson, Matthieu Leyko
  • Patent number: 11519361
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbojet engine is described. The assembly includes a central gas-exhaust element and a connecting flange interposed between, upstream, a metallic outlet of a turbojet engine and, downstream, the central element. The connecting flange consists of an annular part and flexible lugs having axially: a first end where the lug is connected to the annular part, and a second free end, projecting radially outwards from the first end and towards which the lug is fixed with the central element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
  • Publication number: 20220341373
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising a central element (1) for the ejection of gas, and a connecting flange (9) interposed between, upstream, a gas outlet (22a) made of metal for a turbomachine, and, at the downstream end, the central element (1). The connecting flange comprises an annular portion (9a) and flexible tabs (11) having axially: a first end (111a) where the tab is connected to the said annular portion, and a second free end (111b), projecting radially inwardly with respect to the first end and to which said tab is attached with the central element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Eric CONETE, Benoit CARRERE
  • Publication number: 20220252022
    Abstract: An annular or semi-annular acoustic attenuation structure includes an inner skin and an outer skin, defining between them an annular or semi-annular volume, and a plurality of partitions extending in the space in a radial direction perpendicular to the inner and outer skins and in a circumferential direction. The inner and outer skins and the partitions are made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix. The fibrous reinforcement of each partition includes yarns or fibers extending into the fibrous reinforcement of at least one of the inner or outer skins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Eric BOUILLON, Eric CONETE
  • Patent number: 11168610
    Abstract: A constant-volume combustion system for a turbomachine includes a plurality of combustion chambers distributed in an annular manner about an axis defining an axial direction, each combustion chamber including an intake port and an exhaust port; a selective closure member rotationally movable about the axis with respect to the combustion chambers, the selective closure member including a ferrule facing the intake and exhaust ports of the combustion chambers, the ferrule containing at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber and at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber. Each intake aperture and each exhaust aperture are segmented by at least one segment extending in each aperture in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Matthieu Leyko, Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Eric Conete, Gautier Mecuson
  • Publication number: 20210293201
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbojet engine is described. The assembly includes a central gas-exhaust element and a connecting flange interposed between, upstream, a metallic outlet of a turbojet engine and, downstream, the central element. The connecting flange consists of an annular part and flexible lugs having axially: a first end where the lug is connected to the annular part, and a second free end, projecting radially outwards from the first end and towards which the lug is fixed with the central element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
  • Publication number: 20210156302
    Abstract: A constant-volume combustion system for a turbomachine includes a plurality of combustion chambers distributed in an annular manner about an axis defining an axial direction, each combustion chamber including an intake port and an exhaust port; a selective closure member rotationally movable about the axis with respect to the combustion chambers, the selective closure member including a ferrule facing the intake and exhaust ports of the combustion chambers, the ferrule containing at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber and at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the exhaust port of each chamber. Each intake aperture and each exhaust aperture are segmented by at least one segment extending in each aperture in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Matthieu LEYKO, Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Eric CONETE, Gautier MECUSON
  • Publication number: 20200166207
    Abstract: A constant volume combustion system includes at least one combustion chamber having at least one admission port and an exhaust port. The system also includes at least one elastically deformable tongue made of ceramic matrix composite material forming an air admission valve, the tongue being present inside the chamber and being positioned facing the admission port, the tongue having a first end that is stationary relative to an inside wall of the chamber and a second end, opposite from the first end, the second end being free and movable relative to the inside wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Safran
    Inventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Eric CONETE, Gautier MECUSON, Matthieu LEYKO
  • Patent number: 10066581
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aeroengine after-body assembly comprising an exhaust casing made of metal having a plurality of arms extending radially between an inner shroud and an outer shroud. The assembly comprises at least one axisymmetric part made of composite material extending between an upstream end fastened to said exhaust casing and a downstream end that is free. In accordance with the invention, the axisymmetric part has an annular portion at its upstream end, which annular portion includes a plurality of slots defining between them a plurality of resilient fastener tabs. Each slot co-operates with an arm of the exhaust casing, which further includes fastener parts attached to the resilient fastening tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Gautier Mecuson, Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere, Eric Philippe