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).
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Patent number: 12253048Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Thomas Vandellos, Benoit Carrere, Eric Conete, Jean-Philippe Joret, Vincent Devanlay, Clément Marie Benoît Roussille
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Patent number: 12195406Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: SAFRAN CERAMICS, SAFRANInventors: Eric Conete, Lisa Pin, Ioannis Stasinopoulos
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Patent number: 12196157Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere, Thomas Vandellos
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Publication number: 20240417339Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Eric CONETE, Lisa PIN, Ioannis STASINOPOULOS
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Patent number: 12078356Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Patrick Olivier Duchaine, Amaury Benoit Jacques Paillard, Eric Conete, Benjamin Lacombe
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Patent number: 11959440Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Eric Bouillon, Eric Conete
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Publication number: 20240044497Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Patrick Olivier DUCHAINE, Amaury Benoit Jacques PAILLARD, Eric CONETE, Benjamin LACOMBE
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Publication number: 20230407816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Eric CONETE, Benoit CARRERE, Thomas VANDELLOS
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Publication number: 20230407814Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Thomas VANDELLOS, Benoit CARRERE, Eric CONETE, Jean-Philippe JORET, Vincent DEVANLAY, Clément Marie Benoît ROUSSILLE
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Publication number: 20230406780Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventor: Eric CONETE
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Patent number: 11821387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
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Patent number: 11619380Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Eric Conete, Gautier Mecuson, Matthieu Leyko
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Patent number: 11519361Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
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Publication number: 20220341373Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Eric CONETE, Benoit CARRERE
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Publication number: 20220252022Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Eric BOUILLON, Eric CONETE
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Patent number: 11168610Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Matthieu Leyko, Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Eric Conete, Gautier Mecuson
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Publication number: 20210293201Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere
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Publication number: 20210156302Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Matthieu LEYKO, Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Eric CONETE, Gautier MECUSON
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Publication number: 20200166207Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: SafranInventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Eric CONETE, Gautier MECUSON, Matthieu LEYKO
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Patent number: 10066581Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLESInventors: Gautier Mecuson, Eric Conete, Benoit Carrere, Eric Philippe