Patents by Inventor Eric Inghels

Eric Inghels 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).

  • Restraining device for fan blade root
    Patent number: 7108484
    Abstract: A restraining device for a fan blade root, in which a packing member is constituted by a metal structure having hollowed out portions filed in by overmolding with a semi-rigid elastomer material, in particular on a lateral edge concave side between an upstream end zone and a downstream end zone, which end zones are entirely of metal structure, on a lateral edge convex side between the end zones and a central zone that is essentially of metal structure, and on two top portions of the packing member that extend between the elastomer lateral edges on either side of the metal central zone. The metal structure also includes a bottom recess extending over its entire surface between the upstream end zone and the downstream end zone. Hence, the metal structure behaves like a spring blade when the blade turns following a violent impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Anne Thenaisie, Alain Bassot, Eric Inghels, Hervé Buisson, Christophe Follonnier, Patrick Reghezza, Bruce Pontoizeau
  • Restraining device for fan blade root
    Publication number: 20050254951
    Abstract: A restraining device for a fan blade root, in which a packing member is constituted by a metal structure having hollowed out portions filed in by overmolding with a semi-rigid elastomer material, in particular on a lateral edge concave side between an upstream end zone and a downstream end zone, which end zones are entirely of metal structure, on a lateral edge convex side between the end zones and a central zone that is essentially of metal structure, and on two top portions of the packing member that extend between the elastomer lateral edges on either side of the metal central zone. The metal structure also includes a bottom recess extending over its entire surface between the upstream end zone and the downstream end zone. Hence, the metal structure behaves like a spring blade when the blade turns following a violent impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anne Thenaisie, Alain Bassot, Eric Inghels, Herve Buisson, Chirstophe Follonnier, Patrick Reghezza, Bruce Pontoizeau