Patents by Inventor Erick Boston

Erick Boston 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: 7210909
    Abstract: A first rotor piece includes a first ring provided with a succession of holes and notches. An assembly is formed by a second rotor piece fixed to a third rotor piece. The second piece ends downstream in a second ring including holes. The third piece ends upstream in a third ring including holes. The second and third rings are arranged against each other with their holes in alignment, and are fixed together by first fasteners. The first ring is arranged upstream of and against the assembly so that the notches fit around the first fasteners so that some of the holes of the first ring are aligned with holes of the assembly, with second fasteners fixing the first ring to the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Didier Escure, Gérard Miraucourt, Francis Soniak, Erick Boston, Jacques Audet, Marie-France Bourgeois, Daniel Dao
  • Publication number: 20070048141
    Abstract: The device for rotationally blocking a retaining ring (20) on a rotor disk (10) comprises: successive first (162, 262) and second (164, 264) blocking hooks of the disk (10), at least one cleat (302, 304, 306) of said retaining ring (20), arranged close to a split (24) in the ring (20). The position of said at least one cleat (302, 304, 306) on said retaining ring (20) is such that, when said retaining ring (20) is in place in a groove (22) situated in the rotor disk (10), said at least one cleat (302, 304, 306) is in abutment against said first blocking hook (162, 262), and the split (24) is covered by said second blocking hook (164, 264).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Erick Boston, Alain Bromann, Pierre Debeneix, Frederic Eichstadt
  • Patent number: 7112041
    Abstract: A device for guiding pivoting of variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine, each vane having a pivot formed by a cylindrical axial shank which is guided in a cylindrical chimney of the casing and in a cylindrical orifice of a stationary element which surrounds the outside of the casing and which is centered and fixed relative thereto. The invention improves pivotal guidance of variable-pitch vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Pierre Debeneix, Arnaud Langlois, Erick Boston, Alain Leman, Vincent Garnier, Jacques Audet
  • Publication number: 20050042079
    Abstract: A device for guiding pivoting of variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine, each vane having a pivot formed by a cylindrical axial shank which is guided in a cylindrical chimney of the casing and in a cylindrical orifice of a stationary element which surrounds the outside of the casing and which is centered and fixed relative thereto. The invention improves pivotal guidance of variable-pitch vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Pierre Debeneix, Arnaud Langlois, Erick Boston, Frederic Leman, Vincent Garnier, Jacques Audet
  • Publication number: 20050025625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection between a first piece (D1) ending in a first ring (12) provided with a succession of holes and notches, the axis of the first ring being centred on the axis of rotation of the compressor rotor in order to be attached to the intake of the compressor rotor, and an assembly formed by a second rotor piece (D2) fixed to a third rotor piece (D2). The second piece (D2) forms the intake of the compressor rotor and ends downstream in a second ring (32) comprising holes. The third piece ends upstream in a third ring (32) comprising holes, and the second and third rings are arranged against each other, so as to place their holes in alignment, and are fixed together by first fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Didier Escure, Gerard Miraucourt, Francis Soniak, Erick Boston, Jacques Audet, Marie-France Bourgeois, Daniel Dao