Patents by Inventor Etienne Leon Francois

Etienne Leon Francois 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: 11867065
    Abstract: To increase the inertia of a sealing lip of a blade for an aircraft turbine engine, and thus improve the service life of such a sealing lip, the sealing lip is conformed so as to have a trough in the outer surface thereof and a corresponding boss in the inner surface thereof, the trough and the boss being defined based on a connection cross section of the sealing lip to a blade body, and being formed at a distance from a free axial end of the sealing lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Edouard Emmanuel Garreau, Josserand Jacques Andre Bassery, Lucas Geoffrey Desbois, Etienne Leon Francois, Samuel Laurent Noel Mathieu Juge, Elsa Maxime, Ba-Phuc Tang, Denis Gabriel Trahot, Thomas Tsassis
  • Patent number: 11859513
    Abstract: A moving blade for a wheel of an aircraft turbine engine, including an aerodynamic aerofoil and an outer heel defining the aerofoil. The heel includes a platform and a first lip that projects from the platform. The first lip is inclined upstream and peripherally along an axis of elongation. The heel includes a row of ribs that are arranged at a distance from each other. The row of ribs extends along the axis of elongation and from the platform up to the first lip. The ribs are arranged upstream of the first lip in such a way as to generate turbulence upstream of first lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Raphael Jean Philippe Dupeyre, Josserand Jacques Andre Bassery, Jeremy Jacques Attilio Fanelli, Etienne Leon Francois
  • Publication number: 20230091418
    Abstract: A method for refitting blade shrouds of a rotor wheel in an aircraft turbomachine is described. The rotor wheel has a disc bearing blades that each have an airfoil extending between a root and a shroud, the shroud of each blade having lateral edges comprising including shapes complementary to the lateral edges of the shrouds of the adjacent blades. The lateral edges of the shrouds are interlocked in engagement with one another such that anti-Wear coatings of these edges are in contact With one another in a desired interlocking engagement position, and at least one of the lateral edges of at least one of the shrouds being able to be disengaged from the lateral edge of an adjacent shroud in an undesired disengagement position. The method includes, when an undesired disengagement position is detected, a step of inserting a re-engagement device into the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vijeay PATEL, Robert FIARDA, Etienne Léon FRANCOIS, Bruno Marc-Etienne LOISEL, Camille Maryse Martine PALOMBA
  • Publication number: 20230068236
    Abstract: To increase the inertia of a sealing lip of a blade for an aircraft turbine engine, and thus improve the service life of such a sealing lip, the sealing lip is conformed so as to have a trough in the outer surface thereof and a corresponding boss in the inner surface thereof, the trough and the boss being defined based on a connection cross section of the sealing lip to a blade body, and being formed at a distance from a free axial end of the sealing lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Edouard Emmanuel GARREAU, Josserand Jacques Andre BASSERY, Lucas Geoffrey DESBOIS, Etienne Leon FRANCOIS, Samuel Laurent Noel Mathieu JUGE, Elsa MAXIME, Ba-Phuc TANG, Denis Gabriel TRAHOT, Thomas TSASSIS
  • Patent number: 11415025
    Abstract: A distributor sector of a turbine of a turbomachine, including an outer platform including a downstream cylindrical hook adapted to engage with the turbomachine casing, the hook including a part in which is formed a U-shaped anti-rotation notch including a bottom and two lateral walls extending from the bottom, the notch being at least partially covered by a wear insert inserted in the notch, the insert being removeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Somphone Sombounkhanh, Etienne Leon Francois, Thomas Pierre-Henri Paul Gardon
  • Publication number: 20220034231
    Abstract: A moving blade for a wheel of an aircraft turbine engine, including an aerodynamic aerofoil and an outer heel defining the aerofoil. The heel includes a platform and a first lip that projects from the platform. The first lip is inclined upstream and peripherally along an axis of elongation. The heel includes a row of ribs that are arranged at a distance from each other. The row of ribs extends along the axis of elongation and from the platform up to the first lip. The ribs are arranged upstream of the first lip in such a way as to generate turbulence upstream of first lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael Jean Philippe DUPEYRE, Josserand Jacques Andre BASSERY, Jeremy Jacques Attilio FANELLI, Etienne Leon FRANCOIS
  • Patent number: 10830079
    Abstract: An assembly including a sector of fixed blades for turbomachine distributor including at one circumferential end a protuberance and at another circumferential end a contact surface, such that the protuberance of a sector arrives opposite the contact surface of another adjacent sector, a detachable cap including a surface with anti-wear material, configured to be engaged detachably on the protuberance of the sector, such that the anti-wear material is in contact with the contact surface of the other sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Marcel Bernard Coetard, Josserand Jacques Andre Bassery, Raphael Jean Philippe Dupeyre, Etienne Leon Francois
  • Patent number: 10704419
    Abstract: Turbine distributor sector for an aircraft turbine engine, including an external annular platform sector and an internal annular platform sector, the sectors being coaxial and being connected together by blade assemblies including inner cavities cooled by gas circulation, the external platform sector including through openings of which radially internal ends open into the inner cavities, wherein the external platform sector includes inner ducts for supplying the cavities with gas, the ducts including air outlets opening into the openings and air inlets opening onto a portion of the external annular surface of the external platform sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Josserand Jacques Andre Bassery, Jean-Charles Marcel Bernard Coetard, Raphael Jean Philippe Dupeyre, Etienne Leon Francois, Ba-Phuc Tang
  • Publication number: 20200072085
    Abstract: A distributor sector of a turbine of a turbomachine, including an outer platform including a downstream cylindrical hook adapted to engage with the turbomachine casing, the hook including a part in which is formed a U-shaped anti-rotation notch including a bottom and two lateral walls extending from the bottom, the notch being at least partially covered by a wear insert inserted in the notch, the insert being removeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Somphone SOMBOUNKHANH, Etienne Leon FRANCOIS, Thomas Pierre-Henri Paul GARDON
  • Publication number: 20200025037
    Abstract: Turbine distributor sector for an aircraft turbine engine, including an external annular platform sector and an internal annular platform sector, the sectors being coaxial and being connected together by blade assemblies including inner cavities cooled by gas circulation, the external platform sector including through openings of which radially internal ends open into the inner cavities, wherein the external platform sector includes inner ducts for supplying the cavities with gas, the ducts including air outlets opening into the openings and air inlets opening onto a portion of the external annular surface of the external platform sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Josserand Jacques Andre BASSERY, Jean-Charles Marcel Bernard COETARD, Raphael Jean Philippe DUPEYRE, Etienne Leon FRANCOIS, Ba-Phuc TANG
  • Publication number: 20190128133
    Abstract: An assembly including a sector of fixed blades for turbomachine distributor including at one circumferential end a protuberance and at another circumferential end a contact surface, such that the protuberance of a sector arrives opposite the contact surface of another adjacent sector, a detachable cap including a surface with anti-wear material, configured to be engaged detachably on the protuberance of the sector, such that the anti-wear material is in contact with the contact surface of the other sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Marcel Bernard Coetard, Josserand Jacques Andre Bassery, Raphael Jean Philippe Dupeyre, Etienne Leon Francois