Patents by Inventor Frédéric Vallino

Frédéric Vallino 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: 11530643
    Abstract: The disclosed technology concerns an aircraft turbomachine part comprising a part body drilled with at least one cavity open to the outside and at least one conduit joining the cavity on the one hand and leading to the outside on the other hand. Each cavity receives a pressure sensor, and the conduit corresponds to the cavity guides the cables connected to the sensor to the outside of the part body. The part is an aircraft turbomachine vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Maxime Dumont, Rafael Perez, Frédéric Vallino
  • Patent number: 11408907
    Abstract: A method of testing and/or controlling the operation of an axial turbomachine through which passes a gas stream, includes the following actions: measurement of operating parameters of the turbomachine, said parameters including pressure in the gas stream at different axial positions, and calculation of operating conditions of the turbomachine from the measured parameters and the Laplace coefficient ? of the gas passing through the turbomachine, wherein the measurement of parameters includes a measurement of the temperature of the gas stream, and the calculation of operating conditions includes a determination of the Laplace coefficient ? on the basis of the measurement of the temperature of the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20200256887
    Abstract: A method of testing and/or controlling the operation of an axial turbomachine through which passes a gas stream, includes the following actions: measurement of operating parameters of the turbomachine, said parameters including pressure in the gas stream at different axial positions, and calculation of operating conditions of the turbomachine from the measured parameters and the Laplace coefficient ? of the gas passing through the turbomachine, wherein the measurement of parameters includes a measurement of the temperature of the gas stream, and the calculation of operating conditions includes a determination of the Laplace coefficient ? on the basis of the measurement of the temperature of the gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20200109661
    Abstract: The disclosed technology concerns an aircraft turbomachine part comprising a part body drilled with at least one cavity open to the outside and at least one conduit joining the cavity on the one hand and leading to the outside on the other hand. Each cavity receives a pressure sensor, and the conduit corresponds to the cavity guides the cables connected to the sensor to the outside of the part body. The part is an aircraft turbomachine vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aero Boosters S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Maxime Dumont, Rafael Perez, Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20200088600
    Abstract: A measuring system for a turbine engine includes a piezoresistive sensor and an analysis module, the sensor and the module being such that the module can determine, from measuring two electrical voltages, a pressure value (p) and a temperature value (T) in the vicinity of the sensor. The sensor can include a Wheatstone bridge arranged on a flexible membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Frederic Vallino
  • Patent number: 10526920
    Abstract: A turbine engine casing, and in particular an axial turbine engine compressor casing, includes an annular wall and a fastening flange associated with the wall. The fastening flange includes a fastening surface applied against a corresponding mounting surface of the turbine engine, for example, a surface on an intermediate fan casing or a mounting surface of a flow separator. The fastening flange includes at least one electrical connector with one end lying flush with the fastening surface of said fastening flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino
  • Patent number: 10393314
    Abstract: An oil tank fitted to a turbomachine, for example an aeroplane turbo-jet engine. The tank includes an inner chamber containing the oil of the turbomachine, a wall with an inner surface surrounding the inner chamber, and a capacitive device for measuring the oil level. The device includes at least one electrode and potentially two parallel electrodes forming the inner surface. These electrodes are immersed in the oil to measure the oil level by measuring capacitance. A method for manufacturing a tank in which the electrodes are printed on the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aero Boosters SA
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Frederic Vallino, Giuseppe Giordano
  • Publication number: 20180298783
    Abstract: A turbine engine casing, and in particular an axial turbine engine compressor casing, includes an annular wall and a fastening flange associated with the wall. The fastening flange includes a fastening surface applied against a corresponding mounting surface of the turbine engine, for example, a surface on an intermediate fan casing or a mounting surface of a flow separator. The fastening flange includes at least one electrical connector with one end lying flush with the fastening surface of said fastening flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20180223868
    Abstract: A variable-geometry turbine engine compressor, in particular a low-pressure turboreactor compressor, which is also called a booster, includes: an annular row of variable stator vanes, each of the vanes including a control gearing, and an synchronizing ring with an additional gearing which cooperates with the control gearing of the vanes, so as to control the effect with respect to the flow of the turbine engine. Each gearing of the vane or of the ring is a herringbone gearing, the teeth of a herringbone of which form between them an angle ? of between 60° and 150° inclusive, or possibly equal to 120°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aero Boosters SA
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20180045367
    Abstract: An oil tank fitted to a turbomachine, for example an aeroplane turbo-jet engine. The tank includes an inner chamber containing the oil of the turbomachine, a wall with an inner surface surrounding the inner chamber, and a capacitive device for measuring the oil level. The device includes at least one electrode and potentially two parallel electrodes forming the inner surface. These electrodes are immersed in the oil to measure the oil level by measuring capacitance. A method for manufacturing a tank in which the electrodes are printed on the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Raimarckers, Frederic Vallino, Giuseppe Giordano
  • Publication number: 20170298760
    Abstract: An aeroplane turbojet low-pressure compressor vane includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a surface, and an extrados surface which extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge. To combat the presence and the formation of ice, the vane is provided with an electric de-icing device with a thermistor. The thermistor forms a heating electrical track suitable for de-icing the vane. The present application also proposes a method for producing a turbine engine vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino
  • Publication number: 20170211400
    Abstract: Stator vane for a turbine engine and including at least one portion made from material suitable for superelasticity. The portion made from material suitable for superelasticity is arranged so as to start to resonate at a predetermined speed of the turbine engine, in particular during a speed of the turbine engine typical of the cruising phase of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS S.A.
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino
  • Patent number: 8753074
    Abstract: A passive leakage device for an axial turbomachine, more particularly for a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbomachine, is adapted to reduce and/or eliminate the surging phenomenon within the machine. The passive leakage device includes an insert having a general cylindrical shape with a flange at one end and a bottom or membrane at the other end. The membrane comprises two cross-shaped notches, the notches being adapted to enable a deformation of the membrane under a pressure exceeding a predetermined threshold, so as to allow a leakage to go through the membrane. Several inserts are arranged through the wall of a compressor casing, distributed over one or several circumferences of the casing, facing one or several rows of rotor blades. In the case of a double-flow turbomachine, such as a jet engine, the beak for separating the primary and secondary flows is used to form a chamber for communication between the inserts and for compensation with the pressure present in the secondary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Techspace Aero S.A.
    Inventor: Frederic Vallino
  • Publication number: 20110076138
    Abstract: A passive leakage device for an axial turbomachine, more particularly for a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbomachine, is adapted to reduce and/or eliminate the surging phenomenon within the machine. The passive leakage device includes an insert having a general cylindrical shape with a flange at one end and a bottom or membrane at the other end. The membrane comprises two cross-shaped notches, the notches being adapted to enable a deformation of the membrane under a pressure exceeding a predetermined threshold, so as to allow a leakage to go through the membrane. Several inserts are arranged through the wall of a compressor casing, distributed over one or several circumferences of the casing, facing one or several rows of rotor blades. In the case of a double-flow turbomachine, such as a jet engine, the beak for separating the primary and secondary flows is used to form a chamber for communication between the inserts and for compensation with the pressure present in the secondary flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Frédéric Vallino