Patents by Inventor François LEGLAYE

François LEGLAYE 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: 11739712
    Abstract: In a convergent-divergent flap pair for a turbojet engine nozzle of the variable-geometry convergent-divergent type, the convergent flap and the divergent flap including respective ducts for circulation of cooling air connected to one another to allow cooling of each of the flaps. The duct of the divergent flap includes an impingement cooling cavity defined by two walls of lateral ends provided with air passage orifices through which the impingement cooling cavity opens towards the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: François Leglaye, Florent Luc Lacombe, Pierre André Gabriel Malbois, Sylvain Marcel Oblaza, Thierry Kohn
  • Patent number: 11713730
    Abstract: In a convergent-divergent flap pair for a turbojet engine nozzle of the variable-geometry convergent-divergent type, the convergent flap and the divergent flap include respective cooling-air ducts connected to one another through air passage openings formed in respective contact surfaces of the convergent flap and of the divergent flap arranged facing one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thierry Kohn, Frédéric Paul Eichstädt, Florent Luc Lacombe, François Leglaye, Brice Marie Yves Emile Le Pannerer
  • Publication number: 20220290631
    Abstract: In a convergent-divergent flap pair for a turbojet engine nozzle of the variable-geometry convergent-divergent type, the convergent flap and the divergent flap include respective cooling-air ducts connected to one another through air passage openings formed in respective contact surfaces of the convergent flap and of the divergent flap arranged facing one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry KOHN, Frédéric Paul EICHSTADT, Florent Luc LACOMBE, François LEGLAYE, Brice Marie Yves Emile LE PANNERER
  • Publication number: 20220275771
    Abstract: In a convergent-divergent flap pair for a turbojet engine nozzle of the variable-geometry convergent-divergent type, the convergent flap and the divergent flap including respective ducts for circulation of cooling air connected to one another to allow cooling of each of the flaps. The duct of the divergent flap includes an impingement cooling cavity defined by two walls of lateral ends provided with air passage orifices through which the impingement cooling cavity opens towards the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: François LEGLAYE, Florent Luc LACOMBE, Pierre André Gabriel MALBOIS, Sylvain Marcel OBLAZA, Thierry KOHN
  • Patent number: 10233836
    Abstract: A device for cooling of an annular wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber provided with micro-perforations, and in particular the cooling of a region of the wall facing a wake induced by an ignition plug, the device includes, a deflector designed to divert air immersing the ignition plug towards a median plane of the wake and towards the annular wall of the combustion chamber, so as to increase the air pressure within the wake in proximity to the annular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Francois Leglaye, Olivier Bidart, Pierre-Francois Pireyre, Christophe Pieussergues
  • Patent number: 10190430
    Abstract: A turbine engine, a turbojet, or a turboprop engine, including an annular combustion chamber defined by an inner shell and an outer shell, a turbine distributor arranged downstream of the combustion chamber, with a downstream end of the outer shell and/or of the inner shell of the chamber including a radial rim arranged opposite a radial rim of an upstream end of the distributor, a sealing mechanism including at least one strip extending between the rims to provide a seal between the combustion chamber and the distributor. The sealing strip extends axially and circumferentially between the rims and bears sealingly against free ends of the rims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Francois Leglaye, Emeric D'Herbigny
  • Patent number: 9995219
    Abstract: A turbine engine wall having a cold side and a hot side and including a plurality of cooling orifices for enabling air flowing on the cold side of the wall to penetrate to the hot side at least some of the cooling orifices being plugged by a plugging material so as to define a minimum level of porosity for the wall corresponding to putting the turbine engine into service, and the plugged cooling orifices being suitable for being unplugged progressively throughout the lifetime of the turbine engine in order to define a maximum level of porosity for the wall corresponding to an end of lifetime for the turbine engine, the plugging being performed by alternating at least one of the following rows or lines: circumferential rows, axial rows, diagonal lines, so as to lie in the range one-third to one-half of the maximum porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Leglaye, Sylvain Oblaza, Patrick Lutz
  • Patent number: 9982603
    Abstract: Assembly comprising, on a turbomachine:—a combustion chamber (30) having a longitudinal axis (30a) and comprising: internal and external longitudinal walls (90) having a first opening (90a) substantially transverse to said axis (30a), an outer casing (110) having a second opening (110a) likewise substantially transverse to said axis (30a),—a turbomachine sparkplug (150),—a device (130) for radially securing the sparkplug (150), which device (130) comprises a sparkplug adapter (160) fixed toward a first end to the outer casing (110), facing the second opening (110a) and through which adapter and casing the sparkplug (150) in question passes, and a sparkplug guide (190) kept in contact with the external longitudinal wall (90), facing the first opening (90a) and through which the sparkplug (150) passes to emerge in the combustion chamber (30), the sparkplug (150) and the sparkplug guide (190) each having a screw thread (103, 105), the screw threads (103, 105) being screwed together so as to stabilize the sparkpl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Pierre-François Simon Paul Pireyre, Francois Leglaye, David Gino Stifanic
  • Publication number: 20160369701
    Abstract: Assembly comprising, on a turbomachine:—a combustion chamber (30) having a longitudinal axis (30a) and comprising: internal and external longitudinal walls (90) having a first opening (90a) substantially transverse to said axis (30a), an outer casing (110) having a second opening (110a) likewise substantially transverse to said axis (30a),—a turbomachine sparkplug (150),—a device (130) for radially securing the sparkplug (150), which device (130) comprises a sparkplug adapter (160) fixed toward a first end to the outer casing (110), facing the second opening (110a) and through which adapter and casing the sparkplug (150) in question passes, and a sparkplug guide (190) kept in contact with the external longitudinal wall (90), facing the first opening (90a) and through which the sparkplug (150) passes to emerge in the combustion chamber (30), the sparkplug (150) and the sparkplug guide (190) each having a screw thread (103, 105), the screw threads (103, 105) being screwed together so as to stabilize the sparkpl
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Snecma
    Inventors: Pierre-Francois Simon Paul Pireyre, Francois Leglaye, David Gino Stifanic
  • Publication number: 20160237896
    Abstract: A device for cooling of an annular wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber provided with micro-perforations, and in particular the cooling of a region of the wall facing a wake induced by an ignition plug, the device includes, a deflector designed to divert air immersing the ignition plug towards a median plane of the wake and towards the annular wall of the combustion chamber, so as to increase the air pressure within the wake in proximity to the annular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois LEGLAYE, Olivier BIDART, Pierre-Francois PIREYRE, Christophe PIEUSSERGUES
  • Patent number: 9413141
    Abstract: A spark plug for combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine including: an external body forming ground electrode, intended to be received mainly in a bypass of the combustion chamber; an internal central electrode; and an interposed insulator with clearance between the external body and the internal electrode, is provided. The spark plug terminates in a nose forming portion to be received in the flame tube of the chamber of the combustion chamber, and a semi-conductor element being interposed between the central electrode and the ground electrode at the level of said nose forming portion. The external body includes at least one cooling air inlet which communicates inside the spark plug with at least one outlet arranged at the level of the nose forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Leglaye, Jean-Francois Cabre, David Gino Stifanic
  • Publication number: 20150338103
    Abstract: A turbine engine wall having a cold side and a hot side and including a plurality of cooling orifices for enabling air flowing on the cold side of the wall to penetrate to the hot side at least some of the cooling orifices being plugged by a plugging material so as to define a minimum level of porosity for the wall corresponding to putting the turbine engine into service, and the plugged cooling orifices being suitable for being unplugged progressively throughout the lifetime of the turbine engine in order to define a maximum level of porosity for the wall corresponding to an end of lifetime for the turbine engine, the plugging being performed by alternating at least one of the following rows or lines: circumferential rows, axial rows, diagonal lines, so as to lie in the range one-third to one-half of the maximum porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois LEGLAYE, Sylvain Oblaza, Patrick Lutz
  • Publication number: 20150167977
    Abstract: An annular wall for a turbomachine combustion chamber is disclosed, comprising cooling orifices through which cooling air can circulate through the annular wall, each having an air injection axis oriented orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the annular wall. The cooling orifices are distributed into first annular rows of cooling orifices oriented in a first circumferential direction from an outer face as far as an inner face of the annular wall, and second annular rows of cooling orifices oriented in a second circumferential direction opposite the first circumferential direction from the outer face as far as the inner face of said annular wall. The first annular rows and the second annular rows of cooling orifices are arranged alternately along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois LEGLAYE, Patrick Lutz
  • Publication number: 20150047356
    Abstract: A turbine engine, a turbojet, or a turboprop engine, including an annular combustion chamber defined by an inner shell and an outer shell, a turbine distributor arranged downstream of the combustion chamber, with a downstream end of the outer shell and/or of the inner shell of the chamber including a radial rim arranged opposite a radial rim of an upstream end of the distributor, a sealing mechanism including at least one strip extending between the rims to provide a seal between the combustion chamber and the distributor. The sealing strip extends axially and circumferentially between the rims and bears sealingly against free ends of the rims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Leglaye, Emeric D'Herbigny
  • Publication number: 20130327013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spark plug for combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine comprising: an external body (1) forming ground electrode, intended to be received mainly in a bypass of the combustion chamber, an internal central electrode (2), an interposed insulator (3) with clearance between the external body (1) and the internal electrode (2), said spark plug terminating in a nose forming portion (5) intended for its part to be received in the flame tube of the chamber of the combustion chamber, a semi-conductor element being interposed between the central electrode and the ground electrode at the level of said nose forming portion, wherein the external body (1) comprises at least one cooling air inlet (6) which communicates inside the spark plug with at least one outlet (8, 9, 10) arranged at the level of the nose forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois LEGLAYE, Jean-Francois CABRE, David Gino STIFANIC