Patents by Inventor Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle

Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle 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: 10328485
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Claude Baldassari, David Locatelli, Daniel Quach, Jean-Louis Martial Verger
  • Patent number: 9890643
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic core for a blade including a lower part forming a core body, an upper part forming a squealer tip recess and a set of rods for holding the upper part and the lower part together, includes: coating the rods with a material that has a flash point below 1000° C.; positioning the rods in a mold; molding the upper and lower parts by injecting ceramic; firing the ceramic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Alain Grandin, Maidin Mougamadou Aboudalcadar
  • Publication number: 20170274445
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of casting, and more particularly to a method of producing a ceramic core (1) for casting, said core (1) presenting a shape that includes at least a first lateral protuberance (11), and the method comprising at least a step of injecting a paste comprising a ceramic granulate and a polymer binder into a mold cavity In order to form a part (10) presenting a shape corresponding to the shape of the core (1) together with at least one additional lateral protuberance (15) adjacent to said first lateral protuberance (11), a step of firing the part (10), and a step of eliminating said additional lateral protuberance (15) from the part (10) after said firing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice TRUELLE, Claude BALDASSARI, David LOCATELLI, Daniel QUACH, Jean-Louis Martial VERGER
  • Patent number: 9505052
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and a second portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of a ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Publication number: 20150122445
    Abstract: A tooling for fabricating a foundry core, for making a circuit for cooling a blade of a turbine engine, the tooling including: a mold for injecting a paste and including imprints for a first portion and for at least one other portion of the core; a mechanism bearing against and/or engaging end portions of at least one ceramic rod that interconnects the portions of the core and that passes through the imprint for the first portion of the core; and a support mechanism in the imprint for the first portion of the core to support a substantially middle portion of the or each rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Christian Bariaud, Philippe Bouthemy, Patrick Pourfilet, Jean-Louis Martial Verger, Alain Grandin, Daniel Quach
  • Publication number: 20140369842
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic core for a blade including a lower part forming a core body, an upper part forming a squealer tip recess and a set of rods for holding the upper part and the lower part together, includes: coating the rods with a material that has a flash point below 1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Alain Grandin, Maidin Mougamadou Aboudalcadar
  • Patent number: 6286582
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a thin ceramic core involves casting a band of uniform thickness on a support from a solution of a ceramic material based on silica and zircon in a binder, drying the band, shaping the band in a mold and carrying out preheating and pressing of the band in the mold, baking the component thus obtained in a ceramic preform, and then carrying out an impregnation. The thin core obtained can be assembled together with another thin core and/or on a conventional thick central core, and can be used in precision casting such as in the production of turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation “SNECMA”
    Inventors: Thierry Jean Emile Chartier, Vincent Louis Christian David, Mischaël François Louis Derrien, Eric Jean Eberschveiller, Franck Edmond Maurice Truelle, Isabelle Marie Monique Valente