Patents by Inventor Franck Godel

Franck Godel 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: 9116518
    Abstract: After the control system has been started, which system has two control paths that are used as alternatives for delivering a control electric current to an electrohydraulic member for transforming said current into hydraulic power that is delivered to the actuator, and before powering a starter-generator of the engine, the detection method comprises implementing the following steps for each of the control paths in succession: delivering a predetermined test electric current over said path; evaluating a difference between the test electric current and a measurement of the electric current as transformed into hydraulic power by the electrohydraulic member; and if said difference is greater than a predefined threshold, detecting an electrical failure on said path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Patent number: 9021870
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a system for actuating variable geometries of a turbojet engine, the actuation system including a control device, a servovalve, and an actuator controlled by the servovalve, the control device configured to determine a control current according to a set position value and to a measured position of the actuator and to provide the control current to the servovalve. The monitoring method includes: detecting a stabilized condition; determining an average value of the control current during the detecting the stabilized condition; and comparing the average value with a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Franck Godel, Benoit Pontallier
  • Patent number: 9021854
    Abstract: A device and method of monitoring the measurement of a fuel flow rate fed to an airplane engine includes delivering the measurement from a mass flowmeter. The monitoring also includes evaluating whether at least the following conditions are satisfied: a signal delivered by the flowmeter is less than a given value; and the engine is running on its own. The measurement is invalidated if these conditions are satisfied simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Patent number: 8994392
    Abstract: A method of detecting a fault in a de-icer probe for measuring a physical parameter on an airplane engine, the method including: prior to starting an engine, measuring a first value of the physical parameter with help of the probe; activating the probe de-icer; at an end of a determined duration from a start of de-icing, measuring a second value of the parameter with help of the probe; and comparing the first and second values and generating a fault signal if the difference between the first and second values is less than a determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Benoit Biraud, Franck Godel
  • Patent number: 8925329
    Abstract: In a testing overspeed protection system: a) on receiving an order to start a turbomachine, an electronic regulation system (ERS) of the turbomachine sends an order to a control circuit of a fuel cutoff member to close the fuel cutoff member or to keep it in the closed position; b) the closed state of the FCM is verified on the basis of information transmitted to the ERS and representative of the position of the FCM; c) if the result of the verification in b) is positive, the ERS sends an order to the FCM control circuit to authorize opening of the FCM and enable the starting procedure to continue; and d) if the result of the verification in b) is negative, the ERS issues fault information concerning the overspeed protection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille
  • Patent number: 8857150
    Abstract: A device and method for monitoring a high-pressure pump in a turbomachine fuel supply circuit by detecting opening of a pressurizing and shut-off valve mounted on an outlet side of a fuel flow regulating valve, by measuring rotational speed of the turbomachine corresponding to the opening of the pressurizing and cut-off valve, and by monitoring change in a value of the rotational speed to propose replacement of the high-pressure pump when the measure value rotational speed reaches a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christian Aurousseau, Jonathan Benitah, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Remi Masse, Mickael Sauzedde, Franck Godel, Julien Maille
  • Publication number: 20140000352
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a system for actuating variable geometries of a turbojet engine, the actuation system including a control device, a servovalve, and an actuator controlled by the servovalve, the control device configured to determine a control current according to a set position value and to a measured position of the actuator and to provide the control current to the servovalve. The monitoring method includes: detecting a stabilized condition; determining an average value of the control current during the detecting the stabilized condition; and comparing the average value with a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Franck Godel, Benoit Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20130088249
    Abstract: A method of detecting a fault in a de-icer probe for measuring a physical parameter on an airplane engine, the method including: prior to starting an engine, measuring a first value of the physical parameter with help of the probe; activating the probe de-icer; at an end of a determined duration from a start of de-icing, measuring a second value of the parameter with help of the probe; and comparing the first and second values and generating a fault signal if the difference between the first and second values is less than a determined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Benoit Biraud, Franck Godel
  • Publication number: 20120272710
    Abstract: A device and method of monitoring the measurement of a fuel flow rate fed to an airplane engine includes delivering the measurement from a mass flowmeter. The monitoring also includes evaluating whether at least the following conditions are satisfied: a signal delivered by the flowmeter is less than a given value; and the engine is running on its own. The measurement is invalidated if these conditions are satisfied simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoit Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20120085101
    Abstract: In a testing overspeed protection system: a) on receiving an order to start a turbomachine, an electronic regulation system (ERS) of the turbomachine sends an order to a control circuit of a fuel cutoff member to close the fuel cutoff member or to keep it in the closed position; b) the closed state of the FCM is verified on the basis of information transmitted to the ERS and representative of the position of the FCM; c) if the result of the verification in b) is positive, the ERS sends an order to the FCM control circuit to authorize opening of the FCM and enable the starting procedure to continue; and d) if the result of the verification in b) is negative, the ERS issues fault information concerning the overspeed protection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck Godel, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille
  • Publication number: 20120032809
    Abstract: Detecting a state of icing in a turbomachine fuel circuit includes reading information representative of a first temperature T1 of the fuel downstream from the metering unit, and of comparing the first temperature T1 with a first reference temperature T01. The method also includes detecting clogging of the filter unit. In the event of the temperature reading T1 being less than the first reference temperature T01 and of clogging being detected, a signal indicative of an icing state in the fuel circuit is issued. Information representative of a second fuel temperature T2 in the tank may be read and compared with a reference temperature T02 in order to confirm or contradict the icing state. A signal indicating a need for maintenance of the fuel circuit is issued when the temperature readings T1 and T2 are not less than the reference temperatures T01 and T02 and clogging has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Bruno Comotto, Marion Maud De Giacomoni, Cedrik Djelassi, Franck Godel
  • Publication number: 20110234236
    Abstract: After the control system has been started, which system has two control paths that are used as alternatives for delivering a control electric current to an electrohydraulic member for transforming said current into hydraulic power that is delivered to the actuator, and before powering a starter-generator of the engine, the detection method comprises implementing the following steps for each of the control paths in succession: delivering a predetermined test electric current over said path; evaluating a difference between the test electric current and a measurement of the electric current as transformed into hydraulic power by the electrohydraulic member; and if said difference is greater than a predefined threshold, detecting an electrical failure on said path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Franck GODEL, Nicolas Marie Pierre Gueit, Julien Marcel Roger Maille, Benoït Pontallier
  • Publication number: 20100257867
    Abstract: A device and method for monitoring a high-pressure pump in a turbomachine fuel supply circuit by detecting opening of a pressurizing and shut-off valve mounted on an outlet side of a fuel flow regulating valve, by measuring rotational speed of the turbomachine corresponding to the opening of the pressurizing and cut-off valve, and by monitoring change in a value of the rotational speed to propose replacement of the high-pressure pump when the measure value rotational speed reaches a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christian Aurousseau, Jonathan Benitah, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Remi Masse, Mickael Sauzedde, Franck Godel, Julien Maille