Patents by Inventor Francois Demaison

Francois Demaison 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: 9896958
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an ignition sequence of an engine, in particular a turbomachine engine, including the following steps: (i) defining an ignition time of the engine for a defined starting parameter, (ii) comparing the ignition time of the engine defined in this way with a reference ignition time expected for a reference engine and for this starting parameter, (iii) deducing an indicator of the bringing into operation of the engine, (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) for this starting parameter, for each bringing into operation of the engine of the sequence, and (v) on the basis of the change in the indicator, generating a degradation alert for the ignition sequence of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Guilhem Foiret, Francois Demaison, Benjamin Pierre Lamoureux
  • Patent number: 9540974
    Abstract: A method of monitoring oil level in a tank of an aircraft engine, including: for at least two predetermined operating stages of the engine, during at least one mission of the aircraft: obtaining a plurality of measurements of an oil level of the tank, each measurement being associated with an oil temperature and with an engine speed of rotation, and selecting measurements representative of oil level variations and associated with oil temperatures that are close to a reference temperature and with engine speeds of rotation that are close to a reference speed of rotation; aggregating the measurements selected over the operating stages and during the at least one mission of the aircraft; and comparing the aggregated measurements with reference data to identify abnormal oil consumption of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Demaison, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Remi Masse, Gilles Massot, Julien Ricordeau, Ouadir Hmad
  • Publication number: 20150285093
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an ignition sequence of an engine, in particular a turbomachine engine, including the following steps: (i) defining an ignition time of the engine for a defined starting parameter, (ii) comparing the ignition time of the engine defined in this way with a reference ignition time expected for a reference engine and for this starting parameter, (iii) deducing an indicator of the bringing into operation of the engine, (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) for this starting parameter, for each bringing into operation of the engine of the sequence, and (v) on the basis of the change in the indicator, generating a degradation alert for the ignition sequence of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Guilhem Foiret, Francois Demaison, Benjamin Pierre Lamoureux
  • Publication number: 20130218399
    Abstract: A method of monitoring oil level in a tank of an aircraft engine, including: for at least two predetermined operating stages of the engine, during at least one mission of the aircraft: obtaining a plurality of measurements of an oil level of the tank, each measurement being associated with an oil temperature and with an engine speed of rotation, and selecting measurements representative of oil level variations and associated with oil temperatures that are close to a reference temperature and with engine speeds of rotation that are close to a reference speed of rotation; aggregating the measurements selected over the operating stages and during the at least one mission of the aircraft; and comparing the aggregated measurements with reference data to identify abnormal oil consumption of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Demaison, Xavier Flandrois, Jean-Remi Masse, Gilles Massot, Julien Ricordeau, Ouadir Hmad
  • Publication number: 20130073171
    Abstract: A method for detection of contamination, by another fluid, of the oil circuit of a turbomachine fitted on an aircraft, the oil circuit including a tank provided with a device for measuring its oil level, piping which connects the tank to the various units of the turbomachine to be lubricated, and a device for putting the oil into circulation between the tank and the units, the turbomachine including a device for measuring its engine speed and a device for measuring the temperature of the oil at one point at least of the oil circuit. The oil level in the tank is monitored, an alert is triggered if the decrease in the oil level, measured over a given interval of time, becomes lower than a set minimum decrease. The decrease can be replaced by a simple increase in the oil level, without taking a duration of the monitoring into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Muller, François Demaison, Nicolas Potel