Patents by Inventor Francois Marie Paul Marlin

Francois Marie Paul Marlin 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).

  • Publication number: 20230228201
    Abstract: An annular intermediate casing for a turbomachine through which an aerodynamic airstream circulates, including a radially internal shroud (31), a radially external shroud, at least one stator blade including a vane with a leading edge, and at least one aero-dynamic member which is formed of a structural arm extending radially at least in part between the radially internal shroud and the radially external shroud. The aerodynamic member includes a leading edge which is aligned with the leading edge of the stator blade in one plane and which is borne by a profiled portion positioned upstream of the structural arm in the direction of circulation of the aerodynamic airstream, the profiled portion, the structural arm, the radially internal shroud and the radially external shroud being monobloc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Frederic Jacques Eugene GOUPIL, Francois Marie Paul MARLIN, Kaelig Merwen ORIEUX, Philippe VERSEUX, Yacine CHERAGA
  • Patent number: 11591970
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for holding an epicyclic gear train in a turbomachine comprising an annular housing in which are engaged a first annular part and a second annular part which are locked against rotation in the housing by first annular interlocking means and second annular interlocking means, respectively, wherein the first annular interlocking means are configured to allow a first circumferential clearance between the first annular part and the housing, the second annular interlocking means are configured to allow a second circumferential clearance between the second annular part and the housing, and the first circumferential clearance is strictly less than the second circumferential clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre, François Marie Paul Marlin
  • Publication number: 20220290617
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly including a fan shaft which is connected to a turbine shaft by means of a reduction gear. The guiding of the fan shaft is carried out by a first bearing including cylindrical rollers and a second beating including two rows of balls with oblique contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: François Marie Paul MARLIN, Didier Gabriel Bertrand DESOMBRE, Christophe Paul JACQUEMARD, Laurent Paul François PERROT
  • Publication number: 20200378311
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for holding (42) an epicyclic gear train in a turbomachine comprising an annular housing (50) in which are engaged a first annular part (44) and a second annular part (46) which are locked against rotation in the housing (50) by first annular interlocking means and second annular interlocking means, respectively, wherein: the first annular interlocking means are configured to allow a first circumferential clearance between the first annular part (44) and the housing (50); the second annular interlocking means are configured to allow a second circumferential clearance between the second annular part (48) and the housing (50); the first circumferential clearance is strictly less than the second circumferential clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Paul JACQUEMARD, Didier Gabriel Bertrand DESOMBRE, François Marie Paul MARLIN
  • Patent number: 10760501
    Abstract: To facilitate the removal of a bearing housed in an arm of a turbomachine casing, which bearing guides a transmission shaft of the turbomachine, a casing arm includes a body with a vertical portion and a base defining a portion of a shaft housing; an additional part removably attached to the body and defining a bearing housing opening in the shaft housing; and a removable shim inserted between the base and the additional part. A turbomachine including such a casing arm is also described, as well as a method for removing the bearing from such a turbomachine, including removing the shim and moving the additional part towards the base, thereby allowing access to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Nicolas Juigne, Kevin Michael Robert Contal, Mathieu Gaillot, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Steve Marcel Nicaise
  • Patent number: 10723476
    Abstract: A ring of vanes for an aircraft turbine engine, the ring presenting an axial direction and a radial direction and including a first annular sheath presenting an inside surface and a second annular sheath presenting an inside surface facing the first inside surface of the first annular sheath, the first and second sheaths being coaxial and defining between them a flow passage for a gas stream. The ring further includes both partially annular acoustic treatment panels including resonant cavities and also vanes extending in the radial direction between the first and second sheaths. Each vane includes a radial airfoil with at least two attachment tabs at each radial end of the airfoil fastened to the first or second sheath, and the inside surface of at least one of the first and second annular sheaths and the corresponding attachment tabs are covered by acoustic treatment panels arranged between the airfoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cedric Zaccardi, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Jacky Novi Mardjono
  • Patent number: 10494997
    Abstract: A device for de-icing a splitter nose of an aviation turbine engine, the device including a splitter nose having an outer annular wall defining the inside of the bypass stream flow channel and an inner annular wall defining an inlet of the core stream flow channel, and an inner shroud mounted at its upstream end on the inner annular wall of the splitter nose and designed to have inlet guide vanes fastened thereto, the splitter nose and the inner shroud defining an annular volume. The device includes an annular deflector positioned inside the annular volume so as to subdivide the annular volume into a first annular cavity and a second annular cavity, the second annular cavity being defined between the annular deflector and the outer annular wall of the splitter nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Damien Daniel Sylvain Lourit, François Marie Paul Marlin
  • Publication number: 20190152618
    Abstract: A ring of vanes for an aircraft turbine engine, the ring presenting an axial direction and a radial direction and including a first annular sheath presenting an inside surface and a second annular sheath presenting an inside surface facing the first inside surface of the first annular sheath, the first and second sheaths being coaxial and defining between them a flow passage for a gas stream. The ring further includes both partially annular acoustic treatment panels including resonant cavities and also vanes extending in the radial direction between the first and second sheaths. Each vane includes a radial airfoil with at least two attachment tabs at each radial end of the airfoil fastened to the first or second sheath, and the inside surface of at least one of the first and second annular sheaths and the corresponding attachment tabs are covered by acoustic treatment panels arranged between the airfoils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Cedric ZACCARDI, Christophe Marcel Lucien PERDRIGEON, Francois Marie Paul MARLIN, Thierry Georges Paul PAPIN, Jacky Novi MARDJONO
  • Publication number: 20190136715
    Abstract: To facilitate the removal of a bearing housed in an arm of a turbomachine casing, which bearing guides a transmission shaft of the turbomachine, a casing arm includes a body with a vertical portion and a base defining a portion of a shaft housing; an additional part removably attached to the body and defining a bearing housing opening in the shaft housing; and a removable shim inserted between the base and the additional part. A turbomachine including such a casing arm is also described, as well as a method for removing the bearing from such a turbomachine, including removing the shim and moving the additional part towards the base, thereby allowing access to the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Nicolas JUIGNE, Kevin Michel Robert CONTAL, Mathieu GAILLOT, Francois Marie Paul MARLIN, Steve Marcel NICAISE
  • Publication number: 20170321604
    Abstract: A device for de-icing a splitter nose of an aviation turbine engine, the device including a splitter nose having an outer annular wall defining the inside of the bypass stream flow channel and an inner annular wall defining an inlet of the core stream flow channel, and an inner shroud mounted at its upstream end on the inner annular wall of the splitter nose and designed to have inlet guide vanes fastened thereto, the splitter nose and the inner shroud defining an annular volume. The device includes an annular deflector positioned inside the annular volume so as to subdivide the annular volume into a first annular cavity and a second annular cavity, the second annular cavity being defined between the annular deflector and the outer annular wall of the splitter nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Damien Daniel Sylvain LOURIT, François Marie Paul MARLIN
  • Patent number: 9657644
    Abstract: A method for mounting an acoustic panel on the inner surface of an annular housing of an axial turbomachine, the cylindrical acoustic panel comprising at least one longitudinal slot so as to define two opposing ends, the method comprising: bringing the two opposing ends closer together so as to reduce the cylinder radius of the acoustic panel; inserting the acoustic panel into the fan casing when the opposing ends are close together; deploying the opposing ends so as to increase the cylinder radius of the acoustic panel; and securing the acoustic panel to the housing by gluing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: François Sfarti, François Marie Paul Marlin
  • Patent number: 9545762
    Abstract: A coupling made of composite material including a polymer matrix reinforced by a fiber structure is disclosed. The coupling includes a structural portion reinforced by a main fiber structure, and a first machining portion reinforced by a first fiber structure that is distinct from the main fiber structure. The matrices of the structural portion and of the first machining portion are identical. The first machining portion is situated on at least a fraction of the main face of the structural portion and is machined in a first machining surface. There is no intersection between the first machining surface and the fibers of the main fiber structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Philippe Verseux
  • Patent number: 9528441
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly (100) for an aircraft turbofan comprising a flowpath splitter (40) downstream from which there is firstly a fan flowpath (31) inner delimitation ring (44) and secondly a compressor case (42), the assembly comprising a plurality of outlet guide vanes (34) provided with an inner platform (50) located in the downstream continuity of the delimitation ring. According to the invention, the assembly comprises at least one part (52) to support the delimitation ring (44), comprising a radially outer end (52b) fixed to a downstream part of this ring (44) and a radially inner end (52a) fixed to the compressor case (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Cretin, Yvan Guezel, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Damien Lourit
  • Patent number: 9441494
    Abstract: A rotor of a turbomachine, such as a multi-flow turbojet engine fan, has a disc including, on the rim thereof, substantially axial slots with a dovetailed cross-section, and blades mounted individually in the slots, an axial wedge positioned between the root of the blades and the bottom of the slots, and a transverse lock providing upstream axial immobilization of the blades in the slot thereof. The lock is guided in radial notches formed in the flanks of the slots and radially supported against the wedge. The axial wedge is immobilised in the upstream direction, butting up against a transverse annular component secured to the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Frederic Imbourg, Didier Queant
  • Publication number: 20150285151
    Abstract: A method for mounting an acoustic panel on the inner surface of an annular housing of an axial turbomachine, the cylindrical acoustic panel comprising at least one longitudinal slot so as to define two opposing ends, the method comprising: bringing the two opposing ends closer together so as to reduce the cylinder radius of the acoustic panel; inserting the acoustic panel into the fan casing when said opposing ends are close together; deploying the opposing ends so as to increase the cylinder radius of the acoustic panel; securing the acoustic panel to the housing by gluing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: François Sfarti, François Marie Paul Marlin
  • Publication number: 20150159554
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly (100) for an aircraft turbofan comprising a flowpath splitter (40) downstream from which there is firstly a fan flowpath (31) inner delimitation ring (44) and secondly a compressor case (42), the assembly comprising a plurality of outlet guide vanes (34) provided with an inner platform (50) located in the downstream continuity of the delimitation ring. According to the invention, the assembly comprises at least one part (52) to support the delimitation ring (44), comprising a radially outer end (52b) fixed to a downstream part of this ring (44) and a radially inner end (52a) fixed to the compressor case (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Cretin, Yvan Guezel, Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Damien Lourit
  • Publication number: 20140072437
    Abstract: A rotor of a turbomachine, such as a multi-flow turbojet engine fan, has a disc including, on the rim thereof, substantially axial slots with a dovetailed cross-section, and blades mounted individually in the slots, an axial wedge positioned between the root of the blades and the bottom of the slots, and a transverse lock providing upstream axial immobilization of the blades in the slot thereof. The lock is guided in radial notches formed in the flanks of the slots and radially supported against the wedge. The axial wedge is immobilised in the upstream direction, butting up against a transverse annular component secured to the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Marie, Paul Marlin, Frederic Imbourg, Didier Queant
  • Patent number: 8544598
    Abstract: A one-piece soundproofing panel which is attached within an circumferential air blower casing of a turbomachine, with an axis, in which circulates an airflow from upstream to downstream, is disclosed. The panel includes a circumferential rigid seat with a longitudinal cylindrical part, arranged to axially extend with respect to the axis A of the turbomachine, having an outside surface, intended to come to extend facing with an internal surface of the air blower casing, and an internal surface to which is applied a soundproofing coating; and an annular fastening flange, formed at the upstream end of the longitudinal cylindrical part, radially outwardly extending, the fastening flange being arranged to cooperate with a fastening flange of the air blower casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florian Gaudry, Romain Plante, Noel Robin, Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Jacky Novi Mardjono, Francois Marie Paul Marlin
  • Patent number: 8424921
    Abstract: A coupling made of composite material including a polymer matrix reinforced by a fiber structure is disclosed. The coupling includes a structural portion reinforced by a main fiber structure, and a first machining portion reinforced by a first fiber structure that is distinct from the main fiber structure. The matrices of the structural portion and of the first machining portion are identical. The first machining portion is situated on at least a fraction of the main face of the structural portion and is machined in a first machining surface, and there is no intersection between the first machining surface and the fibers of the main fiber structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Marie Paul Marlin, Philippe Verseux
  • Publication number: 20130048414
    Abstract: One-piece soundproofing panel intended to be attached within an circumferential air blower casing of a turbomachine, comprising an axis, in which circulates an airflow from upstream to downstream, the panel including a circumferential rigid seat comprising a longitudinal cylindrical part, arranged to axially extend with respect to the axis A of the turbomachine, comprising an outside surface, intended to come to extend facing with an internal surface of the air blower casing, and an internal surface to which is applied a soundproofing coating and an annular fastening flange, formed at the upstream end of the longitudinal cylindrical part, radially outwardly extending, the fastening flange being arranged to cooperate with a fastening flange of the air blower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Florian Gaudry, Romain Plante, Noël Robin, Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Jacky Novi Mardjono, François Marie Paul Marlin