Patents by Inventor Francois Maurice

Francois Maurice 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: 20110073745
    Abstract: A structural frame for a turbomachine, such as an intermediate frame or an exhaust frame, the frame including at least two coaxial rings, an inner ring and an outer ring, together with radial arms interconnecting the rings. At least one of these elements includes a plurality of parts that are fastened together by bolting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry François Maurice Duchatelle, Thierry Georges Paul Papin, Dominique Raulin, Arnaud Sanchez
  • Patent number: 7887286
    Abstract: A sector of a compressor guide vanes assembly or a sector of a turbomachine nozzle assembly. It comprises an inner ring sector (4), an outer ring sector (6) and a multitude of blades (8) connecting the inner ring sector (4) to the outer ring sector (6). The outer ring sector (6) or the inner ring sector (4) comprises radial cuts (10) situated between two consecutive blades (8) in such a way as to split them into the same number of elementary sectors as there are blades. Housings (14) are provided, secant to the radial cuts (10), damping inserts (16) being positioned in said housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Olivier Abgrall, Laurent Gilles Dezouche, Francois Maurice Garcin, Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard
  • Publication number: 20090297331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylindrical casing for a turbomachine that is suitable for receiving a rotor fitted with at least one bladed wheel, the casing including a device for preventing instability during contact between the casing and the bladed wheel. In characteristic manner, said device comprises a succession of elements disposed around the circumference of the casing, and presenting between two adjacent elements, different stiffnesses, the number of elements having the same stiffness not being equal to a multiple of the wave number of the vibratory mode of the bladed wheel that is to be inhibited. The invention is applicable to a compressor, a turbine, or a fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mathieu CAUCHETEUX, Francois Maurice Garcin, Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard, Nicolas Christian Triconnet
  • Publication number: 20090155063
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intermediate casing (21) for an aircraft jet engine, comprising an outer shell (23) and also front and rear flanges (25, 27) which are arranged radially inside with respect to the outer shell, the casing (21) also comprising structural arms (17) which extend radially between the flanges as far as the shell (23), the rear flange being equipped with receiving means (34) for receiving a fixing bracket for fixing a rod for absorbing the thrust forces, and the first receiving means comprising bosses (36) coming from the rear flange, through which bosses through-orifices (38) are formed which are passed through by fixing screws of the bracket. According to the invention, at least one of the bosses (36) extends as far as making contact with one of the structural arms (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Francois Maurice Duchatelle, Arnaud Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20090155070
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extension (30) of an intermediate casing for an aircraft jet engine, intended to project towards the downstream end from an external shell of the intermediate casing, this extension comprising an annular connecting downstream end (64) forming an annular groove (66) open radially towards the outside, intended to receive nacelle covers. According to the invention, the annular connecting downstream end (64) is produced by means of a plurality of angular sectors (76a, 76b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Francois Maurice Duchatelle, Arnaud Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20090101524
    Abstract: An ionic probe is provided according to the invention. The ionic probe includes an active electrode configured to generate a measurement signal for an external test fluid, a first reference electrode configured to generate a first reference signal, and an at least second reference electrode configured to generate at least a second reference signal. The measurement signal is compared to the first reference signal and the at least second reference signal in order to determine an ionic measurement of the external test fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Hach Company
    Inventors: John Robert Woodward, Pierre Antoine Robert Livrozet, Jean-Francois Maurice Rene Schvan, Russell Martin Young
  • Publication number: 20090104027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate casing of a turbojet comprising, between an inner hub and an outer cylindrical shroud, a plurality of radial arms at least one of which is hollow, a radial transmission shaft for driving the auxiliary machines being mounted rotatably in said radial arm, a first end of the transmission shaft passing through the inner hub and the second end passing through the outer cylindrical shroud. The housing is notable in that the inner volume consists of a single compartment housing the transmission shaft and forming a passageway for a lubrication fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Francois Maurice DUCHATELLE, Philippe Versieux
  • Publication number: 20090074569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lever for rotating about its pivot a turbomachine variable-pitch stator vane comprising three zones: a first zone for attachment to a lever drive member, a second zone for attachment to said variable-pitch stator vane, and a third zone of elongate shape between the first zone and the second zone, wherein a vibration-damping laminate is applied to at least one surface portion of at least one of said zones of the lever, the laminate comprising at least one layer of viscoelastic material in contact with said surface portion and a backing layer of rigid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Maurice GARCIN, Pierrick Bernard Jean, Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard, Christian Paleczny
  • Publication number: 20090032396
    Abstract: A unitary ionic probe is provided. The unitary ionic probe includes a substantially elongate body including a central axis (AA), a proximal end, and a distal end. The unitary ionic probe further includes an active ion sensitive region that is located on and bonded into an exterior of the elongate body in a region of the proximal end and an active electrode in ionic communication with the active ion sensitive region. The unitary ionic probe further includes a reference ion sensitive region that is located on and bonded into the exterior of the elongate body and is spaced-apart from the active ion sensitive region and a reference electrode in ionic communication with the reference ion sensitive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Hach Company
    Inventors: John Robert Woodward, Pierre Antoine Robert Livrozet, Jean-Francois Maurice Rene Schvan, Russell Martin Young
  • Publication number: 20090019892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat sheets of a glass-based material and to a device associated with the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Allan Mark Fredholm, Claude Francois Maurice Gille, Christophe Pierron, Xavier Tellier
  • Publication number: 20090004000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbomachine stator forming a stator vane ring or upstream guide vane element comprising a plurality of vanes placed radially between a first inner ring and a second outer ring, the two rings being concentric, the second ring having a cylindrical outer surface portion. The stator is characterized in that, on said outer surface portion, at least one vibration-damping laminate is attached, the laminate comprising at least one layer of viscoelastic material in contact with said surface portion and one counterlayer of rigid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephane Jean Joseph BAUMHAUER, Jerome Alain Dupeux, Francois Maurice Garcin, Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard
  • Publication number: 20090004021
    Abstract: The impeller comprises a blade and a support of said blade which extend substantially radially. It also comprises at least one intermediate part extending, in a substantially axial direction, between said blade and said support of the blade, and at least one damping means placed on at least one face of said intermediate part. The damping means is segmented in an axial and/or circumferential direction into at least two elementary damping means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephane Jean Joseph BAUMHAUER, Jerome Alain DUPEUX, Francois Maurice GARCIN, Jean-Pierre Francois LOMBARD, Eric SEINTURIER, Etienne BALMES
  • Publication number: 20090005183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow shaft of a turbomachine comprising a cylindrical wall with an inner surface portion and at one end a member for attachment to a rotor disk of the turbomachine. The shaft also comprises a damping device wherein at least one vibration-damping laminate is attached to said inner surface portion, the laminate comprising at least one layer of viscoelastic material in contact with said surface portion and a counterlayer of rigid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephane Jean Joseph Baumhauer, Jerome Alain Dupeux, Francois Maurice Garcin, Jean-Pierre Francois Lombard
  • Publication number: 20080039332
    Abstract: A method for producing a superconducting inductive component having at least two plots, the component including at least one line segment incorporating at least one plot of the component, the line segment constituting a conducting or superconducting layer within a stack of alternately superconducting and insulating films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Pierre-Ernest Bernstein, Jean-Francois Maurice Hamet, Nabil Touitou
  • Publication number: 20070297900
    Abstract: A sector of a compressor guide vanes assembly or a sector of a turbomachine nozzle assembly. It comprises an inner ring sector (4), an outer ring sector (6) and a multitude of blades (8) connecting the inner ring sector (4) to the outer ring sector (6). The outer ring sector (6) or the inner ring sector (4) comprises radial cuts (10) situated between two consecutive blades (8) in such a way as to split them into the same number of elementary sectors as there are blades. Housings (14) are provided, secant to the radial cuts (10), damping inserts (16) being positioned in said housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier ABGRALL, Laurent Gilles DEZOUCHE, Francois Maurice GARCIN, Jean-Pierre Francois LOMBARD
  • Publication number: 20060285969
    Abstract: A device for controlling variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine has rods each having at one end a finger for mounting in a control ring and at its other end an assembly orifice for mounting on a drive square of a vane, the axis of the vane being inclined relative to the axis of the finger of the rod, and the assembly orifice in the rod presenting a dimension in the longitudinal direction of the rod that is greater than that of the drive square, and co-operating therewith to define clearance that varies over the height of the drive square and of the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Maurice Ribassin, Dominique Raulin
  • Patent number: 6919874
    Abstract: A display device has an active matrix that includes a plurality of scanners for selection lines, a plurality of scanners for columns, and a supplementary conductive column crossing over the selection lines is capacitively coupled to each of the selection lines in such a way that each corresponding coupling capacitance has a value close to a sum of coupling capacitances formed between a given selection line and columns crossed by the given selection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Thales Avionics LCD S.A.
    Inventor: François Maurice
  • Patent number: 6844874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a matrix control device including a set of control circuits arranged in lines and columns and controlling an elementary point, the state of each elementary point being a function of first and second control signals) applied to the control circuit respectively by the lines and columns. The control circuit consists of a first transistor connecting the elementary point to the corresponding line receiving the first signal and a second transistor a first electrode of which is connected to the gate of the first transistor, the gate of which is linked to the corresponding column receiving the second signal and the second electrode of which is connected to a reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: François Maurice
  • Publication number: 20020130827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a matrix control device including a set of control circuits (P′ij) arranged in lines and columns and controlling an elementary point (XL), the state of each elementary point being a function of first and second control signals (L′i, C′j) applied to the control circuit (P′ij) respectively by the lines (L′i) and columns (C′j). The control circuit (P′ij) consists of a first transistor (MN2) connecting the elementary point (XL) to the corresponding line (L′i) receiving the first signal and a second transistor (MN1) a first electrode of which is connected to the gate of the first transistor, the gate of which is linked to the corresponding column (C′j) receiving the second signal and the second electrode of which is connected to a reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: FRANCOIS MAURICE
  • Patent number: 6359608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for addressing a flat screen composed of lines and columns, with pixels located at their intersections, characterized in that, at the start of each sampling of the video signal to be displayed on the screen, a voltage (Vr) higher than the working voltage range (V) is applied to the selected pixel for a time tr, then the working voltage is sampled for a time ts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Thomson LCD
    Inventors: Hughes Lebrun, Francois Maurice, Eric Sanson, Bruno Mourey