Patents by Inventor Gerard Clere

Gerard Clere 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: 20240317415
    Abstract: A propulsion unit includes a fairing delimiting a flow conduit for a secondary flow. This fairing comprises includes panels, at least one of which is articulated on a mast via connecting members such as clevises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick André BOILEAU, Gérard CLERE, Jean-Philippe JORET
  • Patent number: 12060850
    Abstract: A door for a thrust reverser of a propulsion assembly, the door being provided with a flexible baffle. The baffle is configured to change state by moving from a folded position to an unfolded position, and vice versa, depending on the configuration of the reverser. When the reverser is in reverse jet configuration, the door is open and the baffle is in an unfolded position in order to direct a flow of gas upstream of the propulsion assembly, thus generating a counter-thrust. When the reverser is in direct jet configuration, the door is closed and the baffle is in a folded position so as to cancel or minimise interference caused by the baffle in the flow of gas passing through the propulsion assembly and thus generating a thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Gerard Clere, Alexandre Phi
  • Publication number: 20220316426
    Abstract: A door for a thrust reverser of a propulsion assembly, the door being provided with a flexible baffle. The baffle is configured to change state by moving from a folded position to an unfolded position, and vice versa, depending on the configuration of the reverser. When the reverser is in reverse jet configuration, the door is open and the baffle is in an unfolded position in order to direct a flow of gas upstream of the propulsion assembly, thus generating a counter-thrust. When the reverser is in direct jet configuration, the door is closed and the baffle is in a folded position so as to cancel or minimise interference caused by the baffle in the flow of gas passing through the propulsion assembly and thus generating a thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Gerard CLERE, Alexandre PHI
  • Patent number: 10036349
    Abstract: An afterbody for a turbojet engine having a central axis, provided with a nozzle comprising two doors facing each other between two lateral beams. The doors pivot around axes defining a pivot direction, between a retracted position, in which a middle portion of the downstream edge of the doors forms the edge of the outlet section of the nozzle combined with the downstream edges of the two lateral beams, and a deployed position, in which the middle portions of the downstream edges of the pivoting doors come together so as to block the channel between the two lateral beams in order to reverse the thrust of the turbojet engine gases. The edge of the outlet section of the nozzle further having a crown of noise-reducing chevrons alternating with indentations and the afterbody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: SNECMA, AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Irwin Kernemp, Jonathan Langridge, Sébastien Pascal, Denis Guillois, Gérard Clere, Loïc Chapelain
  • Publication number: 20160215728
    Abstract: An afterbody for a turbojet engine having a central axis, provided with a nozzle comprising two doors mounted facing each other between two lateral beams pivoting around axes defining a pivot direction, between a retracted position, in which a middle portion of the downstream edge of said doors forms the edge of the outlet section of the nozzle combined with the downstream edges of the two lateral beams, and a deployed position, in which said middle portions of the downstream edges of the pivoting doors come together so as to block the channel between the two lateral beams in order to reverse the thrust of the turbojet engine gases, the edge of the outlet section of the nozzle further having a crown of noise-reducing chevrons alternating with indentations and the afterbody wherein each noise-reducing chevron formed on the middle portion of the downstream edge of a pivoting door is opposite an indentation in the middle portion of the other pivoting door in the direction perpendicular to said pivot direction, t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: SNECMA, AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Irwin Kernemp, Jonathan Langridge, Sébastien Pascal, Denis Guillois, Gérard Clere, Loïc Chapelain
  • Publication number: 20100287910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle (1) that comprises a first cowling (7) and a second cowling (9) capable of covering in particular the area (15) located around the casing of the fan (19) of a turbojet engine (3). The nacelle further includes an intermediate cowling (23) attached to said first cowling (7) so as to sandwich a mast (5) holding said turbojet engine (3). The second cowling (9) is mounted onto the intermediate cowling (23) via removable fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Andre Baillard, Gerard Clere