Patents by Inventor Gerard Gabriel Miraucourt

Gerard Gabriel Miraucourt 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).

  • Centripetal air-bleed system
    Patent number: 6648592
    Abstract: A centripetal-flow airbleed system for a gas-turbine engine including an annular support affixed to first and second disks of a compressor of the engine and having a plurality of peripherally spaced orifices defined along the radius thereof, a plurality of airbleed tubes each mounted in a substantially radial manner in one of the orifices of the annular support, and a vibration reduction device for reducing vibrations of the airbleed tubes. The device includes a plurality of damping tubes each mounted in one of the orifices of the annular support. The radially inner end of the damping tube encloses a portion of the airbleed tube and delimits an annular space defined therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Didier René André Escure, Patrick Didier Michel Lestoille, Gérard Gabriel Miraucourt, Pascal Didier Vareille
  • Centripetal air-bleed system
    Publication number: 20020182059
    Abstract: A centripetal-flow airbleed system for a gas-turbine engine including an annular support affixed to first and second disks of a compressor of the engine and having a plurality of peripherally spaced orifices defined along the radius thereof, a plurality of airbleed tubes each mounted in a substantially radial manner in one of the orifices of the annular support, and a vibration reduction device for reducing vibrations of the airbleed tubes. The device includes a plurality of damping tubes each mounted in one of the orifices of the annular support. The radially inner end of the damping tube encloses a portion of the airbleed tube and delimits an annular space defined therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Didier Rene Andre Escure, Patrick Didier Michel Lestoille, Gerard Gabriel Miraucourt, Pascal Didier Vareille