Patents by Inventor Gilles Alain Charier

Gilles Alain Charier 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: 11174781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powerplant of an aircraft including at least one twin-spool gas generator of longitudinal axis (XX), at least one main fan arranged upstream of the gas generator on the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven in rotation by the gas generator, the main fan being shrouded with a main fan housing; and at least one auxiliary fan with axis (XY, XY?) offset relative to the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven by the gas generator, the auxiliary fan being shrouded with an auxiliary fan housing, the gas generator including at least one low-pressure compressor and a low-pressure turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft, the low-pressure turbine driving in rotation the main fan and the auxiliary fan via at least one power transmission system including a differential gear system incorporating a bevel gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurent Soulat, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski, Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Adrien Pierre Jean Pertat, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner
  • Patent number: 11059597
    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage, a lateral support wing (1) and a propulsion assembly (100) mounted under the wing. The wing includes at least two structural spars (11ba, 11bf) extending from the fuselage toward the tip of the wing, one of these (11ba) being upstream and the other (11bf) downstream. The propulsion assembly includes a gas generator (106) and at least two offset fans (102, 104) arranged on either side of the axis of the gas generator. The offset fans (102, 104) are attached directly to one of the spars (11ba, 11bf) and the gas generator (106) is attached directly to the two spars. The leading edge of the wing forms a given sweep of angle (?) with the axis of the fuselage. The two offset fans (102, 104) are axially offset from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bruno Albert Beutin, Nicolas Maurice Herve Aussedat, Nicolas Alain Bader, Philippe Gerard Chanez, Gilles Alain Charier, Mathieu Lallia, Lionel Jean Leon Lefranc, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Herve Jean Albert Mouton, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Ludovic Michael Laurent Toupet, Christian Sylvain Vessot, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 11052994
    Abstract: A turbine engine module including an upstream propulsive unit including a propellers doublet that are upstream and downstream, respectively mounted around an axis, a power turbine shaft with axis of rotation intended for rotating the propellers doublet, a speed reducer connected to the propellers doublet and driven by the shaft, and, a pitch-changing system including a cylinder that controls the pitch of the blades of the upstream propeller the rotational axis of the propellers doublet is shifted in relation to that of the shaft. The cylinder is placed downstream of the reducer, and the pitch-changing system includes a shaft for controlling the pitch of the blades that connect the cylinder to the blades of the upstream propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Thomas Julien Nguyen Van
  • Patent number: 11015521
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly comprising at least a main turbine mounted along a longitudinal axis, at least one main fan arranged upstream of the main turbine along the longitudinal axis and driven in rotation by the said main turbine, the said main fan being ducted by a main fan casing, an auxiliary turbine mounted along the longitudinal axis, the auxiliary turbine being independent of the main turbine, an auxiliary fan of axis offset with respect to the longitudinal axis and driven by the auxiliary turbine, the auxiliary fan being ducted by an auxiliary fan casing, the main casing being separate and distinct from the auxiliary casing so as respectively to generate a main secondary flow and an auxiliary secondary flow which remain independent of one another until they are discharged into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Adrien Pierre Jean Pertat, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner, Laurent Soulat, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10850859
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a wing having a first upstream spar and a second downstream spar extending in the direction of the span of said wing, and at least one propulsion unit supported by the wing. The propulsion unit includes a turboprop engine and a propeller. The propeller includes an external annular casing fixed to a suction surface of the wing, and at least to the first upstream spar via at least one first and second fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20200247528
    Abstract: A turbine engine module including an upstream propulsive unit including a propellers doublet that are upstream and downstream, respectively mounted around an axis, a power turbine shaft with axis of rotation intended for rotating the propellers doublet, a speed reducer connected to the propellers doublet and driven by the shaft, and, a pitch-changing system including a cylinder that controls the pitch of the blades of the upstream propeller the rotational axis of the propellers doublet is shifted in relation to that of the shaft. The cylinder is placed downstream of the reducer, and the pitch-changing system includes a shaft for controlling the pitch of the blades that connect the cylinder to the blades of the upstream propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Gilles Alain CHARIER, Thomas Julien NGUYEN VAN
  • Patent number: 10584641
    Abstract: Engine comprising a propeller unit with a pair of contrarotating propellers (31, 32), a gas generator (5) supplying a power turbine (53), the pair of propellers being rotationally driven by the shaft (53A) of the power turbine via a speed reduction gearbox, the axis of rotation (XX) of the pair of propellers not being coaxial with that (YY) of the power turbine, the speed reduction gearbox comprising a differential gearset (7) and a first stage (6) comprising a simple gearset connecting the turbine shaft (53A) and the differential gearset (7), the engine air intake comprising an air intake duct (11), the air intake duct (11) being in the shape of a lobe adjacent to the assembly formed by the simple gearset and the differential gearset (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Didier Rene Andre Escure, Jean-Francois Endy Bersot, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Thomas Julien Nguyen Van, Jean Philippe Pierre-Alain Reigner
  • Patent number: 10557415
    Abstract: A non-faired propeller turbo-engine includes a gas generator and a propulsion unit that is separated from the gas generator by an intermediate housing. The turbo-engine includes a housing and a radially internal ferrule that are coaxial and are connected by hollow radial arms. The housing of the turbo-engine also defines, in part, a gas flow duct of a secondary gas flow. Each radial arm is hollow and is traversed by at least one service of the turbo-engine. Additionally, at least one arm is traversed by a ventilation gas circulation duct from the secondary gas flow and which leads to at least one component from among a power turbine and a mechanical transmission of said propulsion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Jean-Christophe Duffet
  • Patent number: 10495005
    Abstract: An epicyclic gear device for driving rotation of a first blade set of a turbine engine, the device: including a sunwheel centered on a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine and connected to a rotor of the engine in order to be driven in rotation; at least one planet meshing with the sunwheel; a planet carrier rotatably carrying the planet and connected to a first blade set in order to drive it in rotation; and a ring meshing with the planet; the sunwheel being connected to the rotor via a first constant velocity ball transmission joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Julien Michel Patrick Christian Austruy, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier
  • Patent number: 10119409
    Abstract: A system, including: a linear actuator axially arranged in a first propeller and rotatably secured thereto, a first linking mechanism connecting a rod of the linear actuator to a second propeller to change a setting of blades thereof, and including an intermediate bearing between the propellers, which is capable of transmitting translation of the rod of the linear actuator and disconnecting a rotatable link to the first propeller to make it possible to change the setting of the blades of the second propeller rotated in an opposite direction to the first propeller, and a second linking mechanism combined with blades of the first propeller to change a setting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Wouter Balk
  • Publication number: 20180281978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage, a lateral support wing (1) and propulsion assembly (100) mounted under the wing, the wing comprising at least two structural spars (11ba, 11bf) extending from the fuselage toward the tip of the wing, one of these (11ba) being upstream and the other (11bf) downstream, and the propulsion assembly comprising a gas generator (106) and at least two offset fans (102, 104) arranged on either side of the axis of the gas generator. The aircraft is characterized in that the offset fans (102, 104) are attached directly to one of the said spars (11ba, 11bf) and the gas generator (106) is attached directly to the two spars. In particular, with the leading edge of the wing forming a given sweep of angle (?) with the axis of the fuselage, the two offset fans (102, 104) are axially offset from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Bruno Albert BEUTIN, Nicolas Maurice Herve AUSSEDAT, Nicolas Alain BADER, Philippe Gerard CHANEZ, Gilles Alain CHARIER, Mathieu LALLIA, Lionel Jean Leon LEFRANC, Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Herve Jean Albert MOUTON, Nicolas Joseph SIRVIN, Ludovic Michael Laurent TOUPET, Christian Sylvain VESSOT, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20180283272
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly comprising at least a main turbine mounted along a longitudinal axis, at least one main fan arranged upstream of the main turbine along the longitudinal axis and driven in rotation by the said main turbine, the said main fan being ducted by a main fan casing, an auxiliary turbine mounted along the longitudinal axis, the auxiliary turbine being independent of the main turbine, an auxiliary fan of axis offset with respect to the longitudinal axis and driven by the auxiliary turbine, the auxiliary fan being ducted by an auxiliary fan casing, the main casing being separate and distinct from the auxiliary casing so as respectively to generate a main secondary flow and an auxiliary secondary flow which remain independent of one another until they are discharged into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Augustin Marc Michel Curlier, Adrien Pierre Jean Pertat, Pierre- Alain Jean Philippe Reigner, Laurent Soulat, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20180266316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a powerplant of an aircraft including at least one twin-spool gas generator of longitudinal axis (XX), at least one main fan arranged upstream of the gas generator on the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven in rotation by the gas generator, the main fan being shrouded with a main fan housing; and at least one auxiliary fan with axis (XY, XY?) offset relative to the longitudinal axis (XX) and driven by the gas generator, the auxiliary fan being shrouded with an auxiliary fan housing, the gas generator including at least one low-pressure compressor and a low-pressure turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft, the low-pressure turbine driving in rotation the main fan and the auxiliary fan via at least one power transmission system including a differential gear system incorporating a bevel gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Laurent SOULAT, Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Tewfik BOUDEBIZA, Gilles Alain CHARIER, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Augustin Marc Michel CURLIER, Adrien Pierre Jean PERTAT, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe REIGNER
  • Patent number: 10023320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propulsion unit comprising a pair of contra-rotating coaxial propellers, that are referred to as upstream (2) and downstream (3), the downstream propeller, forming a rotating reference frame, being mounted for rotation about a central member forming a stationary reference frame, and being provided with a device for changing the pitch of the blades, characterized in that the downstream propeller is supported by bearings arranged externally on the cylindrical central support, an upstream bearing (40) of which is arranged downstream of a device for changing the pitch of the blades of the upstream propeller, and in that said device for changing the pitch of the downstream propeller comprises a linear actuator (23) in the stationary reference frame with an element (235) that is able to move axially along the axis of the downstream propeller, the upstream bearing comprising an inner ring that is rigidly connected to the linear actuator and an outer ring that is rigidly connected t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Denis Louis Bocquet, Gilles Alain Charier
  • Patent number: 10006539
    Abstract: The epicyclic reduction gear comprises a planetary input shaft, planet gears meshing around said shaft and supported by a planet carrier, and two transverse sides. According to the invention, the reduction gear comprises at least one fluid transfer pipe suitable for being connected to a fluid supply source and passing through the planet carrier, being linked in rotation to same, from a first of said transverse sides of the reduction gear to a second of said transverse sides of the latter in order to open on the outside of the reduction gear and dispense the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier
  • Publication number: 20180128183
    Abstract: Engine comprising a propeller unit with a pair of contrarotating propellers (31, 32), a gas generator (5) supplying a power turbine (53), the pair of propellers being rotationally driven by the shaft (53A) of the power turbine via a speed reduction gearbox, the axis of rotation (XX) of the pair of propellers not being coaxial with that (YY) of the power turbine, the speed reduction gearbox comprising a differential gearset (7) and a first stage (6) comprising a simple gearset connecting the turbine shaft (53A) and the differential gearset (7), the engine air intake comprising an air intake duct (11), the air intake duct (11) being in the shape of a lobe adjacent to the assembly formed by the simple gearset and the differential gearset (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Didier Rene Andre ESCURE, Jean-Francois Endy BERSOT, Tewfik BOUDEBIZA, Gilles Alain CHARIER, Thomas Julien NGUYEN VAN, Jean Philippe Pierre-Alain REIGNER
  • Patent number: 9849970
    Abstract: A turbo engine includes a system for changing a pitch of blades of a propeller, the system including an annular fluid cylinder with a linear drive and a link mechanism linking the cylinder to the blades of the propeller to change an orientation of the propeller. The annular cylinder of the system can be rigidly mounted on a fixed housing supporting the propeller and internal to the propeller, unlike the blades mounted in an external rotating hub of the propeller, and the link mechanism includes a displacement transfer bearing fixed, on one side, to the mobile part of the cylinder and cooperating, on the other side, with a mechanism linking to the blades of the rotating hub of the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: SNECMA, GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Didier Rene Andre Escure, Denis Louis Bocquet, Gilles Alain Charier, Aleksander Szymandera, Marek Malitka, Jan Sikorski, Christopher Carrington
  • Publication number: 20170240286
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a wing having a first upstream longeron and a second downstream longeron extending in the direction of the span of said wing, and at least one propulsion unit supported by the wing. The propulsion unit includes a turboprop engine and a propeller. The propeller includes an external annular casing fixed to a suction surface of the wing, and at least to the first upstream longeron via at least one first and second fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 9708053
    Abstract: A device for supplying oil under pressure to a linear actuator of a turbine engine, in which the actuator includes an internal fixed portion and an external movable portion and a regulating device for regulating and supplying oil to chambers of the actuator, is provided. The regulating device is mounted radially outside the movable portion of the actuator, and the fixed portion of the actuator includes on its upstream end portion oil passage channels of which the outlets open radially outwards. The device further includes an oil distribution ring which is mounted on the upstream end portion of the fixed portion and which includes internal conduits of which the inlets communicate with the outlets of the channels of the fixed portion and the outlets open axially downstream and are connected to the regulating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Gilles Alain Charier
  • Patent number: 9644487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixed turbine engine receiver part comprising a fixed hollow shaft for carrying ancillary systems of a turbine engine, centered on the turbine engine axis, turbine engine ancillary systems, an assembly for holding ancillary systems in position situated inside the fixed hollow shaft. The assembly for holding ancillary systems in position comprises at least one first ancillary system support ring, having an axis substantially parallel with the turbine engine axis, a first distance sleeve for holding the first ancillary system support ring in position, having an axis substantially parallel with the turbine engine axis, the first distance sleeve bearing against the first support ring, such that the first support ring comprises a plurality of mutually separated through holes, each through hole defining a passage for at least one ancillary system, each through hole being traversed by at least one of the ancillary systems of the turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nadege Hugon, Gilles Alain Charier