Patents by Inventor Gilles Alain Marie Charier

Gilles Alain Marie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240229723
    Abstract: A turbomachine including a low-pressure shaft, a stator supporting the low-pressure shaft by bearings including a rear bearing; an electrical machine located at a rear portion of the turbomachine and including a rotor disconnectably driven by the low-pressure shaft and a stator surrounding the rotor and attached to the stator of the turbomachine; the turbomachine includes a journal for supporting the rotor of the electrical machine, the journal including a shaft segment releasably attached to a rear end of the low-pressure shaft by extending the low-pressure shaft, a frame to which the rotor of the electrical machine is attached and which surrounds the shaft segment, and at least one bearing mounted between the frame and the shaft segment; and a sleeve that is axially movable about the low-pressure shaft and/or the shaft segment that is rotationally connected to the low-pressure shaft and the shaft segment
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Romain TRUCO, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET
  • Publication number: 20240183284
    Abstract: Fan module for an aircraft turbine engine, the module including a fan having variable-pitch blades and an oil-transfer device configured to transfer oil between a stator and a rotor. The device includes a stator ring having internal oil ducts, a shaft engaged in the ring and having internal oil ducts, and a plain bearing and rolling bearings which are mounted between the ring and the shaft, the ring including first fluidic-connection ports which are configured to cooperate by male-female engagement with ends of oil-supply sockets during blind assembly of the device by axial translation downstream of the device as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Caroline Marie FRANZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Herve Christian Denis MAINE, Serge Rene MORREALE
  • Publication number: 20240167421
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbine engine includes a fan with a fan shaft and variable-pitch fan blades. The fan module further includes an oil transfer device transfers oil between a stator and an actuator that controls the pitch of the fan blades the device includes a stator ring having an inner cylindrical surface and internal oil ducts, each of which opens onto the inner cylindrical surface. A shaft is engaged in the stator ring and capable of rotating rotates about an axis inside the ring. The shaft includes an outer cylindrical surface extending inside said inner cylindrical surface. The shaft has internal oil ducts, each of which opens onto said outer cylindrical surface. A rolling bearing is mounted between the ring and the shaft, on each side of the plain bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Antoine Pierre Albert MARIOT, Serge René MORREALE, Sébastien ORIOL
  • Patent number: 11913385
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft that rotates about an axis, a fan, a fan shaft that drives the fan about the axis, a reduction mechanism coupling the drive and fan shafts, a compression section driven by the drive shaft, and an inlet channel that extends between the fan and the compression section. The inlet channel includes inner and outer ferrules delimiting an air inlet flow path, the inner ferrule having a minimum radius. The reduction mechanism includes two reduction stages including two or more planet gears circumferentially distributed around the axis, each planet gear including a first portion meshed with the drive shaft and a second portion meshed with the fan shaft and being mounted fixed with respect to the inner ferrule and having a maximum radius greater than the minimum radius such that the air inlet flow path extends partly between the two or more planet gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Matthieu Bruno François Foglia, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11891967
    Abstract: A turbofan includes a fan, a casing positioned downstream of the fan and separating a primary flowpath from a secondary flowpath, a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine being arranged in the primary flowpath, the turbofan having a differential transmission coupled to the turbine, and a power supply device configured to provide additional power to the one provided by the turbine to drive the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Henri Yesilcimen, Caroline Marie Frantz, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Nathalie Nowakowski, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kévin Morgane Lemarchand, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin
  • Publication number: 20230383698
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft that rotates about an axis, a fan, a fan shaft that drives the fan about the axis, a reduction mechanism coupling the drive and fan shafts, a compression section driven by the drive shaft, and an inlet channel that extends between the fan and the compression section. The inlet channel includes inner and outer ferrules delimiting an air inlet flow path, the inner ferrule having a minimum radius. The reduction mechanism includes two reduction stages including two or more planet gears circumferentially distributed around the axis, each planet gear including a first portion meshed with the drive shaft and a second portion meshed with the fan shaft and being mounted fixed with respect to the inner ferrule and having a maximum radius greater than the minimum radius such that the air inlet flow path extends partly between the two or more planet gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Matthieu Bruno Francois FOGLIA, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Patent number: 11802515
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft, a fan, a fan shaft, and a reduction device coupling the drive and fan shafts. The reduction device includes a first reduction stage and a second reduction state, and include a sun gear, centered on an axis of rotation of the drive and fan shafts and driven in rotation by the drive shaft, a ring gear, coaxial with the sun gear and that drives the fan shaft in rotation about the axis, and planet gears distributed circumferentially about the axis between the sun and ring gears, each planet gear including a first portion which is meshed with the sun gear and a second portion which is meshed with the ring gear, a diameter of the first portion being different from a diameter of the second portion, and an oil transfer bearing positioned between the fan and the reduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Maeva Daphné Gros-Borot, Matthieu Bruno François Foglia, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11772778
    Abstract: The invention describes a system for controlling the cyclic setting of blades (1) of a turbine engine propeller, the blades (1) being arranged in a plane normal to the axis of rotation (r) of the propeller, the system comprising: —a plate assembly (40) that can be tilted relative to the normal plane (P), —an articulation system (50) articulating the plate assembly (40) relative to the blades (1) such that tilting the plate assembly (40) modifies the setting of the blades (1), —a force sensor (5) designed to measure a force applied in the normal plane (P) by an air flow at the inlet of the propeller blades (1), —a cylinder (60) suitable for tilting the plate assembly (40) in response to a force measured by the force sensor (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tewfik Boudebiza, Julien Michel Patrick Christian Austruy, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Cedrik Djelassi
  • Publication number: 20230271695
    Abstract: A turbine engine module having longitudinal axis X including an unducted propeller for rotating about the longitudinal axis X; —at least one flow straightener wiht a plurality of stator vanes extends substantially along a radial axis Z, each stator vane having a root and a blade rising radially from the root; and—a pitch change system for changing the pitch of the stator vanes. At least two adjacent stator vanes are connected to each other by at least one retaining member coupled to the blades of the stator vanes by at least one pivot shaft and mounted radially from the root of the stator vanes. The pivot shaft extends along a pivot axis B coaxial with the pitch adjustment axis A to enable the stator vanes to pivot about the pivot axis B. An anti-vibration unit dampens vibration of the pivot shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER
  • Publication number: 20230265813
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft movable in rotation about an axis of rotation, a low-pressure compressor driven in rotation by the drive shaft, the low-pressure compressor having a mean radius, a fan shaft, a fan driven in rotation by the fan shaft, a reduction mechanism coupling the drive shaft and the fan shaft, having a reduction ratio, and an inlet channel which extends between the fan and the low-pressure compressor, the inlet channel having an inlet adjacent to the fan and an outlet opposite the inlet and adjacent to the low-pressure compressor, the inlet having a mean radius. A first ratio between a ratio of a mean radius of the inlet channel and the mean radius of the low-pressure compressor, and the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism, is strictly less than 0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Maeva Daphné GROS-BOROT, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Matthieu Bruno Francois FOGLIA, Coroline Marie FRANTZ, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Patent number: 11725592
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft movable about an axis of rotation, a fan, a fan shaft that drives the fan, and a reduction device coupling the drive shaft and the fan shaft. The reduction device has first and second reduction stages and includes a sun gear, centered on the axis and driven by the drive shaft, a ring gear that is coaxial with the sun gear and that drives the fan shaft about the axis, and planet gears distributed circumferentially about the axis between the sun gear and the ring gear. Each planet gear includes a first portion meshed with the sun gear and a second portion meshed with the ring gear. A diameter of the first portion is different from a diameter of the second portion, and the first portion of the planet gears extend between the second portion of the planet gears and the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11719107
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11692453
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a gas generator and a fan arranged upstream from the gas generator and configured to generate a main gas flow, one portion of which flows in a flow path of the gas generator to form a primary flow, and another portion of which flows in a flow path around the gas generator to form a secondary flow. The gas generator includes a low-pressure compressor that includes a rotor driving the fan. The turbine engine further includes an electric machine. The electric machine includes a rotor rotated by the rotor of the low-pressure compressor, and a stator extending around the rotor of the electric machine and configured to be cooled by the primary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11692512
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbine engine, this module comprising a fan and an electrical machine, such that the electrical machine is coaxially mounted downstream of the fan and comprises a rotor coupled to rotate with the fan and an annular member with generally C-shaped axial cross-section, the opening of which is axially orientated and receives the rotor, this member comprising a radially outer portion forming a stator, and a radially inner portion forming a support for bearings guiding the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Loic Paul Yves Guillotel, Tewfik Boudebiza, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Vincent Francois Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11643941
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a gas generator and a fan arranged upstream of the gas generator and configured to generate a main gas flow, of which one portion flows in a stream from the gas generator to form a primary flow, and of which another portion flows in a stream around the gas generator to form a secondary flow. The gas generator includes a low pressure body having a rotor driving the fan by means of a crown of a mechanical planetary reduction gear. The turbine engine further includes an electrical machine mounted coaxially around the reduction gear and having a rotor rotated by the crown of the reduction gear, and a stator extending around the rotor of the electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz
  • Patent number: 11591987
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine, including a fan that is able to rotate inside a casing, and an electric machine including a rotor secured to the fan and a stator secured to the casing, wherein the rotor of the electric machine includes a ring that is able to rotate inside the stator, which is linked by arms to a cone mounted upstream from the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Loic Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent Francois Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11572889
    Abstract: A blade pivot of adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub includes: a block having a retaining device configured to retain a fan blade root and a coupling device for the transmission of a torque; a ball type rolling bearing for taking up centrifugal forces having an inner ring; a clamping nut screwed onto an external thread of the block in order to clamp the inner ring of the ball type rolling bearing for taking up centrifugal forces to the block; a rolling bearing for taking up transverse forces; a pitch setting transmission ring positioned inside the inner radial end of the block and equipped with a coupling device cooperating with the coupling device of the block, and a device for locking the pitch setting transmission ring on the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent François Georges Millier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11560809
    Abstract: An electric module of a fan includes a fan provided with blades which are rotatably movable inside a casing, and an electric machine having a rotor secured to the fan and a stator integrated into said casing. The rotor of the electric machine is integrated into the fan and includes a removable ring which captures axially and transversely from the radially outer ends the blades of the fan and which is received inside said stator which is integrated into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Publication number: 20230019277
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a drive shaft, a fan, a fan shaft, and a reduction device coupling the drive and fan shafts. The reduction device includes a first reduction stage and a second reduction state, and include a sun gear, centered on an axis of rotation of the drive and fan shafts and driven in rotation by the drive shaft, a ring gear, coaxial with the sun gear and that drives the fan shaft in rotation about the axis, and planet gears distributed circumferentially about the axis between the sun and ring gears, each planet gear including a first portion which is meshed with the sun gear and a second portion which is meshed with the ring gear, a diameter of the first portion being different from a diameter of the second portion, and an oil transfer bearing positioned between the fan and the reduction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Maeva Daphné GROS-BOROT, Matthieu Bruno François FOGLIA, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Publication number: 20230013650
    Abstract: An aero-propulsion system includes a drive shaft, a low-pressure compressor, a fan shaft driving a fan, a reduction device that couples the drive shaft and the fan shaft, and an inlet channel which extends between the fan and the low-pressure compressor, the inlet having a predetermined mean radius, a ratio between a mean radius of the inlet channel and the mean radius of the low-pressure compressor, on the one hand, and the reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism, on the other hand, being less than 0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Maeva Daphné GROS-BOROT, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Matthieu Bruno François FOGLIA, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Adrien Louis SIMON