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).

  • Patent number: 11421603
    Abstract: Turbojet engine includes a fan, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine configured to rotatably drive the fan via a first reduction gear and the compressor via a second reduction gear, in which an outlet of the first reduction gear is rotatably coupled to an inlet of the second reduction gear by a reduction shaft, the reduction shaft being supported by a bearing arranged between the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nathalie Nowakowski, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kévin Morgane Lemarchand, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin, Henri Yesilcimen
  • Patent number: 11396821
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11293300
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a low-pressure body and a high-pressure body, as well as means for drawing power on said low-pressure body, said means having a first shaft for drawing power, the radially inner end of said first shaft bearing a first bevel gear meshed with a first idler bevel wheel driven by the low-pressure body, the turbine engine further having a first annular bearing support which extends about an axis and is rigidly connected to a stator. The first bearing support includes a first cylindrical portion which extends coaxially with a second substantially cylindrical portion of the idler wheel, said first and second portions being guided one inside the other by bearings, and the idler wheel is driven by the low-pressure body by means of an annular damping piece which is independent of the first bearing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11268450
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising a ducted fan, a low-pressure turbine shaft and a reduction gearbox housed in a casing between the fan and the low-pressure turbine shaft, the fan rotor supplying airflow to a primary stream and a secondary stream and comprising a hub of diameter D1, wherein—the diameter D3 of the fan rotor is greater than 82 inches (2.08 metres), —the pressure ratio of the fan is between 1.10 and 1.35, the turbomachine comprises a low-pressure compressor separate from the fan, the reduction gearbox being interposed between the fan rotor and a turbine shaft of the low-pressure compressor, and wherein the reduction gearbox casing has an outside diameter D2 greater than the diameter D1 of the hub, the pitch diameter D4 of the reduction gearbox ring being between 0.15 and 0.35 times the fan rotor diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Nathalie Nowakowski, Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Matthieu Pierre Michel Dubosc, Dominique Gerhardt Mayhew
  • Publication number: 20220018357
    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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent François Georges MILLIER, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Patent number: 11225317
    Abstract: A device for controlling pitch of fan blades of a turbine engine including an un-ducted fan, the device including: at least one set of fan blades of adjustable pitch, the set being constrained to rotate with a rotary ring centered on a longitudinal axis and mechanically connected to a turbine rotor, each blade of the set being mounted on a blade root support that is pivotally mounted on the rotary ring; and at least one radial control shaft adjusting pitch of at least two adjacent blades of the set, the control shaft being constrained to rotate with the rotary ring and being configured to pivot about an axis of the shaft, being coupled to the blade root supports of the at least two blades of the set to adjust their pitch via a transmission system including eccentrics connected together by at least one connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tewfik Boudebiza, Olivier Belmonte, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner
  • Publication number: 20220003123
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20210396141
    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 has a low-pressure body with a rotor driving the fan and a low-pressure compressor situated upstream from an intermediate housing. The turbine engine also includes an electric machine, mounted coaxially downstream from the fan and upstream from the intermediate housing. An intermediate shaft is driven by the rotor of the low-pressure body and drives rotors of the electric machine and of the low-pressure compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Publication number: 20210396147
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric module (11) of a fan of axis A, comprising a fan (12) provided with blades (13) which are rotatably movable inside a casing (40), and an electric machine comprising a rotor (60) secured to the fan (12) and a stator (66) integrated into said casing (40), characterized in that the rotor (60) of the electric machine is integrated into the fan (12) and in that it comprises a removable ring (62) which captures only axially and transversely from the radially outer ends (64) the blades (13) of the fan (12) and which is received inside said stator (66) which is integrated into the casing (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Publication number: 20210396193
    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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Loic Paul Yves GUILLOTEL, Tewfik BOUDEBIZA, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Vincent Francois Georges MILLIER
  • Publication number: 20210396149
    Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine (10), comprising a gas generator (12) and a blower (14) arranged upstream of the gas generator and configured to generate a main gas flow (F), of which one portion flows in a stream from the gas generator to form a primary flow (36), and of which another portion flows in a stream around the gas generator to form a secondary flow (38), the gas generator comprising a low pressure body (12a) which comprises a rotor driving the fan by means of a crown of a mechanical planetary reduction gear (33), the turbine engine further comprising an electrical machine (62), characterised in that the electrical machine is mounted coaxially around the reduction gear and comprises a rotor (62a) rotated by the crown (33a) of the reduction gear, and a stator (62b) extending around the rotor of the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz
  • Publication number: 20210396244
    Abstract: A fan module including variable-pitch blades, a fan rotor bearing the blades of the fan, each mounted to pivot about a pitch axis; a fan shaft extending along a longitudinal axis X inside the fan rotor and driving the fan rotor in rotation. A power shaft drives the fan shaft with a planetary gear speed reducer At least a first and a second bearing guide the rotation of the fan rotor, housed inside a lubrication chamber. A system varies the pitch of the fan blades, including a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a controller acting on the connecting mechanism. The first bearing is disposed upstream of the speed reducer and the second bearing is disposed downstream of the speed reducer. The fan rotor is connected to the fan shaft by an annular trunnion extending at least along an upstream portion of the lubrication chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Olivier FORMICA, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
  • Publication number: 20210381388
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20210355893
    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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Loic Paul Yves GUILLOTEL, Vincent Francois Georges MILLIER
  • Publication number: 20210355840
    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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Publication number: 20210348566
    Abstract: Turbojet engine includes a fan, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine configured to rotatably drive the fan via a first reduction gear and the compressor via a second reduction gear, in which an outlet of the first reduction gear is rotatably coupled to an inlet of the second reduction gear by a reduction shaft, the reduction shaft being supported by a bearing arranged between the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Kévin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT, Jonathan Evert VLASTUIN, Henri YESILCIMEN
  • Publication number: 20210317800
    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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: 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: 20210164358
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a low-pressure body and a high-pressure body, as well as means for drawing power on said low-pressure body, said means having a first shaft for drawing power, the radially inner end of said first shaft bearing a first bevel gear meshed with a first idler bevel wheel driven by the low-pressure body, the turbine engine further having a first annular bearing support which extends about an axis and is rigidly connected to a stator. The first bearing support includes a first cylindrical portion which extends coaxially with a second substantially cylindrical portion of the idler wheel, said first and second portions being guided one inside the other by bearings, and the idler wheel is driven by the low-pressure body by means of an annular damping piece which is independent of the first bearing support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 10899432
    Abstract: Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a propulsion system that includes: a rotor supporting the blades, and including an internal shaft and an external shroud, defining between them a space; a pitch control device (22) of the blades that includes a load transfer bearing; a feathering device of the blades; said feathering device includes at least one lever that is articulated around a fixed axis (A) in relation to the rotor, where said lever features a first end located outside said space and a second end located inside said space, and where a flyweight is fastened to the first end and the second end is coupled to said bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Kevin Morgane Lemarchand
  • Patent number: 10662776
    Abstract: An assembly includes a one-piece bladed disk, at least one low-pressure compressor rotor, and a low-pressure compressor shaft. The bladed disk and the low-pressure compressor rotor are both adapted to be shrunk onto the low-pressure compressor shaft and mechanically attached to it by sets of splines. At least one clamping member blocks axially the different collars with respect to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Laurent Louis Perrier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Gilles Alain Marie Charier