Patents by Inventor Gilles BEGIN

Gilles BEGIN 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).

  • Torsional vibration damper
    Patent number: 11448092
    Abstract: A rotor assembly has a drive shaft and a bladed rotor mounted to the drive shaft for rotation therewith. A dampening material is bonded to the rotor at a location where there is torsional strain energy present. Shear forces in the damping material are used to convert the torsional strain energy into heat energy, thereby providing torsional vibration damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Gilles Begin
  • TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER
    Publication number: 20210222585
    Abstract: A rotor assembly has a drive shaft and a bladed rotor mounted to the drive shaft for rotation therewith. A dampening material is bonded to the rotor at a location where there is torsional strain energy present. Shear forces in the damping material are used to convert the torsional strain energy into heat energy, thereby providing torsional vibration damping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Gilles BEGIN
  • Fan nose cone and dynamic tuning of aircrafts
    Patent number: 10947995
    Abstract: A method for tuning a vibration response of an aircraft system is disclosed, where the aircraft system comprises an airframe and at least one engine dynamically coupled, the at least one engine having an engine rotor including a nose cone. The method comprises obtaining a range of frequencies associated with at least one resonance mode of the aircraft system and adding mass within the nose cone to offset at least one dominant excitation frequency of the turbofan engine outside the range of frequencies associated with the at least one resonance mode of the aircraft system. A method of tuning dynamic coupling of an aircraft system comprising an airframe and an engine mounted thereto is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Jean Thomassin, Lena Raykowski, Gilles Begin, Ahmed Abdelrahman
  • FAN NOSE CONE AND DYNAMIC TUNING OF AIRCRAFTS
    Publication number: 20210062829
    Abstract: A method for tuning a vibration response of an aircraft system is disclosed, where the aircraft system comprises an airframe and at least one engine dynamically coupled, the at least one engine having an engine rotor including a nose cone. The method comprises obtaining a range of frequencies associated with at least one resonance mode of the aircraft system and adding mass within the nose cone to offset at least one dominant excitation frequency of the turbofan engine outside the range of frequencies associated with the at least one resonance mode of the aircraft system. A method of tuning dynamic coupling of an aircraft system comprising an airframe and an engine mounted thereto is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jean THOMASSIN, Lena RAYKOWSKI, Gilles BEGIN, Ahmed ABDELRAHMAN