Patents by Inventor Guy Bernard Vauchel
Guy Bernard Vauchel 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).
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Publication number: 20100320316Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake for an aircraft nacelle that comprises a shroud (19) that can be mounted on the fan casing (15) of a turbojet engine (1). The shroud (19) is sized so as to define a circumferential gap (J) relative to the casing (15). Punctual linking means (27, 33) between the shroud (19) and the casing (15) are discretely distributed at the periphery of said shroud (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Laurent Georges Valleroy, Stéphane Beilliard, Fabien Bravin
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Publication number: 20100314501Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet engine that includes an air intake structure (2) capable of directing an air flow towards a fan of the turbojet engine, and a middle structure for surrounding said fan and to which is attached the air intake structure in order to provide aerodynamic continuity, wherein the air intake structure includes, on the one hand, at least one inner panel (21) attached to the middle structure and defining, with the latter, a nacelle fixed structure and, on the other hand, at least one outer longitudinal panel (20) removably attached to the fixed structure and including an air intake lip (2a) in order to define a removable air intake structure, characterised in that the removable air intake structure is provided with peripheral locking means including at least one electric lock (10) each capable of interaction with a complementary retaining means (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jean-Philippe Dauguet, Stephane Beilliard
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Publication number: 20100284806Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle including an air intake upstream from the jet engine (1), a medium section surrounding the fan of the jet engine (1), and a downstream section. The nacelle further includes at least one pair of mobile cowlings (3) provided on both sides of a vertical longitudinal symmetry plane of the nacelle and hinged essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the nacelle so they can be opened to provide access to the jet engine (1). The mobile cowlings (3) are paired by fastening means (8) so that they can be hinged on each other about separate or overlapping axes (6). Each mobile cowling (3) comprises permanent connection means or means (14, 15) for connecting it temporarily by rotation and in closed position to a fixed structure (7) of the nacelle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Xavier Cazuc
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Publication number: 20100281849Abstract: This thrust reverser comprises at least two doors (1a, 1b) each able to move between a closed position and an open position. These two doors (1a, 1b) are adjacent and comprise means of mutual immobilization (17, 19) positioned on the adjacent edges of these doors and preventing one of said doors from opening as long as the other is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100269511Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle for an aircraft engine that comprises a front cowling (13) and a rear cowling (1a), the rear cowling (1a) being mounted so as to slide between an upstream position defining a reduced nozzle (9) section and a downstream position defining an enlarged nozzle (9) section. The nacelle includes an intermediate member (25) arranged edge-to-edge with said front cowling (13), said member defining a housing (27) for receiving the upstream edge (11) of said rear cowling (1a) when the latter is in the upstream position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100252689Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbojet engine nacelle (1) comprising:—an air intake structure (4) capable of channelling an airflow towards a fan of the turbojet engine and comprising at least one longitudinal external panel (40) incorporating an air intake lip (4a),—a central structure (5) intended to surround the said fan and to which the air intake structure (4) is attached in such a way as to ensure aerodynamic continuity,—at least one internal panel (41) comprising an acoustic shelving fixed at its downstream end to an upstream end of the central structure (5) therewith forming a fixed structure of the nacelle (1), and—guide means (15) for guiding the external panel or panels (40) which are capable of allowing substantially rectilinear movement of the external panel (40) towards the upstream end of the nacelle (1) so as to be able to open up the air intake structure (4), the guide mans (15) being entirely fixed to the central structure (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jean-Philippe Dauguet, Stephane Beilliard
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Publication number: 20100242428Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake structure that can be mounted upstream of a nacelle middle structure for an aircraft engine, and that particularly includes: an outer wall (7) including a lip (9) and that can be mounted relative to said middle structure so as to move between a rear position and a front position; a wall (11) defining a de-icing compartment (13) in said lip (9); at least one de-icing collector (15) extending in said compartment (13); and at least one hot-air supply duct (17) of said collector (15), that can be rigidly connected to said middle structure. The wall (11) is tightly secured inside said lip (9), and said supply duct (17) is connected to said collector (15) by removable sealing means (27, 29, 31, 35).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Stephane Beilliard, Jean-Philippe Dauguet
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Publication number: 20100232932Abstract: The present invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet, comprising an air inlet structure capable of channelling a flow of air to a turbojet fan and a middle structure (5) comprising a casing (9) designed to encircle said fan, with the air inlet structure attached to it, said structure having a peripheral inside surface at least partly equipped with a sound-attenuating structure (13) extending without geometrical interruption around at least part of the casing, said structure being characterized in that a gap (14) is provided between the sound-attenuating structure and the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Christophe Thorel
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Publication number: 20100218479Abstract: The invention relates to a linear telescopic actuator for moving a first (10b) and a second (10a) element relative to a stationary element (102). Said actuator comprises a base (101) that is to be connected to the stationary element (102) and is used as a cavity for a first rotationally locked rod (106) which can be translated by a drive shaft (104) that is to be connected to rotational driving means (107). One end (108) of said first rod is to be connected to the first element that is to be moved. The actuator is characterized in that the first rod (106) supports a second rod (117) which is aligned therewith and one end (118) of which is to be connected to the second element that is to be moved. Said second rod (117) can be rotationally locked and can be translated by a second drive shaft (112, 115) which extends through the base and is connected to rotational driving means (113, 111).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Moradell-Casellas, Pierre Andre Marcel Baudu, Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100181418Abstract: The invention relates to a securing plate (1) for removably securing a one-piece propulsion unit (17) to a wing of an aircraft, characterised in that it includes first connection means (4, 5, 8, 13, 14) for securing the plate to the wing, second connection means (24) for securing the one-piece propulsion unit to the plate and third connection means (7) for securing a pair of longitudinal handling members (22) to the plate. The invention also relates to a specific longitudinal member and to an installation including a one-piece propulsion unit secured in the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Nicolas Hillereau, Jerome Collier, Jean-Francois Cribelier
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Publication number: 20100139242Abstract: The invention relates to a thrust reverser (1) comprising an opening with fixed grids (4) that is closed by a sliding lid (2) in case of direct thrust, and opened by the downstream longitudinal translation displacement of the lid (2) in case of thrust reversal. A flap (20) is pivotally mounted at one upstream end on the lid (2) and can move between a retracted position and an expanded position in which, in case of thrust reversal, it blocks an annular channel (10) in order to redirect a gas flow towards the grid opening (4). A slider (24) for driving the flap (20) is mounted so as to be capable of displacement in at least one translation guiding rail (33) provided in the structure of the lid (2), and is connected to a downstream end of the flap (20) through a driving connecting rod (30) so that a translation movement of the slider (24) in the guiding rail (33) results in a pivoting of the connecting rod (30) and of the flap (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Pierre Andre Marcel Baudu
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Publication number: 20100132332Abstract: A fan duct (5) is defined between an inner skin (2) and an outer skin into which the inner skin of the sliding cover (7) is incorporated in the direct-thrust configuration. The inner skin of the sliding cover (7) comprises an annular part extending radially inwards and capable, in the reverse-thrust configuration, of coming to face a larger-diameter annular part of the inner skin (2) of the fan duct (5). The annular part of the sliding cover (7) comprises at least one flap (8) mounted such that it can pivot between the retracted position and a deployed position in which a front part (8a) of the flap (8), upstream of its middle axis (9) about which it is articulated, projects into the fan duct (5). Translational stop means (11) are provided in order, in the reverse thrust position, to act on a rear part (8b) of the flap (8) in such a way as to cause the flap (8) to pivot into the deployed position to close off the fan duct (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2007Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100107599Abstract: The invention relates to a thrust reverser (9) for an aircraft nacelle (1), including: a front frame (11), a cowl (21) which can move between an operating position and an intermediate maintenance position downstream of the front frame (11), means (26) for moving the cowl (21) between closed and open positions, and an inner structure (23) which can move between an operating position and an intermediate maintenance position downstream of the front frame (11). In addition, the cowl (21) comprises two half-cowls (21a, 21b) and the inner structure (23) comprises two structure halves (23a, 23b), whereby said half-cowls (21a, 21b) and said inner structure halves (23a, 23b) can open outward when the cowl (21) and the inner structure (23) are in the intermediate maintenance position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100084507Abstract: The present invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a turbojet engine comprising an air intake structure (4) capable of ducting a flow of air towards a fan and a central structure (5) intended to surround the said fan and to which the air intake structure is attached, the central structure comprising a casing (9) intended to surround the fan and an external structure (13), characterized in that the air intake structure comprises, on the one hand, at least one internal panel (41) attached to the central structure via the casing and therewith forming a fixed structure and, on the other hand, at least one longitudinal external panel (40) attached removably to the fixed structure and incorporating an air intake lip (4a), the said external panel being removable between an operating position in which the external panel is aerodynamically continuous with the external structure of the central section and the air intake lip provides aerodynamic continuity with the internal panel of the air intake structure, and a maintType: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Serge Epherre-Iriart
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Publication number: 20100064660Abstract: The invention relates to an nacelle member (1) comprising at least one mobile cowling (2) pivotally or slidably mounted in an essentially longitudinal direction of the nacelle, capable of displacement between an expanded position and a closed position relative to a fixed structure of the nacelle member (1) through at least one pivoting or translation guiding sleeve (4, 7) that receives a guiding shaft (5, 6). An electric heating de-icing device (9, 13) is provided inside the guiding shaft or defines an interface between the guiding shaft (5, 6) and the guiding sleeve (4, 7).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jean Paul Rene Andre Hogie
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Publication number: 20100059634Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking system (20) for a movable lateral cowl (8) of a turbine engine nacelle intended to be connected to a pylon (4) of an aircraft, comprising, on the one hand, a clevis (21) intended to be connected to the pylon, and, on the other hand, a rod (22) intended to be mounted on the movable cowl and capable of engaging with the clevis when the movable cowl is in the closed position, characterized in that the rod is mounted so that it can move translationally along a substantially longitudinal axis of the movable cowl so as to form a slider which can shift between a locked position, in which it is engaged with the clevis and provides a structural connection between the pylon and the movable cowl, and an unlocked position, in which it is disengaged from the clevis and allows the movable cowl to be opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Georges Alain Bouret
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Publication number: 20100037587Abstract: This nacelle (201) for an aircraft turbojet includes an internal downstream structure (13) and an external downstream structure (15) delimiting an interior flow channel (14) for a secondary flow generated by the turbojet, the external downstream channel comprising at least one distribution line (18, 19a, 19b, 20) terminating at the outlet of the turbojet and being intended to be connected to a sound-reducing fluid supply source arranged upstream from the external downstream structure. This external downstream structure (15) is equipped with a thrust reversal device. The distribution line includes at least one supply line (19a, 19b) capable of ensuring the passage of said fluid from said supply source towards the outlet of the turbojet at least when said reversal device is in its off position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jean-Fabrice Marcel Portal
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Publication number: 20100040466Abstract: The nacelle (1) comprises an air intake (5) upstream of the turbojet engine (2), a middle section (6) an internal casing (6a) of which is intended to surround a fan (3) of the turbojet engine (2), and a downstream section (7) comprising an external structure (7a)which is rigidly connected to a downstream part of the casing (6a) of the fan (3) so as to support the turbojet engine (2) and has means of attachment to a strut (12) intended to be connected to a fixed structure (13) of an aeroplane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jerome Collier, Patrice Dhainault, Francois Conte, Nicolas Hillereau, Pierre-Alain Chouard, Guillaume Lefort
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Publication number: 20100031629Abstract: The invention relates to a guiding device (100) for part of a jet engine nacelle that can move in translation, comprising: (i) a rail (101) fixedly mounted on part of the nacelle, and (ii) a slide (102) which is connected to the mobile part and which can slide along the rail. The invention is characterised in that the guiding device is provided with a built-in retractable system for preventing the translational movement of the slide, for which purpose the device includes: (i) at least one blocking means (104) mounted such that it can move on the rail and occupy alternatively an engaged position in which it forms a translational abutment for the slide and a released position in which it is moved away from the slide and enables the relative translational movement of the slide beyond the locking system, and (ii) at least one means (130) for controlling the blocking means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel
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Publication number: 20100024435Abstract: The nacelle of the invention includes an air-inlet front section, a middle section for encasing the fan of the turbofan (7) and a rear section including means for connection to a pylon to be connected to the rigid structure or an airplane. The rear section includes a structural framework (18) having at least one aerodynamic smoothing and acoustic panel (21). The acoustic panel (21) is secured on the structural framework (18) by floating or elastic fixation means so that said acoustic panel (21) can be deformed in a direction (31) essentially centrifugal and radial relative to the turbofan (7) in the presence of overpressure air (3) in the engine compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Guy Bernard Vauchel