Patents by Inventor Guy Lapergue

Guy Lapergue 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: 7938230
    Abstract: A device for lubricating a component in an assembly of parts comprises a lubricant distribution chamber arranged in the vicinity of the component and formed by an annular setback in a ring mounted on a part of the assembly, said setback being closed automatically when the ring is mounted by means of a corresponding surface of the part into which there open out channels or ducts formed in the part and feeding the setback with lubricant and/or connecting the setback to means for taking lubricant to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Régis Servant, Gaël Bouchy, Guy Lapergue
  • Patent number: 7520135
    Abstract: A variable-section turbomachine nozzle comprises a plurality of moving flaps, and a moving flap control system comprising control levers each associated with a respective moving flap, the control levers comprising both controlled levers that are actuated directly by actuators, and follower levers that are actuated by the controlled levers via transmission links. When the nozzle is at rest, the flaps associated with the follower levers present a radial offset relative to the flaps associated with the controlled levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mathieu Dakowski, Guy Lapergue, Romain Lunel, Guillaume Sevi
  • Patent number: 7340882
    Abstract: The turbomachine of the invention extends longitudinally along an axis, and includes a rotor attached to drive shaft, arranged to rotate around an axis, supported by at least a first bearing, mounted on the fixed structure of the turbomachine by a bearing support element. The turbomachine is characterised by the fact that it includes a stop ring, mounted on the fixed structure of the turbomachine, to cooperate with the support element of the first bearing and, in the event of displacement of the rotor in relation to the fixed structure, to perform a function of axial retention of the rotor in an even manner, with no angle effect between the axis of the turbomachine and the axis of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy, Alain Baum
  • Patent number: 7322181
    Abstract: The turbojet includes a fixed structure, a fan rotor fixed to a drive shaft supported by a first bearing and a second bearing. The second bearing is mounted on the fixed structure through a bearing support part. The first bearing is mounted on the fixed structure of the turbojet through a device enabling it to be decoupled from the fixed structure. The second bearing is mounted on the bearing support part through a link acting as a ball joint. The turbojet also allows axial displacements of the second bearing with respect to the fixed structure of the turbojet if the first bearing should be decoupled. The centering function of the second bearing after decoupling of the first bearing is thus provided without introducing excessive stresses in the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy
  • Patent number: 7322180
    Abstract: A turbo-jet engine including a fixed structure and a fan rotor mounted on a drive shaft supported by a first bearing and a second bearing. The engine further comprises an axial retaining device configured to form an emergency bearing and to cooperate with the fixed structure and mounted rigidly to the drive shaft. The engine includes a structural flange on which the second bearing is fixed, and the axial retaining device comprises a retaining disk mounted on the drive shaft and configured to cooperate with a stop disk of the flange to axially retain the fan and form an emergency bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy
  • Patent number: 7296397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation system for a convergent divergent exhaust nozzle in a bypass turbojet comprising an afterburn chamber surrounded by an annular passage through which circulates a stream of cooling air, a convergent divergent axisymmetric nozzle arranged downstream of said afterburn chamber, each circle of flaps comprising alternately a plurality of controlled flaps, and a plurality of follower flaps, a circle of cold flaps arranged radially outside said nozzle and hinged at their upstream end to a conical shell linked to the downstream part of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Raphael Curtelin, Marc Doussinault, Guy Lapergue, Didier Durand
  • Patent number: 7213393
    Abstract: A device for supplying cooling air to a hollow flap of an exhaust nozzle in a turbojet engine. The device includes a tube connecting the hollow flap to a cooling air source. The tube comprises at least one telescopic portion and at least one ball-joint connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Raphael Curtelin, Didier Feder
  • Publication number: 20060090470
    Abstract: A variable-section turbomachine nozzle comprises a plurality of moving flaps, and a moving flap control system comprising control levers each associated with a respective moving flap, the control levers comprising both controlled levers that are actuated directly by actuators, and follower levers that are actuated by the controlled levers via transmission links. When the nozzle is at rest, the flaps associated with the follower levers present a radial offset relative to the flaps associated with the controlled levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Mathieu Dakowski, Guy Lapergue, Romain Lunel, Guillaume Sevi
  • Patent number: 6993914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a convergent-divergent turbojet nozzle (1) comprising driven divergent flaps (4a), follower divergent flaps (4b) interposed between the driven flaps, and means (32) for supplying cooling air to the follower flaps (4b), said follower flaps (4b) having a box structure and having lateral openings for delivering cooling air towards the inner face of said driven flaps (4a), in such a way as to limit the heating up of these flaps when the turbojet is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jackie Prouteau, Raphaël Curtelin, Guy Lapergue, Didier Feder
  • Publication number: 20050276683
    Abstract: The turbomachine of the invention extends longitudinally along an axis, and includes a rotor attached to drive shaft, arranged to rotate around an axis, supported by at least a first bearing, mounted on the fixed structure of the turbomachine by a bearing support element. The turbomachine is characterised by the fact that it includes a stop ring, mounted on the fixed structure of the turbomachine, to cooperate with the support element of the first bearing and, in the event of displacement of the rotor in relation to the fixed structure, to perform a function of axial retention of the rotor in an even manner, with no angle effect between the axis of the turbomachine and the axis of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy, Alain Baum
  • Patent number: 6966189
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising, downstream from the turbine, a post-combustion chamber defined by a thermal protection lining inside a casing defining an annular channel for a secondary flow, an annular diaphragm secured at the downstream end of said channel, said nozzle comprising a plurality of flaps hinged to the upstream end of said casing, each flap fitted on its inside face with a thermal protection plate to define a passage for cooling air delivered by said diaphragm, wherein the cooling air is provided by an annular duct defined by a first flexible annular gasket in sliding contact against the downstream inside face of the casing and against the upstream inside faces of the flaps under the pressure of the secondary flow, and defined on the inside by a second flexible annular gasket whose upstream end is fixed to the radially inner zone of the diaphragm, and whose downstream end is in sliding contact against the upstream inside face of the protection plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Guillaume Sevi, Jacques Roche
  • Publication number: 20050247526
    Abstract: A device for lubricating a component in an assembly of parts comprises a lubricant distribution chamber arranged in the vicinity of the component and formed by an annular setback in a ring mounted on a part of the assembly, said setback being closed automatically when the ring is mounted by means of a corresponding surface of the part into which there open out channels or ducts formed in the part and feeding the setback with lubricant and/or connecting the setback to means for taking lubricant to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy, Guy Lapergue
  • Publication number: 20050241290
    Abstract: The turbojet according to the invention comprises a fixed structure, a fan rotor fixed to a drive shaft (5) supported by a first bearing (6) and a second bearing (7), mounted on the said structure fixed through a bearing support part (11, 19), the first bearing (6) being mounted on the fixed structure of the turbojet through a device (13) enabling it to be decoupled (13) from the fixed structure, characterised by the fact that the second bearing (7) is mounted on the bearing support part (19) through a link acting as a ball joint (23, 24) and in that the turbojet also comprises means enabling axial displacements of the second bearing (7) with respect to the fixed structure of the turbojet if the first bearing (6) should be decoupled. The centring function of the second bearing (7) after decoupling of the first bearing (6) is thus provided without introducing excessive stresses in the bearing (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy
  • Publication number: 20050210864
    Abstract: The device of the invention for supplying cooling air to a flap of an exhaust nozzle in a gas turbine, comprises a tube connecting the flap to a cooling air source. The tube comprises at least one telescopic portion and one ball-joint connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Raphael Curtelin, Didier Feder
  • Publication number: 20050172608
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a turbo-jet engine comprising a fixed structure, a fan rotor integral with a drive shaft supported by a first bearing and a second bearing. It is characterized in that it comprises means forming axial retaining means for the fan rotor and/or forming an emergency bearing, cooperating with means of the fixed structure and mounted integral with the drive shaft. In particular it comprises a structural flange on which the second bearing is fixed, and the means forming axial retaining means for the fan and/or forming an emergency bearing comprise a retaining disk mounted on the drive shaft and cooperating with a stop disk of flange for axially retaining fan and with a longitudinal sleeve of flange to form an emergency bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Regis Servant, Gael Bouchy
  • Publication number: 20050091964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation system for a convergent divergent exhaust nozzle in a bypass turbojet comprising an afterburn chamber surrounded by an annular passage through which circulates a stream of cooling air, a convergent divergent axisymmetric nozzle arranged downstream of said afterburn chamber, each circle of flaps comprising alternately a plurality of controlled flaps, and a plurality of follower flaps, a circle of cold flaps arranged radially outside said nozzle and hinged at their upstream end to a conical shell linked to the downstream part of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Raphael Curtelin, Marc Doussinault, Guy Lapergue, Didier Durand
  • Publication number: 20050060984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a convergent-divergent turbojet nozzle (1) comprising driven divergent flaps (4a), follower divergent flaps (4b) interposed between the driven flaps, and means (32) for supplying cooling air to the follower flaps (4b), said follower flaps (4b) having a box structure and having lateral openings for delivering cooling air towards the inner face of said driven flaps (4a), in such a way as to limit the heating up of these flaps when the turbojet is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Jackie Prouteau, Raphael Curtelin, Guy Lapergue, Didier Feder
  • Publication number: 20050005607
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aviation turbomachine comprising, downstream from the turbine, a post-combustion chamber extended by at least one nozzle, said chamber being defined radially by a thermal protection lining disposed inside a casing, said casing and said lining together defining an annular channel in which, in operation, there flows a secondary flow, an annular diaphragm secured to said casing being disposed at the downstream end of said channel, said nozzle comprising a plurality of flaps hinged to the upstream end of said casing, each flap being fitted on its inside face with a thermal protection plate co-operating with said flap to define a passage for being fed with cooling air delivered by said diaphragm, wherein the feed of cooling air to said passages is provided by an annular duct defined on the outside by a first flexible annular gasket retained, in operation, pressed in sliding contact against the downstream inside face of the casing and against the upstream inside faces of the flaps under
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Guy Lapergue, Guillaume Sevi, Jacques Roche