Patents by Inventor Jérôme Colmagro

Jérôme Colmagro 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: 11897622
    Abstract: A propeller propulsion unit, comprising at least one kinematic system comprising at least: a heat engine, an electrical energy generator, an electric motor configured to generate a rotary movement as output from the electrical energy generated by the electrical energy generator, a drive and selection device configured to assume a first configuration, in which it is coupled to the output of the electric motor, and a second configuration, in which it is coupled to the main shaft of the heat engine, and a propeller rotated by the drive and selection device. Such a propeller propulsion unit with a hybrid engine allows more power to be provided and facilitates maintenance and ergonomics and is safer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Patrick Lieven, Jérôme Colmagro
  • Patent number: 11840348
    Abstract: An engine mounting pylon for suspending a turbofan beneath an aircraft wing, including a primary structure, a fastening device for fastening to the turbofan, and a fastening device for fastening to the wing. The engine mounting pylon furthermore comprises multiple rigid braces that mechanically connect the primary structure to the wing of the aircraft, a first brace-attachment device that mechanically connects a first end of each brace to the wing, and a second brace-attachment device that mechanically connects a second end of each brace to the primary structure. This braced-pylon architecture makes it possible to reduce the dimensions of the primary structure and the various elements that constitute the first and second attachment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro
  • Patent number: 11840347
    Abstract: An assembly including a link axis supported by first and second guiding rings positioned in first and second branches of a clevis, one of the guiding rings including a tubular extension, protruding with respect to an outer face of one of the branches, which has a threaded portion on its outer circumferential face. Complementing this, the assembly includes a nut configured to be screwed onto the threaded portion of the tubular extension and an immobilization system configured to immobilize the nut in translation and/or in rotation, the nut and the link axis being linked by a complete link that is non-removable or that forms a single-piece part. This solution makes it possible to reduce the number of parts forming the assembly. Also provided are an engine attachment and an aircraft including such an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Paolo Messina
  • Patent number: 11807373
    Abstract: The pylon, intended to support a flying vehicle engine, includes a primary structure formed by at least one longeron and one panel, the panel including at least one end part provided with a notch, the longeron being provided with an end adapted to be positioned in the notch, the panel and the longeron being assembled by welding a part of the end to a part of the notch. A welded primary structure enables minimization of the blanks of parts associated with the longerons and with the panels by avoiding having recourse to the production of edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Julien Allain, Stéphane Dida, Jérome Colmagro, Olivier Dubois, Julien Moulis, Jacky Puech, Laurent Lafont
  • Publication number: 20220379579
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cellular structure having first and second faces, rows of cells each alternatingly having first cells, which are open in the direction of the first face, second cells, which are open in the direction of the second face, and also third cells formed between each row of cells, each row of cells comprising first and second strips of material placed against one another. The first and second strips of material are shaped by bending. By contrast to plastic deformation, shaping by bending makes it possible to expand the choice of materials and thicknesses for the first and second strips of material. An advantageous cellular structure is thus obtained as well as an acoustic absorption coating comprising such a cellular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jérôme COLMAGRO, Charles CARIOU, Florian RAVISE, Maxime GAUTHIER
  • Patent number: 11485512
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion plant including an electric motor having a rotor and a stator mechanically linked to a base which can be mounted at the rear of an aircraft fuselage, a fan rotated by the rotor, a set of fixed blades located downstream of the fan, and a nacelle comprising an outer casing and a fan casing surrounding the fan and the set of fixed blades. The nacelle is mechanically linked to the base through the set of fixed blades. This configuration enables a cooling circuit to be formed for enabling the heat produced by the electric motor at the location of the stator to be evacuated towards the fixed blades and the nacelle where it is dissipated. Furthermore, this heat may be used for the de-icing of the nacelle lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Aurélien Mauconduit
  • Patent number: 11421548
    Abstract: An engine assembly with an electric motor that includes a cooling system of which a heat sink portion is arranged in an exhaust cone downstream of the fan driven by the electric motor, that is designed to effect thermal exchanges with a wall of the exhaust cone. Such an electric rear fan arrangement with boundary layer ingestion enables a cold air flow coming from the fan when the engine assembly is in operation to be used to cool the different components of the engine assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Mathieu Belleville, Jérome Colmagro
  • Patent number: 11332255
    Abstract: A primary structure of a strut for bearing an aircraft power plant including a front part intended to be joined to an aircraft power plant and a rear part intended to be joined to a structure of the aircraft, the front part being formed from a box including an upper longitudinal member, a lower longitudinal member, and lateral panels. A main rib is located at an interface between the front part and the rear part. The rear part is formed from a set of four connecting rods. The first end of each connecting rod is joined to the front part of the primary structure and the second end of each connecting rod is joined to a separate interface for fastening to the structure of the aircraft. This allows a substantial simplification of the primary structure of a strut for bearing an aircraft power plant, which can have advantages in particular in terms of cost, mass, and simplicity of implementation and integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro, Jonathan Blanc
  • Patent number: 11319080
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a wing, an engine attachment pylon comprising a primary structure and an arrangement for securing the primary structure to a wing box. The arrangement comprises two lateral front fittings, each of these fittings comprising a first connecting portion secured to the front wing spar, a second connecting portion secured to the primary structure of the attachment pylon, at least one securing member linking the first and second connecting portions, this securing member being articulated to the first connecting portion with the aid of a first pin system oriented substantially parallel to the front wing spar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro
  • Patent number: 11319079
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a wing, an engine attachment pylon comprising a primary structure and an arrangement for securing the primary structure to a wing box. This arrangement comprises two lateral front fittings, each of these fittings comprising a first connecting portion secured to the front wing spar, a second connecting portion secured to the primary structure, at least one securing member articulated to each of the first and second connecting portions. Furthermore, the first connecting portions of the two fittings are made in one piece in a single wing connector extending over essentially the entire height of the front wing spar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jérôme Colmagro
  • Publication number: 20220127010
    Abstract: An engine mounting pylon for suspending a turbofan beneath an aircraft wing, including a primary structure, a fastening device for fastening to the turbofan, and a fastening device for fastening to the wing. The engine mounting pylon furthermore comprises multiple rigid braces that mechanically connect the primary structure to the wing of the aircraft, a first brace-attachment device that mechanically connects a first end of each brace to the wing, and a second brace-attachment device that mechanically connects a second end of each brace to the primary structure. This braced-pylon architecture makes it possible to reduce the dimensions of the primary structure and the various elements that constitute the first and second attachment devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Olivier PAUTIS, Jérôme COLMAGRO
  • Publication number: 20210269167
    Abstract: An assembly including a link axis supported by first and second guiding rings positioned in first and second branches of a clevis, one of the guiding rings including a tubular extension, protruding with respect to an outer face of one of the branches, which has a threaded portion on its outer circumferential face. Complementing this, the assembly includes a nut configured to be screwed onto the threaded portion of the tubular extension and an immobilization system configured to immobilize the nut in translation and/or in rotation, the nut and the link axis being linked by a complete link that is non-removable or that forms a single-piece part. This solution makes it possible to reduce the number of parts forming the assembly. Also provided are an engine attachment and an aircraft including such an assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jérôme COLMAGRO, Paolo MESSINA
  • Patent number: 11104445
    Abstract: An assembly of parts assembled with one another by a shaft passing through orifices formed in the parts is disclosed. The shaft has a base diameter (DB) and a thickened diameter (DE) over diametrically opposed arcs at two different sections. The orifices are aligned with one another and each have a periphery having a first diameter (D1) on first diametrically opposed portions, the first diameter (D1) corresponding to the thickened diameter (DE), and a second diameter (D2), greater than the first diameter (D1), on second portions of the periphery. This allows the shaft to be fitted easily even when the orifices are only approximately aligned, and also makes removal easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Olivier Pautis
  • Patent number: 11084596
    Abstract: An aircraft which comprises a fuselage and at least one propulsion assembly linked to the fuselage by at least two connecting rods positioned at least partially in an inner zone of the air inlet of the nacelle of the propulsion assembly. Thus, the connecting rods do not interfere with the secondary flow flowing inside the nacelle and do not affect the aerodynamic performance levels of the propulsion assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Eric Bouchet, Jérôme Colmagro, Michel Garcia
  • Patent number: 11027852
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft and comprising a wing comprising an airfoil box partly produced using a front spar, a mounting pylon arranged under the wing and comprising a primary structure formed as a primary box having a top spar extending at least partly under the airfoil box and having a slit, a bottom spar, lateral panels and a transverse reinforcing fixing rib, of which a bottom part is housed and fixed inside the primary structure and of which a top part passes through the slit. A fixing arrangement fixes the top part to the front spar. The fixing arrangement comprises a plurality of fixing bolts, where each fixing bolt fixes the top part to the front spar and has its axis at right angles to the fixing rib. Such an assembly allows the mounting pylon primary structure to be as close as possible to the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Laurent Lafont, Stéphane Dida, Jérôme Colmagro
  • Publication number: 20210130001
    Abstract: The pylon, intended to support a flying vehicle engine, includes a primary structure formed by at least one longeron and one panel, the panel including at least one end part provided with a notch, the longeron being provided with an end adapted to be positioned in the notch, the panel and the longeron being assembled by welding a part of the end to a part of the notch. A welded primary structure enables minimization of the blanks of parts associated with the longerons and with the panels by avoiding having recourse to the production of edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Julien Allain, Stéphane Dida, Jérome Colmagro, Olivier Dubois, Julien Moulis, Jacky Puech, Laurent Lafont
  • Patent number: 10994380
    Abstract: A device for manipulating a hollow shaft configured to create a pivot link between a first element and a second element. The manipulation device comprises a cylindrical body having a diameter variable by radial contraction or radial expansion of the cylindrical body, a module for controlling the diameter of the cylindrical body configured so that the diameter of the cylindrical body has alternatively at least a first diameter suitable for the cylindrical body to be displaced in the hollow shaft and a second diameter suitable for the cylindrical body to be blocked in the hollow shaft. The cylindrical body comprises an end configured to protrude from the hollow shaft when the cylindrical body is blocked in the hollow shaft. The manipulation device allows the alignment of the orifices due to the end configuration of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Aurélien Mauconduit, Julien Moulis
  • Publication number: 20200377222
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion plant including an electric motor having a rotor and a stator mechanically linked to a base which can be mounted at the rear of an aircraft fuselage, a fan rotated by the rotor, a set of fixed blades located downstream of the fan, and a nacelle comprising an outer casing and a fan casing surrounding the fan and the set of fixed blades. The nacelle is mechanically linked to the base through the set of fixed blades. This configuration enables a cooling circuit to be formed for enabling the heat produced by the electric motor at the location of the stator to be evacuated towards the fixed blades and the nacelle where it is dissipated. Furthermore, this heat may be used for the de-icing of the nacelle lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Aurélien Mauconduit
  • Patent number: 10814994
    Abstract: A primary structure of an aircraft power plant support pylon is disclosed having a bottom stringer and two lateral walls formed in a single piece or welded so as to form a U-shaped bottom part, and a top cover which closes the U-shaped bottom part. The U-shaped part closed by a cover makes it possible to construct a box or box structure that exhibits a rigidity suitable for taking up the forces deriving from the power plant and makes it possible to limit the number of ribs (C1 . . . C10) in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Jérôme Colmagro, Julien Moulis
  • Publication number: 20200269988
    Abstract: An assembly of parts assembled with one another by a shaft passing through orifices formed in the parts is disclosed. The shaft has a base diameter (DB) and a thickened diameter (DE) over diametrically opposed arcs at two different sections. The orifices are aligned with one another and each have a periphery having a first diameter (D1) on first diametrically opposed portions, the first diameter (D1) corresponding to the thickened diameter (DE), and a second diameter (D2), greater than the first diameter (D1), on second portions of the periphery. This allows the shaft to be fitted easily even when the orifices are only approximately aligned, and also makes removal easier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jérôme COLMAGRO, Olivier PAUTIS