Patents by Inventor Jérémy GUIVARC'H

Jérémy GUIVARC'H 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: 11795825
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inter-blade platform of a turbomachine fan, comprising: —a base comprising a first surface configured to delimit a flow path in the fan and a second surface on the opposite side from the first surface, —two flanks extending radially next to the second surface, each of the flanks having a sacrificial free end configured to bear against a fan disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Teddy Fixy, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Thomas Alain De Gaillard
  • Patent number: 11686203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fibrous texture intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a turbine engine blade made of composite material, the texture being in a single piece and having a three-dimensional weave between a plurality of first fiber warp yarns or strands extending in a radial direction and a plurality of first fiber weft yarns or strands extending in a chord direction, the texture comprising a blade root portion and a blade airfoil portion extending between the blade root portion and a free end of the fibrous texture. The blade airfoil portion has a reinforced area in the vicinity of the free end of the texture comprising weft yarns or strands made of second fibers different from the first fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Thomas Alain De Gaillard
  • Publication number: 20230113922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fibrous texture intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a turbine engine blade made of composite material, the texture being in a single piece and having a three-dimensional weave between a plurality of first fiber warp yarns or strands extending in a radial direction and a plurality of first fiber weft yarns or strands extending in a chord direction, the texture comprising a blade root portion and a blade airfoil portion extending between the blade root portion and a free end of the fibrous texture. The blade airfoil portion has a reinforced area in the vicinity of the free end of the texture comprising weft yarns or strands made of second fibers different from the first fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Thomas Alain DE GAILLARD
  • Patent number: 11396820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement Obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. According to the invention, the fibrous reinforcement comprises a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge, and the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprise first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Alain De Gaillard, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Paula Salas De Los Rios
  • Publication number: 20220228490
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inter-blade platform of a turbomachine fan, comprising: —a base comprising a first surface configured to delimit a flow path in the fan and a second surface on the opposite side from the first surface, —two flanks extending radially next to the second surface, each of the flanks having a sacrificial free end configured to bear against a fan disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Teddy FIXY, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Gilles Pierre-Marie NOTARIANNI, Thomas Alain DE GAILLARD
  • Publication number: 20220127965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan rotor for a turbomachine, comprising including a fan disk, fan blades with a leading edge and a trailing edge, platforms inserted between the blades and fixed to the periphery of the disk, each including an aerodynamic surface extending from the leading edges to the trailing edges of the blades. The aerodynamic surface includes an upstream longitudinal portion on the side of the leading edges and a downstream longitudinal portion on the side of the trailing edges, the upstream longitudinal portion being supported by a first member of the platform fixed to the disk in a pivotable manner, and the downstream longitudinal portion being independent of the upstream longitudinal portion and supported by a second member of the platform which is independent of the first member and fixed to the disk in a pivotable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy Philippe Pierre EDYNAK, Jeremy GUIVARC'H, Lola AULIAC, Thibaut Dominique Augustin GIRARD, Pierre Jean FAIVRE D'ARCIER
  • Patent number: 11254067
    Abstract: A method for producing a part. This part including a surface portion whereon is positioned an element to be assembled via an adhesive on the surface portion. The method includes the steps of: mounting a sleeve of heat-shrinkable material around at least one portion of the element on the part, heating of the sleeve in order to shrink it and thus to apply an application force of the element on the surface portion, hardening of the adhesive, and removing the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jeremy Guivarc'h, Pierre Antoine Bossan, Michael Patrick Gramzow, Sebastien Marin
  • Publication number: 20210396142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement Obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. According to the invention, the fibrous reinforcement comprises a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge, and the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprise first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Alain DE GAILLARD, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Paula SALAS DE LOS RIOS
  • Patent number: 11143047
    Abstract: A fan includes: a fan disc; an inter-blade platform including a base and a radial tab, a second orifice being formed in the tab of the platform; and a lock having a downstream edge configured to bear against the tab of the platform. The one among the downstream edge and the yoke of the fan disc includes a pin, the other includes a first orifice, the pin being configured to enter the first orifice and the second orifice so as to block the platform relative to the fan disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jeremy Guivarc'h, Fabrice Michel Francois Rene Aubert, Pierre Martin Michelsen
  • Patent number: 11131196
    Abstract: A leading-edge shield for a turbomachine blade includes a pressure-side wing and a suction-side wing. Both the pressure-side wing and suction-side wing extend heightwise from a bottom edge to a top edge and lengthwise from the leading edge to a respective rear edge. They are connected together via the leading edge. The rear edge of the suction-side wing presents at least one shaped segment that is shaped in such a manner that the length of the suction-side wing within this segment is shorter than the length of the suction-side wing at each end of this segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 11105210
    Abstract: The invention provides a blade (16) comprising a blade body (30) made of organic matrix composite material reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (32) made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (32) is assembled on the blade body (30) and the blade (16) includes bonding reinforcement (46) adhesively bonded on the leading edge shield (32) and on the blade body (16). The invention also provides a turbojet including a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 11078918
    Abstract: Seal (10) for an inter-blade platform intended to extend circumferentially about an axis and to be mounted between two axial ends of the inter-blade platform, including a first part (10a) in contact with a first blade adjacent to a first circumferential end of the platform, and a second part (10b) in contact with a second blade adjacent to a second circumferential end of the platform, the first part (10a) and the second part (10b) of the seal (10) being fixed to each other such that a displacement in the circumferential direction of one of the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) causes a displacement of the other part (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) in the same direction, when the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thibaut Dominique Augustin Girard, Lola Auliac, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jérémy Philippe Pierre Edynak, Pierre Jean Faivre D'Arcier
  • Patent number: 11040465
    Abstract: A fiber preform for a turbine engine blade, the preform comprising a main fiber structure (40) obtained by a single piece of three-dimensional weaving, said main first structure (40) comprising a first longitudinal segment (41) suitable for forming a blade root, a second longitudinal segment (42) extending the first longitudinal segment (41) and suitable for forming an airfoil portion (22), and a first transverse segment (51) extending transversely from the junction (49) between the first and second longitudinal segments (41, 42) and suitable for forming a first tongue for a first platform, wherein the first transverse segment (51) extends axially over a length that is less than 30%, preferably less than 15%, of the length of the junction (49) between the first and second longitudinal segments (41, 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Jérémy Guivarc'h, Alexandre Bernard Marie Boisson, Thomas Alain De Gaillard, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni
  • Patent number: 11015460
    Abstract: The invention relates to comprising a blade body (9) made of composite material having a polymer matrix reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (10) made of material having greater ability to withstand point impacts than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (10) is assembled on the blade body (9) by means of a first adhesive (16) and a second adhesive (17), both adhesives (16, 17) being deposited between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10). Both adhesives (16, 17) form respective continuous films between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Noël Mahieu, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10934851
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of turbomachine blades, and more specifically to a leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16), said leading-edge shield (32) having a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36), each extending along a height and along a length, the wings being connected together over their height, the pressure-side wing (34) presenting a greater length than the suction-side wing (36) over a first segment (S1) of the leading-edge shield (32), and an equal or smaller length than the suction-side wing (36) over a second segment (S2) of the leading-edge shield (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Guivarc'h, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Gérald Diogo, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10883374
    Abstract: A blade including a blade body made of organic matrix composite material and a leading edge shield made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The blade includes a blade tip. The leading edge shield is assembled on the blade body and includes a pressure-side fin and a suction-side fin. The pressure-side fin includes a pressure-side tab and the suction-side fin includes a suction-side tab, the pressure-side tab and the suction-side tab are folded one on the other and being secured to each other so as to form a partial covering of the blade tip. A turbojet includes a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Jeremy Guivarc'H, Frederic Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Dominique Raulin, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10844725
    Abstract: A leading edge shield for a turbomachine blade extends heightwise from a bottom end to a top end, presents an outside face overlying a leading edge and an inside face for fastening to a blade body, and includes a pressure side wing, a suction side wing, and a central section joining together the pressure side wing and the suction side wing. Between the outside face and the inside face, the central section presents thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of the pressure side and suction side wings. The thickness of the central section increases with a gradient that is stable or increasing over a first segment from the bottom end of the leading-edge shield, but it presents a gradient that decreases beyond said first segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Thibault Ruf
  • Publication number: 20200270997
    Abstract: A leading edge shield for a turbomachine blade extends heightwise from a bottom end to a top end, presents an outside face overlying a leading edge and an inside face for fastening to a blade body, and includes a pressure side wing, a suction side wing, and a central section joining together the pressure side wing and the suction side wing. Between the outside face and the inside face, the central section presents thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of the pressure side and suction side wings. The thickness of the central section increases with a gradient that is stable or increasing over a first segment from the bottom end of the leading-edge shield, but it presents a gradient that decreases beyond said first segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, ALAIN JACQUES MICHEL BASSOT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, GILLES PIERRE-MARIE NOTARIANNI, THIBAULT RUF
  • Publication number: 20200217217
    Abstract: Seal (10) for an inter-blade platform intended to extend circumferentially about an axis and to be mounted between two axial ends of the inter-blade platform, including a first part (10a) in contact with a first blade adjacent to a first circumferential end of the platform, and a second part (10b) in contact with a second blade adjacent to a second circumferential end of the platform, the first part (10a) and the second part (10b) of the seal (10) being fixed to each other such that a displacement in the circumferential direction of one of the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) causes a displacement of the other part (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) in the same direction, when the two parts (10a, 10b) of the seal (10) are fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thibaut Dominique Augustin GIRARD, Lola AULIAC, Jeremy GUIVARC'H, Jeremy Philippe Pierre EDYNAK, Pierre Jean FAIVRE D'ARCIER
  • Patent number: 10619486
    Abstract: A leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16) includes a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36). Each of the wings (34, 36) extends along a height (H) from a bottom edge (50) to a top edge (51) and along a length, from the leading edge to a respective rear edge, and are connected together over the leading edge. At least one of the wings from among the suction-side wing (36) and the pressure-side wing (34) presents a segment (S1), adjacent to the top edge (51) and extending over at least 10% of the height (H), wherein the rear edge (42) slopes towards the top edge (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf