Patents by Inventor Jacques Malterre

Jacques Malterre 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).

  • Publication number: 20070107306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for heating a cylindrical component of given diameter, by means of hot gas, characterized in that it comprises at least two heaters (310, 312, 314) each delivering a stream of hot gas and emerging in an annular chamber (316), the inside diameter of which is slightly greater than said diameter. This device is used in particular for heating a metal journal (111) in which a bearing ring (123) for an inter-shaft bearing in a double-body turbomachine is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Bergerot, Laurent Leeder, Jacques Malterre, Bernard Souart, Hubert Thomas
  • Publication number: 20070044307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of assembly of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine engine, comprising at least a first module and a second module a second shaft assembled by a bearing, said bearing comprising an outer ring shrink-fitted inside a journal integral with the first module and an inner ring integral with the second shaft, according to which the second module is assembled on the first module by engagement of the second shaft, with said inner ring, inside the journal comprising said outer ring, wherein it comprises the following steps: mating the second module with the second shaft up to a determined distance from the journal, centering the second shaft with respect to the journal, said centering being controlled on the basis of measuring distance deviations with respect to a reference on the journal, expansion of the journal by heating its outer surface, completion of the mating of the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Bergerot, Laurent Leeder, Jacques Malterre, Bernard Souart, Hubert Thomas