Patents by Inventor Jean-Christophe Leininger

Jean-Christophe Leininger 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: 8226353
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this cavity being delimited by the downstream face of the impeller and by an annular end-piece of a diffuser and being ventilated by taking air from the outlet of the compressor, the system comprising at least one annular deflector mounted in this cavity in order to oppose the rise of hot air along the downstream face of the impeller and in order to cause the diverted hot air to be driven by the air taken from the outlet of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 8226357
    Abstract: A turbomachine including a variable-pitch stator vane stage is disclosed. A control ring that is coaxial around the casing includes two segments that are assembled together by side connection straps fastened on either side of the segments with mutual insetting and in the vicinity of the ends of the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Andre Bouru, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 8029238
    Abstract: System for cooling a downstream cavity of a centrifugal compressor impeller in a turbomachine, this compressor being connected to a diffuser comprising a downstream annular flange, an annular plating being mounted coaxially around the flange of the diffuser and substantially extending over the entire axial dimension of the flange so as to define an annular ventilation passage fed with air which is cooler than the air exiting the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 7942630
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this system including flow diversion system mounted fixedly in the downstream cavity of the impellor in order to divert the ventilation air taken from the outlet of the compressor and cause it to circulate radially from the inside to the outside along the downstream face of the impellor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Patent number: 7937951
    Abstract: A system for cooling the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine is disclosed. The compressor supplies an annular diffuser. The diffuser includes an end-piece that extends downstream and along the impeller of the compressor and is covered on the upstream side by an annular metal sheet. The sheet delimits, with the impeller of the compressor, a first annular passageway to carry away the air taken from the outlet of the compressor and, with the end-piece of the diffuser, a second annular passageway to carry away a portion of the air flow coming out of the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger, David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20100028138
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this cavity being delimited by the downstream face of the impeller and by an annular end-piece of a diffuser and being ventilated by taking air from the outlet of the compressor, the system comprising at least one annular deflector mounted in this cavity in order to oppose the rise of hot air along the downstream face of the impeller and in order to cause the diverted hot air to be driven by the air taken from the outlet of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry ARGAUD, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Publication number: 20100028137
    Abstract: A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this system comprising flow diversion means (70, 84) mounted fixedly in the downstream cavity (38) of the impellor (36) in order to divert the ventilation air taken from the outlet of the compressor (10) and cause it to circulate radially from the inside to the outside along the downstream face (34) of the impellor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry ARGAUD, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Publication number: 20090116954
    Abstract: A turbomachine including a variable-pitch stator vane stage. A control ring that is coaxial around the casing comprises two segments that are assembled together by side connection straps fastened on either side of the segments with mutual insetting and in the vicinity of the ends of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Andre BOURU, Jean-Christophe Leininger
  • Publication number: 20080141678
    Abstract: A system for cooling the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this compressor (10) supplying an annular diffuser (12) comprising an end-piece (26) that extends downstream and along the impeller of the compressor and that is covered on the upstream side by an annular metal sheet (90) that delimits, with the impeller of the compressor, a first annular passageway (39) to carry away the air taken from the outlet of the compressor and, with the end-piece of the diffuser, a second annular passageway (98) to carry away a portion of the air flow coming out of the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Antoine Robert Alain BRUNET, Jean-Christophe Leininger, David Locatelli, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Publication number: 20080019829
    Abstract: System for cooling a downstream cavity of a centrifugal compressor impeller in a turbomachine, this compressor (10) being connected to a diffuser (12) comprising a downstream annular flange, an annular plating (70) being mounted coaxially around the flange of the diffuser and substantially extending over the entire axial dimension of the flange so as to define an annular ventilation passage (72) fed with air which is cooler than the air (61) exiting the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Argaud, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Jean-Christophe Leininger