Patents by Inventor Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix

Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix 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: 11933246
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine extending along an X axis and comprising a blower configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake which comprises at least one deflection member movably mounted between a deployed position in which the deflection member projects from the inner wall or from the lip of the air intake in a radially inward direction of deployment facing the X axis or in a longitudinal direction of deployment with respect to the X axis, in order to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the inner wall to support the reverse thrust phase, and a retracted position in which the air intake has an aerodynamic profile so as to guide the internal air flow along the inner wall in order to support the thrust phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Frédéric Dautreppe, Anthony Binder, Eva Julie Lebeault
  • Publication number: 20240002036
    Abstract: An air intake for an aircraft propulsion assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a turbine engine that comprises a primary flow path and a secondary flow path for respectively guiding a primary air flow and a secondary air flow during a thrust, and thrust reversal means for changing the secondary airflow into a reverse airflow during a thrust reversal. The air intake comprising a peripheral external enclosure comprising, in each plane radial to the axis, a point of maximum curvature for detaching the reverse airflow, an osculating circle defining a radius of curvature that is defined at each of the points of maximum curvature. The average value of the radii of curvature being less than a product of 0.028 times an internal radius of the intake at the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yacine Cheraga, Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Philippe Gérard Chanez, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix
  • Publication number: 20230160356
    Abstract: A method for controlling a turboj et engine thrust reverser during an aborted aircraft takeoff, the thrust reverser including doors movable between a stowed position, an overstowed position and a deployed position; door actuators to move the doors between the stowed, overstowed and deployed positions; a device for locking the doors in the stowed position, moveable between a locking position and an unlocking position; and a lock actuator to move the locking device between the locking and unlocking positions. The method includes decreasing the engine speed of the turbojet engine by following a setpoint value below a first engine speed threshold value at which the aerodynamic forces being exerted on the doors are equal to the forces developed by the door actuators; controlling the door actuators to bring the doors into the overstowed position; controlling the lock actuator to bring the locking device into the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Irène BUJON, Jean-Loïc Hervé LECORDIX
  • Patent number: 11639668
    Abstract: A method for controlling the clearance between the blade tips of a high-pressure turbine of a gas turbine aircraft engine and a turbine shroud, including the controlling of a valve delivering a stream of air to the turbine shroud, this method further including the following steps: the detection of a transient acceleration phase of the engine; the receiving of an item of data representative of the gas temperature at the outlet of the combustion chamber of the engine; a valve opening command, to deliver the air stream to the turbine shroud or to increase the flow rate of the delivered air stream, if the transient acceleration phase is detected and if the gas temperature at the outlet of the combustion chamber is greater than a first temperature threshold corresponding to a degraded clearance characteristic of an aged engine, this threshold being less than an operating limit temperature of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice Fraisse, Tangi Rumon Brusq, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix
  • Publication number: 20220186682
    Abstract: An aircraft turbojet engine extending along an X axis and comprising a blower configured to provide a reverse thrust and a nacelle comprising an air intake which comprises at least one deflection member movably mounted between a deployed position in which the deflection member projects from the inner wall or from the lip of the air intake in a radially inward direction of deployment facing the X axis or in a longitudinal direction of deployment with respect to the X axis, in order to allow a release of the reverse air flow from the inner wall to support the reverse thrust phase, and a retracted position in which the air intake has an aerodynamic profile so as to guide the internal air flow along the inner wall in order to support the thrust phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Daniel-Ciprian Mincu, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix, Nicolas Joseph Sirvin, Frédéric Dautreppe, Anthony Binder, Eva Julie Lebeault
  • Publication number: 20210003028
    Abstract: A method for controlling the clearance between the blade tips of a high-pressure turbine of a gas turbine aircraft engine and a turbine shroud, including the controlling of a valve delivering a stream of air to the turbine shroud, this method further including the following steps: the detection of a transient acceleration phase of the engine; the receiving of an item of data representative of the gas temperature at the outlet of the combustion chamber of the engine; a valve opening command, to deliver the air stream to the turbine shroud or to increase the flow rate of the delivered air stream, if the transient acceleration phase is detected and if the gas temperature at the outlet of the combustion chamber is greater than a first temperature threshold corresponding to a degraded clearance characteristic of an aged engine, this threshold being less than an operating limit temperature of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice FRAISSE, Tangi Rumon BRUSQ, Jean-Loïc Hervé LECORDIX
  • Patent number: 9885291
    Abstract: A bypass turbine engine including: an inner casing, an inter-duct casing, and an outer casing so as to define a primary duct between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, and a secondary duct between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing; a rotary shaft including a movable fan including radial blades of which free ends face the outer casing of the turbine engine to compress an air flow in the secondary duct; a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes mounted upstream of the movable fan so as to deflect the incident axial air prior to it being axially rectified by the movable fan in the secondary duct; and a system for individually regulating the pitch of the variable-pitch radial vanes if heterogeneity of the air flow in the secondary duct is detected, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Nils Bordoni
  • Patent number: 9879561
    Abstract: A bypass turbine engine including: an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing so as to define a primary duct between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, and a secondary duct between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing; a rotary shaft including, at an upstream end, a movable fan with radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct; a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes mounted upstream of the movable fan so as to deflect the incident axial air prior to it being axially rectified by the movable fan in the secondary duct; and a system for individually adjusting the pitch of the radial vanes including a single control ring and rods for connecting the control ring to each of said radial vanes, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Nils Bordoni, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak
  • Patent number: 9835044
    Abstract: A bypass turbine engine including an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing, wherein a primary duct is defined between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, wherein a secondary duct is defined between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing wherein a rotary shaft includes, at the upstream end, a movable fan including radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing of the turbine engine so as to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct, wherein a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes are mounted upstream of the movable fan, the variable-pitch vanes being configured to deflect the incident axial air, wherein the movable fan is configured to axially rectify the air deflected in the secondary duct, and the turbine engine not being provided with stator vanes in the secondary duct downstream of the movable fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventor: Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix
  • Publication number: 20160069205
    Abstract: Bypass turbine engine, in particular for an aircraft, in which air flows circulate from upstream to downstream, the turbine engine extending axially and comprising: an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing (13) so as to define a primary duct between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, and a secondary duct between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing (13), a rotary shaft comprising, at the upstream end, a movable fan comprising radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing (13) of the turbine engine so as to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct, and a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes (5) mounted upstream of the movable fan so as to deflect the incident axial air prior to it being axially rectified by the movable fan in the secondary duct, and means for individually adjusting the pitch of the radial vanes (5), which comprise a single control ring and rods (25, 30) for connecting said control ring (24) to each of said radial vanes (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Herve LECORDIX, Nils BORDONI, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK
  • Publication number: 20160069275
    Abstract: Bypass turbine engine, in particular for an aircraft, in which air flows circulate from upstream to downstream, the turbine engine extending axially and comprising: an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing (13) so as to define a primary duct between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, and a secondary duct between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing (13), a rotary shaft comprising, at the upstream end, a movable fan comprising radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing (13) of the turbine engine so as to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct, a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes (5) mounted upstream of the movable fan so as to deflect the incident axial air prior to it being axially rectified by the movable fan in the secondary duct, means for individually regulating the pitch of the variable-pitch radial vanes (5) if heterogeneity of the air flow in the secondary duct is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Herve LECORDIX, Nils Bordoni
  • Publication number: 20150300198
    Abstract: A bypass turbine engine including an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing, wherein a primary duct is defined between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, wherein a secondary duct is defined between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing wherein a rotary shaft includes, at the upstream end, a movable fan including radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing of the turbine engine so as to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct, wherein a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes are mounted upstream of the movable fan, the variable-pitch vanes being configured to deflect the incident axial air, wherein the movable fan is configured to axially rectify the air deflected in the secondary duct, and the turbine engine not being provided with stator vanes in the secondary duct downstream of the movable fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Jean-Loic Herve LECORDIX
  • Patent number: 8684302
    Abstract: An airplane provided with dual-flow turbojet engines having nacelles at least partially encased in the fuselage, wherein the air intake of each engine is connected to the fuselage by two boundary layer guiding walls, the walls extending towards the upstream side of the air intake and being spaced apart towards the upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Gerard Chanez, Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Stephane Jacques Francois Thomas
  • Patent number: 8573532
    Abstract: An aircraft provided with turbojet engines of which the nacelles are partially embedded in the fuselage of the aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes an internal space at engine nacelles. The internal space includes a platform capable of supporting personnel and maintenance equipment, with the portions of the nacelles located inside the aircraft comprising trapdoors or devices for accessing inside the engines from the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Marc Patrick Tesniere, Stephane Jacques Francois Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110163207
    Abstract: An airplane provided with dual-flow turbojet engines having nacelles at least partially encased in the fuselage, wherein the air intake of each engine is connected to the fuselage by two boundary layer guiding walls, the walls extending towards the upstream side of the air intake and being spaced apart towards the upstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Philippe Gerard Chanez, Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Stephane Jacques Francois Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100096495
    Abstract: Aircraft provided with turbojet engines of which the nacelles are partially embedded in the fuselage of the aircraft, characterised in that it comprises on engine nacelles an internal space comprising a platform capable of supporting personnel and maintenance equipment, with the portions of the nacelles located inside the aircraft comprising trapdoors or means for accessing inside the engines from the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Loic Hervé LECORDIX, Marc Patrick Tesniere, Stéphane Jacques Francois Thomas
  • Patent number: 6282881
    Abstract: A system for cooling the lubricant of the speed reducer of an aircraft turboshaft-engine during high-speed flight and during low-speed taxying. The cooling system includes a radiator through which the lubricant flows. An air supply duct delivers cooling air over the radiator. An air discharge duct discharges the air into the exhaust nozzle of the engine. The air supply duct is fed by an arcuate air take-off slot disposed in the air intake of the engine. The air discharge duct is provided with a flap for slowing air flow through the cooling system, and with an ejector-mixer, which is fed by compressed air, taken from the engine compressor, for creating a Venturi effect to increase air flow through the cooling system when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation “Snecma”
    Inventors: Bruno Albert Beutin, Pascal Noël Brossier, Michel François Raymond Franchet, Jean-Loïc Hervé Lecordix, Marc Georges Loubet