Patents by Inventor Jean Loisy

Jean Loisy 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: 7363757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine (1) with a semi-fixed turbine, particularly for aircraft driving a receiver (2) controlled so as to preserve a roughly constant rotation speed. The turbine engine, in particular via a gear system (20), drives the receiver and an LP compressor (6) with an LP turbine (14). According to the invention, the gear system has a torque control system (26) maintaining a constant ratio between the drive torque of the receiver transmitted by the gear system and the drive torque of the LP compressor transmitted by this same gear system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventor: Jean Loisy
  • Publication number: 20080060341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine (1) with a semi-fixed turbine, particularly for aircraft driving a receiver (2) controlled so as to preserve a roughly constant rotation speed. The turbine engine, in particular via a gear system (20), drives the receiver and an LP compressor (6) with an LP turbine (14). According to the invention, the gear system has a torque control system (26) maintaining a constant ratio between the drive torque of the receiver transmitted by the gear system and the drive torque of the LP compressor transmitted by this same gear system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventor: Jean Loisy
  • Patent number: 7162859
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having means for producing exhaust gas and a gas exhaust nozzle for generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one separate auxiliary propulsion assembly dissociated from said engine, having no gas generator, and capable of generating thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic flight speeds. The system further comprises gas flow tapping means movable between a position in which they tap off at least a fraction of the exhaust gas produced by said engine and feed it to said propulsion assembly to enable it to generate thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, and a position in which the gas produced by the engine is directed solely to the engine nozzle for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Publication number: 20050211822
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having means for producing exhaust gas and a gas exhaust nozzle for generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one separate auxiliary propulsion assembly dissociated from said engine, having no gas generator, and capable of generating thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic flight speeds. The system further comprises gas flow tapping means movable between a position in which they tap off at least a fraction of the exhaust gas produced by said engine and feed it to said propulsion assembly to enable it to generate thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, and a position in which the gas produced by the engine is directed solely to the engine nozzle for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Patent number: 6926232
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having at least one compressor and capable of generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one auxiliary propulsion assembly separate from said engine, and capable of generating additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising speeds, at least one pipe connecting the engine to the auxiliary propulsion assembly to convey thereto compressed air produced by the compressor so as to enable the auxiliary propulsion assembly to generate additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, there being at least one valve enabling the pipe to be closed off for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Patent number: 6845606
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having means for producing exhaust gas and a gas exhaust nozzle for generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one separate auxiliary propulsion assembly dissociated from said engine, having no gas generator, and capable of generating thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic flight speeds. The system further comprises gas flow tapping means movable between a position in which they tap off at least a fraction of the exhaust gas produced by said engine and feed it to said propulsion assembly to enable it to generate thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, and a position in which the gas produced by the engine is directed solely to the engine nozzle for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Patent number: 6688552
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane comprises at least one engine capable of generating thrust for flight at supersonic speeds together with at least one auxiliary propulsion assembly that is separate from the engine and that is capable of generating additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and flight at subsonic speeds. The auxiliary propulsion assembly does not have a gas generator and means are provided for transmitting a fraction of the mechanical power produced by the engine to the auxiliary propulsion assembly in order to enable it to generate the additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight. Means are provided for decoupling the mechanical transmission means for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Publication number: 20020189230
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having means for producing exhaust gas and a gas exhaust nozzle for generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one separate auxiliary propulsion assembly dissociated from said engine, having no gas generator, and capable of generating thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic flight speeds. The system further comprises gas flow tapping means movable between a position in which they tap off at least a fraction of the exhaust gas produced by said engine and feed it to said propulsion assembly to enable it to generate thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, and a position in which the gas produced by the engine is directed solely to the engine nozzle for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Publication number: 20020190159
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having at least one compressor and capable of generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one auxiliary propulsion assembly separate from said engine, and capable of generating additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising speeds, at least one pipe connecting the engine to the auxiliary propulsion assembly to convey thereto compressed air produced by the compressor so as to enable the auxiliary propulsion assembly to generate additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight, there being at least one valve enabling the pipe to be closed off for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy
  • Publication number: 20020190158
    Abstract: A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane comprises at least one engine capable of generating thrust for flight at supersonic speeds together with at least one auxiliary propulsion assembly that is separate from the engine and that is capable of generating additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and flight at subsonic speeds. The auxiliary propulsion assembly does not have a gas generator and means are provided for transmitting a fraction of the mechanical power produced by the engine to the auxiliary propulsion assembly in order to enable it to generate the additional thrust for takeoff, landing, and subsonic cruising flight. Means are provided for decoupling the mechanical transmission means for supersonic cruising flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Michel Franchet, Yann Laugier, Jean Loisy