Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc Soupizon

Jean-Luc Soupizon 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: 20090004023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange. The device also comprises blades, each having its root mounted in a respective slot, a retaining annulus having one end mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk, and a flange disposed around the flange of the disk and co-operating therewith to define a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity that opens out into the bottom of each of the slots, together with air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk including a plurality of openings that open out radially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Claude Gerard Rene Dejaune, Valerie Annie Gros, Gael Loro, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20080240845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a joining device (10) comprising a clevis (22) and a connecting member (28), the member (28) pierced with a through hole (30) being housed between a first and a second lug (26a, 26b) of the clevis, these lugs respectively having a first clevis hole (32a) and a second clevis hole (32b), the device further comprising a shear pin system (36) passing through each of said holes (32a, 32b, 30) and comprising a threaded end (46) collaborating with a nut system (44) bearing against the second lug. According to the invention, the shear pin system comprises a widened portion (42) passing through the first hole and forming a shoulder (50) situated between the two lugs, the member situated some distance from the first lug being pressed against the shoulder (50) on the one hand and against the second lug (26b) on the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Godefroy Francis Frederic DRELON, Philippe Jean-Pierre Pabion, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20080232953
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inter-turbine casing (40) for a turbofan (2), comprising an outer ring (44), an inner ring (54), and an intermediate ring (52) between the inner ring and the outer ring, the inner (54) and intermediate (52) rings having respective openings (540, 520) for the passage of cooling air. The casing is distinguished in that it comprises at least one sealing device (80), arranged between the outer ring (44) and the intermediate ring (52), with a base (82), provided with at least one orifice (90) for the passage of cooling air, and a peripheral skirt (84) which is able to be compressed and expanded elastically, the base (82) bearing against the outer ring (44) and the peripheral skirt (84) bearing against the intermediate ring (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Bernard GUIMBARD, Philippe Jean-Pierre Pabion, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7390170
    Abstract: A device for assembling together annular flanges by means of fastening bolts, in particular in a low-pressure turbine stage of the turbojet, one of the flanges has an element projecting from its face that faces the other flange and that is received in a notch in said other flange when the relative angular positioning of the two flanges is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Emmanuel Charrier, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7377749
    Abstract: A device for balancing a rotating part, in particular a turbine rotor in a turbomachine such as a turbojet or the like, the device comprising at least one balance weight comprising engagement means for engaging it on an annular flange of the part, and locking means associated with the balance weight and with the annular flange to prevent the balance weight from moving relative to the annular flange and to block itself against moving both in rotation and in axial translation relative to the balance weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Emmanuel Charrier, Philippe Pabion, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7367774
    Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the rotary assembly, at least one segment of the shaft being covered in a covering which comprises at least one piece of fabric impregnated with resin and which is for coming into contact with a surrounding portion of the turbomachine when the unbalance occurs in order to protect the first shaft and ensure that there is no risk of the first shaft rupturing. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Bourget, Bruno Dambrine, Claude Mons, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7360986
    Abstract: A turbomachine including at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the first shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the first rotary assembly. The turbomachine further comprising brake arrangement for braking the first shaft when the unbalance occurs, and bond arrangement acting at the end of braking to bond a portion of the first shaft to a surrounding portion of the turbomachine. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Aymeric Hugonie, Claude Mons, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20080085182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transition channel (10) between a first turbine section and a second turbine section for a gas turbine engine, comprising a first radially external annular wall (102), a second radially internal annular wall, the first wall comprising orifices (102C?) for injecting a fluid into the channel in order to re-energize the boundary layer thereof. It is characterized in that the first wall (102) consists of ring sector elements housed inside an annular ring (104), fluid supply means being arranged between the space (110) outside the ring and said injection orifices (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Bernard GUIMBARD, Philippe Jean-Pierre Pabion, Eric Schwartz, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7351030
    Abstract: A connection device between a nozzle and a feed enclosure for feeding cooling fluid to at least one injector in a turbomachine, the device comprises at least one bushing having open axial ends engaged in orifices in a wall of the nozzle and in a wall of the feed enclosure, together with retaining means for retaining the bushing axially, the retaining means being formed to project from an outer cylindrical surface of the bushing between the axial ends of the bushing and at a distance from said ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Soupizon, Sebastien Imbourg, Philippe Jean Pierre Pabion
  • Patent number: 7326035
    Abstract: An attachment device for attaching a blade to a turbine rotor disk in a turbomachine, the blade root forming a male portion engaged and held radially in a cavity of complementary shape in the rotor disk, with means for preventing the blade root from moving axially in the cavity, the blade axis being inclined relative to a perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, in a direction and at an angle that are designed to compensate at least in part for the displacement of the axis of the blade caused by the mechanical and thermal stresses applied to the rotor during operation of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Paul Rodrigues, Jean-luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7290982
    Abstract: The distributor sectors (25) of a turbomachine are secured adjacent to a casing (31) with sealing sectors (32) alternating with them in the axial direction. The distributor sectors (25) are provided with force resistant faces (37; 39) through which forces exerted on the distributor sectors are transmitted to the casing. The inner surface of the casing (31) is smoother and is not fitted with any hooks; consequently, this casing (31) is less complicated to make and is less mechanically stressed to retain the 10 distributor sectors, and the distributor sectors may be installed by a purely axial movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Patrick J. Girard, Sebastien A. Imbourg, Philippe J. Pabion, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7252476
    Abstract: A device for lubricating a component in a turbomachine, in particular a shaft bearing in a turbojet, the device comprising an annular support part defining a lubrication chamber around the component, an annular cover mounted in sealed manner on the part and including a lubricating oil inlet, and an annular channel for passing a flow of pressurizing and cooling air, which channel is formed between the part and the cover, and communicates with ducts in the support part and an annular enclosure formed in the cover for passing the pressurizing and cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien Jean-Laurent Prestel, Olivier Renon, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7210901
    Abstract: The retaining hooks (32) of a flange (22) of straightening sectors (20), bearing fixed blades in a turbomachine, are advantageously placed on an end plate (30) distinct from the casing (21) but assembled on the latter. In this way, these hooks no longer constitute weak points in the casing, as if they were all in one piece with it, assembly of the sectors (20) is facilitated, and the assembly is more rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Sebastien Imbourg, Philippe Pabion, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7137783
    Abstract: A cooled gas turbine blade includes a foundry part and a longitudinal sleeve obtained by the forming of metal sheet. The foundry part includes a longitudinal body provided with a longitudinal cavity with first and second apertures at its ends. The sleeve is mounted in the cavity being held therein by soldering or brazing to the wall of the first aperture, and an end portion of which is free to slide in the second slide-forming aperture. The end portion and the slide are in sliding contact relatively to surfaces formed by machining. A sealing insert can be positioned between the end portion of the sleeve and the wall of the second aperture. This insert can be integral with the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Philippe Pabion, Jean-Luc Soupizon, Jean-Michel Guimbard
  • Publication number: 20060254250
    Abstract: The invention provides a drain tube for mounting coaxially inside a low-pressure shaft of a turbomachine, the tube comprising a hollow metal tubular portion of length substantially identical to that of the shaft inside which said tube is to be mounted, the outside surface of the metal portion of the tube being covered over at least a fraction of its length in a composite material based on fibers oriented along a direction that is substantially longitudinal so as to confer bending strength to the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Bruno Dambrine, Aymeric Hugonie, Claude Mons, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20060251506
    Abstract: Device for limiting turbine overspeed in a turbomachine, the turbine comprising a rotor formed of disks mounted on a turbine shaft and carrying moving blades, stages of fixed blades disposed between the disks of the rotor, and means for shearing the moving blades of the upstream disk of the rotor, these means being carried by a circumferential rim of a stage of fixed blades of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7037078
    Abstract: In a moving turbine wheel, blade inserts are used with at least two blades interconnected by common outer and inner platforms and sharing a common root. The blade inserts have hollow roots in which respective recesses are formed, and the insert roots belonging to the same wheel and/or two different wheels are voluntarily given different configurations in order to adjust the resonant frequencies of the inserts to values that are significantly different, thereby ensuring that the inserts in the same wheel and/or between two different wheels are out of tune.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Soupizon, Patrick Rossi, Henri Popinet, Sandrine Tourbier, Claude Bion, Charles Balleron, José Lopez, Patrick Girard, Xavier Lescure, Patrice Rosset
  • Publication number: 20060088408
    Abstract: A device for lubricating a component in a turbomachine, in particular a shaft bearing in a turbojet, the device comprising an annular support part defining a lubrication chamber around the component, an annular cover mounted in sealed manner on the part and including a lubricating oil inlet, and an annular channel for passing a flow of pressurizing and cooling air, which channel is formed between the part and the cover, and communicates with ducts in the support part and an annular enclosure formed in the cover for passing the pressurizing and cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien Prestel, Olivier Renon, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7025562
    Abstract: A turbine disk cooling device fed with cooling air from an orifice through an annular support platform for a fixed vane of a low-pressure turbine is disposed between an upstream flange and a downstream flange of the support platform. The device includes upstream and downstream annular plates longitudinally defining an annular cavity, a sealing device extending longitudinally between the upstream and downstream plates so as to close the cooling air cavity, an element to hold the upstream and downstream plates against upstream and downstream flanges of the support platform, and a plurality of holes for ejecting cooling air towards the turbine disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: SNECMA Moteurs
    Inventors: Sébastien Imbourg, Jean-Luc Soupizon, Philippe Pabion
  • Patent number: 7004725
    Abstract: A device for centering a component positioned inside and rotationally secured at its end to a turbine hollow shaft positioned in a gas turbine engine. The device includes a sheath enclosing and solidly joined to the component, and an elastic ring interposed between the sheath and the shaft. The ring includes a plurality of pairs of opposed shoes extending radially outwardly therefrom and configured to radially expand so as to extend against an inner portion of the shaft. The shoes include thin, elastic cylindrical walls having an external diameter configured slightly less than the internal diameter of the shaft prior to assembly onto the shaft, and arranged to expand to the inner wall of the shaft when assembled thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jean-Bernard Vache, Jean-Luc Soupizon, Christophe Galand