Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Benard

Jean-Paul Benard 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).

  • Method for manufacturing an assembly including a plurality of blades mounted in a platform
    Patent number: 9145782
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly, including a plurality of blades mounted in a platform preparing a mixture of metal powder and thermoplastic binder, includes manufacturing the blades separately from the platform, and finishing the blades after the manufacturing. The method also includes injecting the mixture into a mold to obtain a platform blank, removing the binder from the platform blank prior to assembling the finished blades with the blank, inserting one end of the finished blades into a housing formed in the platform blank in order to assemble the assembly, and sintering the assembly comprising the platform blank and the finished blades to unify the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Benard, Vanessa Mengeling, Jean-Baptiste Mottin
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BLADES MOUNTED IN A PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20120039738
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly, including a plurality of blades mounted in a platform preparing a mixture of metal powder and thermoplastic binder, includes manufacturing the blades separately from the platform, and finishing the blades after the manufacturing. The method also includes injecting the mixture into a mold to obtain a platform blank, removing the binder from the platform blank prior to assembling the finished blades with the blank, inserting one end of the finished blades into a housing formed in the platform blank in order to assemble the assembly, and sintering the assembly comprising the platform blank and the finished blades to unify the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Benard, Vanessa Mengeling, Jean-Baptiste Mottin