Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Bonnet

Jean-Paul Bonnet 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: 9151244
    Abstract: An aircraft jet engine comprising a nozzle to eject a gas stream, and a system for reducing the noise generated by the ejection of the gas stream. This system comprises several ducts which each are connected upstream to a recess divided into several chambers and open, downstream, at the outlet of nozzle. In this way, each duct ejects a fluid jet deriving from the recess and which interacts with the gas stream of the engine. The system also comprises a pulsation means for the fluid jet which brings about its ejection at the nozzle outlet and/or modulates its speed by varying the volume contained in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: AIRBUS Operations (S.A.S.), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean Paul Bonnet, Luis Gomes, Remy Maury
  • Patent number: 9074613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for controlling the mass flow rate of a sonic gas stream in a pipe. To carry out the above operation, an electric discharge is applied inside the pipe so as to create a plasma in the pipe. The electric discharge allows for an increase in the temperature of the gas stream and thus a variation in the mass flow rate or the pressure of the gas stream. By periodically emitting the electric discharge, a pulsed or adjustable gas jet is obtained at the outlet of the device. The gas jet can then be used to control a main stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Anton Lebedev, Eric Moreau, Nicolas Benard
  • Patent number: 8770921
    Abstract: An aircraft jet engine with a longitudinal axis, including a wall enclosing a gas flow ejected from a downstream end of the wall in the longitudinal axis, plural ducts being distributed around the periphery of the downstream end of the wall each including a terminal section, including an outlet opening. Each duct can eject a fluid jet through the outlet opening thereof. The ducts are configured to eject the fluid jets essentially parallel to each other, each fluid jet ejected through the corresponding outlet opening forming a lateral angle with the longitudinal axis in a projection view in a plane with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.A.S., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Poitiers
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Patent number: 8393139
    Abstract: An aircraft jet engine including a wall centered about a longitudinal axis and surrounding a stream of gas ejected at a downstream end of the wall in the direction of the axis, primary ducts distributed at the periphery of the downstream end of the wall configured on command each to eject a jet of primary fluid to interact with the ejected stream of gas, the primary ducts of each pair converging towards one another near the downstream end of the wall so that the primary jets ejected form two sides of a triangle that meet at the vertex thereof in a view projected onto a plane perpendicular to a transverse plane, and secondary ducts each associated with each pair of primary ducts and configured on command to eject a jet of secondary fluid directed into the triangle formed by the primary jets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Poitiers
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Publication number: 20130032218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for controlling the mass flow rate of a sonic gas stream in a pipe. To carry out the above operation, an electric discharge is applied inside the pipe so as to create a plasma in the pipe. The electric discharge allows for an increase in the temperature of the gas stream and thus a variation in the mass flow rate or the pressure of the gas stream. By periodically emitting the electric discharge, a pulsed or adjustable gas jet is obtained at the outlet of the device. The gas jet can then be used to control a main stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Anton Lebedev, Eric Moreau, Nicolas Benard
  • Publication number: 20120186224
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft jet engine comprising a nozzle (2) intended to eject a gas stream, and a system for reducing the noise (3) generated by the ejection of the gas stream. This system comprises several ducts (11a) which each, on the one hand, are connected upstream to a recess divided into several chambers and, on the other hand, open, downstream, at the outlet of nozzle (2). In this way, each duct ejects a fluid jet deriving from the recess and which interacts with the gas stream of the engine. The system also comprises a pulsation means (12) for the fluid jet which brings about its ejection at the nozzle outlet and/or modulates its speed by varying the volume contained in the recess. The system is configured in particular for balancing static pressures between the chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean Paul Bonnet, Luis Gomes, Remy Maury
  • Patent number: 8157050
    Abstract: A jet engine, including a wall surrounding a first gas flow ejected from a downstream end of the wall along a longitudinal axis, a second flow of gas running outside the wall in a direction of ejection of the first gas flow, at least one duct arranged on the periphery of the downstream end of the wall which is desired to eject a gas flow for interacting with one and/or the other gas flow, the at least one duct including a terminal section provided at the free end thereof with an outlet opening through which the fluid is ejected. The terminal section successively includes a first section of straight duct aligned along a median axis and a second duct section forming a bend relative to the straight section, the second portion having a free end provided with the outlet opening and sufficiently close to the median axis of the first section to give the terminal section a reduced restriction in a direction of formation of the bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitéde Poitiers
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Patent number: 8132756
    Abstract: An aircraft engine having a longitudinal axis, including a wall surrounding a gas stream that is ejected at a downstream end of the wall along the longitudinal axis, wherein a plurality of conduits distributed at the periphery of the downstream end of the wall are each capable of ejecting, via an outlet orifice, a fluid jet in the form of a sheet, in such a way that the jets thus ejected each form a fluid perturbation around the ejected gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Poitiers, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Patent number: 8020368
    Abstract: A nozzle allowing the reduction of noise generated by aircraft jet engines having at least one output ring which disturbs the propulsion jet, and having at least one pair of conduits from which the propulsion of jet air is ejected at the output of the nozzle. The conduits of each pair are disposed convergent with respect to each other in order to generate a triangle of interaction of the air jets at the output ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Universite de Poitiers, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Estelle Laurendeau
  • Publication number: 20110042162
    Abstract: A jet engine, including a wall surrounding a first gas flow ejected from a downstream end of the wall along a longitudinal axis, a second flow of gas running outside the wall in a direction of ejection of the first gas flow, at least one duct arranged on the periphery of the downstream end of the wall which is desired to eject a gas flow for interacting with one and/or the other gas flow, the at least one duct including a terminal section provided at the free end thereof with an outlet opening through which the fluid is ejected. The terminal section successively includes a first section of straight duct aligned along a median axis and a second duct section forming a bend relative to the straight section, the second portion having a free end provided with the outlet opening and sufficiently close to the median axis of the first section to give the terminal section a reduced restriction in a direction of formation of the bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (inc. as a Soc.par Act. Simpl.), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Publication number: 20110027070
    Abstract: An aircraft jet engine with a longitudinal axis, including a wall enclosing a gas flow ejected from a downstream end of the wall in the longitudinal axis, plural ducts being distributed around the periphery of the downstream end of the wall each including a terminal section, including an outlet opening. Each duct can eject a fluid jet through the outlet opening thereof. The ducts are configured to eject the fluid jets essentially parallel to each other, each fluid jet ejected through the corresponding outlet opening forming a lateral angle with the longitudinal axis in a projection view in a plane with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, Centre National De La Recherche Scienti (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE POITERS
    Inventors: Jerome Huber, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Francois Strekowski
  • Publication number: 20100251724
    Abstract: A nozzle allowing the reduction of noise generated by aircraft jet engines having at least one output ring which disturbs the propulsion jet, and having at least one pair of conduits from which the propulsion of jet air is ejected at the output of the nozzle. The conduits of each pair are disposed convergent with respect to each other in order to generate a triangle of interaction of the air jets at the output ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Peter Jordan, Estelle Laurendeau
  • Publication number: 20100065680
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft engine having a longitudinal axis (XX?), comprising a wall (30) surrounding a gas stream that is ejected at a downstream end (30a) of the wall along the longitudinal axis, characterized in that a plurality of conduits (60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) distributed at the periphery of the downstream end of the wall are each capable of ejecting, via an outlet orifice (60c), a fluid jet (76) in the form of a sheet, in such a way that the jets thus ejected each form a fluid perturbation around the ejected gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicants: Airbus France, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ( CNRS ), UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
    Inventors: Jerome HUBER, Jean-Paul BONNET, Joel DELVILLE, Peter JORDAN, Francois STREKOWSKI
  • Patent number: 7174718
    Abstract: A device for controlling propulsive gas mixing at an outlet of an aircraft jet engine, wherein propulsive jets are composed of a hot primary jet exiting from a nozzle of the jet engine and a secondary flux flowing between an external wall of the nozzle and an internal wall of the jet engine including a divergent trailing edge on the wall that generates conditions of a separation of the primary jet close to an existence limit value and a primary jet controller that enables control of passage of the primary jet from a separated state to a reattached state, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Erwan Collin, Jean Tensi, Eric Moreau, Gerard Touchard
  • Publication number: 20040216446
    Abstract: A device for controlling propulsive gas mixing at an outlet of an aircraft jet engine, wherein propulsive jets are composed of a hot primary jet exiting from a nozzle of the jet engine and a secondary flux flowing between an external wall of the nozzle and an internal wall of the jet engine including a divergent trailing edge on the wall that generates conditions of a separation of the primary jet close to an existence limit value and a primary jet controller that enables control of passage of the primary jet from a separated state to a reattached state, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, a corporation of France
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Bonnet, Joel Delville, Erwan Collin, Jean Tensi, Eric Moreau, Gerard Touchard