Patents by Inventor Laurent Pierre Tarnowski

Laurent Pierre Tarnowski 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: 20240228018
    Abstract: A propeller for an aircraft propulsion assembly extending longitudinally along an axis X. The propeller comprising a propeller cone, blades, a guide member extending longitudinally along the axis X and rotating as one with the propeller cone, the guide member being mounted outside the propeller cone in such a way as to form between them a guide path, the guide member having an upstream opening configured to convey a flow of air in the guide path and a downstream opening in such a way as to remove the flow of air downstream, the guide member having through-orifices through which extend the blades of the propeller and compressor vanes, which rotate as one with the propeller cone and which are positioned in the guide path in such a way as to generate an accelerated air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc REGAUD, Didier Claude CHARTRAIN, Sebastien COMBEBIAS, Thomas DROUIN, Camel SERGHINE, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Michael DERDERIAN, Vincent DUQUEINE
  • Patent number: 11988112
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Bernard Claude Pons, Alphonse Puerto, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11852033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor blade (10) for a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, comprising an airfoil (12) comprising a pressure face (15) and a suction face (17) extending from a leading edge (14) to a trailing edge (16), the airfoil (12) comprising an axis of elongation extending substantially along the leading (14) and trailing (16) edges, the airfoil (12) comprising a radially firmer end for connection to a rotor and a free radially outer end. According to the invention, the airfoil (10) further comprises at least one series of fins (24) situated on said free end, each of these fins (24) comprising a pressure face (26) situated on the suction face (17) side of the airfoil (12), and a suction face (28) situated on the pressure face (15) side of the airfoil (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Youssef Bouchia, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20230220800
    Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Lois Pierre Denis VIVE
  • Publication number: 20230220779
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute is can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE
  • Publication number: 20230175527
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a compressor including variable-pitch stationary vanes each extending radially between a rotary hub and a stationary casing surrounding this rotary hub, each variable-pitch vane including a blade having a base spaced apart by a first radial gap from a stationary wall of the casing, and a tip spaced apart by a second radial gap from a rotary wall of the rotary hub. The stationary wall of the casing or the rotary wall of the rotary hub includes at the blade a shape treatment arranged to channel an air leak passing through the corresponding gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Fabien Jean-Michel ARTUS, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20230053734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor blade (10) for a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, comprising an airfoil (12) comprising a pressure face (15) and a suction face (17) extending from a leading edge (14) to a trailing edge (16), the airfoil (12) comprising an axis of elongation extending substantially along the leading (14) and trailing (16) edges, the airfoil (12) comprising a radially firmer end for connection to a rotor and a free radially outer end. According to the invention, the airfoil (10) further comprises at least one series of fins (24) situated on said free end, each of these fins (24) comprising a pressure face (26) situated on the suction face (17) side of the airfoil (12), and a suction face (28) situated on the pressure face (15) side of the airfoil (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Youssef BOUCHIA, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220134426
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a compressor impeller or rotor including a hub that carries blades, involving a step of manufacturing a hub which includes all or some of the blades, and a step of additive manufacture by adding localised material using a method such as the LMD process to form or finish each blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Rainer THOMAS, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Mathieu Laurent HERRAN, Ludovic André Joël NAUDOT
  • Patent number: 11187234
    Abstract: A wheel blade for a turbomachine compressor. The blade comprises a body extending between the root of the blade in the direction of the height of the blade. The body extends from a leading-edge to a trailing edge in a direction of the camber line of the blade. The blade comprises a winglet located in the extension of the body in the direction of the height. The winglet is located at the tip of the blade and at the leading edge of the blade. The body has a curvature oriented in a first direction of rotation with respect to the direction of the camber line, the winglet having a curvature in a second direction of rotation counter to the first direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Fabien Artus, Youssef Bouchia, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20200003219
    Abstract: A wheel blade for a turbomachine compressor. The blade comprises a body extending between the root of the blade in the direction of the height of the blade. The body extends from a leading-edge to a trailing edge in a direction of the camber line of the blade. The blade comprises a winglet located in the extension of the body in the direction of the height. The winglet is located at the tip of the blade and at the leading edge of the blade. The body has a curvature oriented in a first direction of rotation with respect to the direction of the camber line, the winglet having a curvature in a second direction of rotation counter to the first direction of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Fabien ARTUS, Youssef BOUCHIA, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI
  • Patent number: 9683576
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal compressor, the impeller including a web and blades secured to the web on a front face of the web. A point of intersection between a trailing edge and a blade root is at least one half-thickness of the web further forward than the blade root at an intermediate diameter of the impeller, and a point of intersection between the trailing edge and the blade tip is also further forward than the blade tip at an intermediate diameter of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Mathieu Herran, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Patent number: 9618008
    Abstract: A diffuser of a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type includes two end plates which enclose a plurality of regularly distributed circumferential blades, and at least one transverse upstream passage produced in lower or upper surfaces of the blades. An injection/withdrawal coupling is achieved by a recirculation of a stream in an air passage of the diffuser on the basis of injection of air from at least one point in a leading edge zone of an upstream side of the diffuser. Blowing of air is then effected in at least one groove formed along a lateral flank of each blade by withdrawal of the air stream in a region of a trailing edge. Thereby, effectively separation of the air in a boundary layer in a gas turbine compressor diffuser is realized by re-energizing the boundary layer with air at a higher pressure by a suction/re-injection coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Jérôme Yves Félix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Patent number: 9611862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary air system for a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type including a rotor presenting an axis of rotation, said compressor being adapted to compress an oxidizer gas. The secondary air system includes an oxidizer gas bleed system arranged in the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Christophe Michel Georges Marcel Brillet, Jerome Yves Felix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20140133957
    Abstract: A diffusion stage of a radial or mixed gas turbine engine compressor includes an impeller formed by two plates, between which fluid flows in a centrifugal or inclined manner from a center towards a periphery. Blades of a cascade are distributed between the plates to channel the flow of the fluid between leading edges of the blades at the center and trailing edges at the periphery. At least one of the plates has an internal face including at least one zone with alternating hollow and bump curvatures between two adjacent blades, in at least one of two substantially perpendicular directions, in the direction of flow along the blades and in an inter-blade tangential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Nicolas Bulot, Jerome Yves Felix Gilbert Porodo
  • Publication number: 20140127023
    Abstract: An impeller of a centrifugal compressor, the impeller including a web and blades secured to the web on a front face of the web. A point of intersection between a trailing edge and a blade root is at least one half-thickness of the web further forward than the blade root at an intermediate diameter of the impeller, and a point of intersection between the trailing edge and the blade tip is also further forward than the blade tip at an intermediate diameter of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Mathieu Herran, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20140105723
    Abstract: A diffuser of a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type includes two end plates which enclose a plurality of regularly distributed circumferential blades, and at least one transverse upstream passage produced in lower or upper surfaces of the blades. An injection/withdrawal coupling is achieved by a recirculation of a stream in an air passage of the diffuser on the basis of injection of air from at least one point in a leading edge zone of an upstream side of the diffuser. Blowing of air is then effected in at least one groove formed along a lateral flank of each blade by withdrawal of the air stream in a region of a trailing edge. Thereby, effectively separation of the air in a boundary layer in a gas turbine compressor diffuser is realized by re-energizing the boundary layer with air at a higher pressure by a suction/re-injection coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Jérôme Yves Félix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20120036865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary air system for a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type including a rotor presenting an axis of rotation, said compressor being adapted to compress an oxidizer gas. The secondary air system includes an oxidizer gas bleed system arranged in the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Christophe Michel Georges Marcel Brillet, Jérôme Yves Félix Gilbert Porodo, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski