Patents by Inventor Laurent Tarnowski

Laurent 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).

  • Patent number: 9890792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vane (10) of a diffuser (5) for a radial or mixed-flow compressor (2) of an engine (1), including a leading edge (11) arranged facing a flow of gas, a trailing edge (12) being opposite the leading edge (11), a side upper surface wall (13) and a side lower surface wall (14) which connect the leading edge (11) to the trailing edge (12), and a profile including a curved line (15) having at least two points of inflection (I1, I2) between the leading edge (11) and the trailing edge (12). The invention also relates to a corresponding radial diffuser (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Laurent Tarnowski, Nicolas Pascal Bulot
  • Publication number: 20160053774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vane (10) of a diffuser (5) for a radial or mixed-flow compressor (2) of an engine (1), including a leading edge (11) arranged facing a flow of gas, a trailing edge (12) being opposite the leading edge (11), a side upper surface wall (13) and a side lower surface wall (14) which connect the leading edge (11) to the trailing edge (12), and a profile including a curved line (15) having at least two points of inflection (I1, I2) between the leading edge (11) and the trailing edge (12). The invention also relates to a corresponding radial diffuser (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Laurent Tarnowski, Nicolas Pascal Bulot
  • Patent number: 8641373
    Abstract: A diffuser for a mixed flow or centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine. The diffuser includes at least one vane presenting a pressure side, a suction side, and a first flank. The vane includes a plurality of orifices opening out into the suction side and/or the pressure side and communicating with at least one cavity formed in the vane, the cavity extending transversely relative to the vane and opening out into its first flank. The cross section of the cavity varies in the transverse direction of the vane, the cross section increasing towards the first flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Turbomeca
    Inventors: Jérôme Porodo, Laurent Tarnowski, Hubert Vignau
  • Publication number: 20120087800
    Abstract: A centrifugal impeller for a compressor, through which a fluid is to pass. The impeller includes blades each having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the rotation of the impeller sucking fluid in through the front of the impeller, the fluid leaving the impeller via its outer periphery, the trailing edges of the blades being such that in a radial section plane intersecting the trailing edges of the blades, they are curved in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the impeller, and the trailing edge portions of the blades are redirected in the direction of rotation of the impeller to form respective end fins serving to deflect the flow of the fluid by redirecting it radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Jerome Porodo, Nicolas Rochuon, Laurent Tarnowski
  • Publication number: 20110255962
    Abstract: A diffuser for a mixed flow or centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine. The diffuser includes at least one vane presenting a pressure side, a suction side, and a first flank. The vane includes a plurality of orifices opening out into the suction side and/or the pressure side and communicating with at least one cavity formed in the vane, the cavity extending transversely relative to the vane and opening out into its first flank. The cross section of the cavity varies in the transverse direction of the vane, the cross section increasing towards the first flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Jérôme Porodo, Laurent Tarnowski, Hubert Vignau