Patents by Inventor Lilian Yann DUMAS

Lilian Yann DUMAS 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: 11952950
    Abstract: An axial turbomachine comprising a compression device with a variable-orientation vane rectifier stage; a combustion chamber downstream of the compression device; a turbine device downstream of the combustion chamber; and a leak passage of air compressed by the compression device, between the compression device and the turbine device for cooling the turbine device; and where the rectifier stage is configured to modulate the section of the leak passage according to the orientation of the vanes of the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES SAS
    Inventors: Lilian Yann Dumas, Baptiste René Roger Batonnet, Romain Nicolas Lagarde
  • Patent number: 11859508
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compressor of a dual-flow aircraft turboshaft engine extending longitudinally along an axis X, the compressor comprising a low-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor and an intermediate casing axially connecting the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, the high-pressure compressor comprising an inlet guide stator comprising a retaining ring, an outer high-pressure compressor casing and a plurality of vanes, the compressor comprising an immobilising device comprising at least one first member secured to the intermediate casing and at least one second member secured to the retaining ring and configured to cooperate with the first member in order to prevent tangential movement while allowing axial movement and radial movement of the retaining ring relative to the intermediate casing according to the axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Nolwenn Emmanuel Delahaye, Blaise Bergon, Laurent Jablonski, Lilian Yann Dumas, Thomas Etienne Camille Marie Van De Kerckhove, Noël Joseph Camille Robin, Guillaume Sevi
  • Patent number: 11808160
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of a turbine engine including a shaft, a bearing for guiding an axial end of the shaft, a nut which is screw-connected to the end of the shaft and a member for blocking the rotation of the nut in relation to the end of the shaft, wherein the member for blocking the nut includes a first section bearing a plurality of flexible tabs, one end of each tab of which cooperates with a radially inner annular wall of the end of the shaft and includes a second section which cooperates with the nut, characterised in that the second section of the blocking member is screw-connected to the nut and the features of the thread between the blocking member and the nut are different from the features of the thread between the nut and the end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lagarde, Marie-Charline Stéphanie Charbonnier, Jean-Marc Claude Perrollaz, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Publication number: 20220275762
    Abstract: An axial turbomachine comprising a compression device with a variable-orientation vane rectifier stage; a combustion chamber downstream of the compression device; a turbine device downstream of the combustion chamber; and a leak passage of air compressed by the compression device, between the compression device and the turbine device for cooling the turbine device; and where the rectifier stage is configured to modulate the section of the leak passage according to the orientation of the vanes of the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Lilian Yann DUMAS, Baptiste René Roger BATONNET, Romain Nicolas LAGARDE
  • Publication number: 20220251975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compressor of a dual-flow aircraft turboshaft engine extending longitudinally along an axis X, the compressor comprising a low-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor and an intermediate casing axially connecting the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, the high-pressure compressor comprising an inlet guide stator comprising a retaining ring, an outer high-pressure compressor casing and a plurality of vanes, the compressor comprising an immobilising device comprising at least one first member secured to the intermediate casing and at least one second member secured to the retaining ring and configured to cooperate with the first member in order to prevent tangential movement while allowing axial movement and radial movement of the retaining ring relative to the intermediate casing according to the axis X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Nolwenn Emmanuel Delahaye, Blaise Bergon, Laurent Jablonski, Lilian Yann Dumas, Thomas Etienne Camille Marie Van De Kerckhove, Noël Joseph Camille Robin, Guillaume Sevi
  • Publication number: 20220127973
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of a turbine engine including a shaft, a bearing for guiding an axial end of the shaft, a nut which is screw-connected to the end of the shaft and a member for blocking the rotation of the nut in relation to the end of the shaft, wherein the member for blocking the nut includes a first section bearing a plurality of flexible tabs, one end of each tab of which cooperates with a radially inner annular wall of the end of the shaft and includes a second section which cooperates with the nut, characterised in that the second section of the blocking member is screw-connected to the nut and the features of the thread between the blocking member and the nut are different from the features of the thread between the nut and the end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas LAGARDE, Marie-Charline Stéphanie CHARBONNIER, Jean-Marc Claude PERROLLAZ, Lilian Yann DUMAS
  • Patent number: 11047255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device of an annular row of variable-pitch vanes for an aircraft engine. The device may include an annular row of actuating levers which each may include a first end attached to a pivot of one of the vanes and a second end connected to a control ring in rotation about an axis of rotation. The control ring may include at least one annular series of articulated links, wherein the second end of each lever carries a pivot connection articulating two successive links of the annular series about a single axis, the single axis extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lilian Yann Dumas, Cédric Michel Claude Chretien
  • Patent number: 11015477
    Abstract: An assembly for the control of variable pitch blades. The assembly includes a movable part movable parallel to an axis is in engagement with pivot connections which rotate about at least one radial axis fixed with respect to the casing, and which act on a radial shaft, which passes through a clevis fixed with a control ring to rotate with it about said axis. The radial shaft is mounted radially rotating with respect to the control ring and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lagarde, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Patent number: 10927699
    Abstract: Variable-pitch blade control ring (44) for a turbine engine, including an annular body (42) configured to be mounted so as to be rotatable about an annular casing (16) of the turbine engine. The body links to levers (34) for connecting to the vanes. The ring has a mechanism for guiding in an axial and/or helical direction, supported by the body. The mechanism includes at least one substantially radial finger (60, 62) for axial abutment on at least one first surface (72, 74) of the casing and for sliding on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Kamel Benderradji, Lilian Yann Dumas, Blaise Bergon, Suzanne Madeleine Coustillas
  • Patent number: 10648359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling variable-setting blades (14) for a turbine engine, which includes at least one control ring (36) mounted rotatably mobile about an annular casing (16) with axis of revolution A, at least one annular row of variable-setting blades (14) extending substantially radially relative to said axis A and connected to said at least one control ring so that a rotation of the ring about the casing rotates the blades about substantially radial axes B, and means (40) for actuating said at least one ring in order to rotate same about the casing, characterised in that said actuation means are connected to said at least one ring by linking means comprising a shaft (52) extending along an axis C which is substantially radial relative to said axis A and mounted rotatably mobile about said axis C on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Kamel Benderradji, Lilian Yann Dumas, Pamela Dominique Daniele Reichert
  • Publication number: 20190390563
    Abstract: An assembly for the control of variable pitch blades. The assembly includes a movable part movable parallel to an axis is in engagement with pivot connections which rotate about at least one radial axis fixed with respect to the casing, and which act on a radial shaft, which passes through a clevis fixed with a control ring to rotate with it about said axis. The radial shaft is mounted radially rotating with respect to the control ring and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lagarde, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Patent number: 10502087
    Abstract: An assembly for controlling variable pitch vanes in a turbine engine, the assembly comprising an actuating ring surrounding a casing of the turbine engine and connected by rods to variable pitch vanes. The actuating ring is configured to rotate around the casing. The assembly further includes a passive element including a first end sliding connected to a second end. The first end is connected by a sliding pivoting link on the actuating ring, and the second end is connected by a ball-joint link to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Kamel Benderradji, Blaise Bergon, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Suzanne Madeleine Coustillas, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Publication number: 20190309649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device of an annular row of variable-pitch vanes for an aircraft engine. The device may include an annular row of actuating levers which each may include a first end attached to a pivot of one of the vanes and a second end connected to a control ring in rotation about an axis of rotation. The control ring may include at least one annular series of articulated links, wherein the second end of each lever carries a pivot connection articulating two successive links of the annular series about a single axis, the single axis extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lilian Yann Dumas, Cédric Michel Claude Chretien
  • Patent number: 10385721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling variable pitch blades for a turbine engine, comprising an annular row of variable pitch blades extending about an axis (A) and each comprising a blade connected at the radially outer end thereof to a pivot (20) that defines a substantially radial axis of rotation of the blade and which is connected by a lever (34) to control means (40a, 40b) extending about said axis. The invention is characterized in that said control means include first links (40a) supported by said pivots and second links (40b) extending between said first links, said first and second links extending substantially along a same circumference of said axis and being connected to one another and to actuation means (56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lilian Yann Dumas, Kamel Benderradji, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Suzanne Madeleine Coustillas
  • Patent number: 10330021
    Abstract: A system for controlling variable-pitch vanes for a turbine engine, including a control ring having an axis of revolution and, about the axis of revolution, an annular row of connecting rods for connecting the ring to the vanes, each connecting rod including a first end designed so as to be connected to one of the vanes, and a second end which is connected to an elongate shaft which is connected to s the ring. The shaft connected to each connecting rod has an axis of elongation which is inclined relative to a plane extending substantially through the axis of revolution and the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kamel Benderradji, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Lilian Yann Dumas, Pamela Dominique Daniele Reichert
  • Publication number: 20180371939
    Abstract: Variable-pitch blade control ring (44) for a turbine engine, comprising an annular body (42) configured to be mounted so as to be rotatable about an annular casing (16) of the turbine engine, said body comprising means (46) for linking to levers (34) for connecting to said vanes, characterised in that said ring further comprises first means (60, 62, 64) for guiding in an axial and/or helical direction, which means are supported by said body and comprise at least one substantially radial finger (60, 62) comprising means (62) for axial abutment on at least one first surface (72, 74) of said casing and for sliding on said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alain Marc Lucien BROMANN, Kamel BENDERRADJI, Lilian Yann DUMAS, Blaise BERGON, Suzanne Madeleine COUSTILLAS
  • Publication number: 20180223685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling variable-setting blades (14) for a turbine engine, which includes at least one control ring (36) mounted rotatably mobile about an annular casing (16) with axis of revolution A, at least one annular row of variable-setting blades (14) extending substantially radially relative to said axis A and connected to said at least one control ring so that a rotation of the ring about the casing rotates the blades about substantially radial axes B, and means (40) for actuating said at least one ring in order to rotate same about the casing, characterised in that said actuation means are connected to said at least one ring by linking means comprising a shaft (52) extending along an axis C which is substantially radial relative to said axis A and mounted rotatably mobile about said axis C on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Alain Marc Lucien BROMANN, Kamel BENDERRADJI, Lilian Yann DUMAS, Pamela Dominique Daniele REICHERT
  • Publication number: 20180016931
    Abstract: An assembly, in particular for controlling variable pitch vanes in a turbine engine, comprising an actuating ring surrounding a casing of the turbine engine and connected by rods to variable pitch vanes, in addition to a driving means for rotating the actuating ring around the casing. The assembly includes a slidingly connected passive element, one end of which is connected by a sliding pivoting link on the actuating ring and a second end is connected by a ball-joint link to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Kamel Benderradji, Blaise Bergan, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Suzanne Madeleine Coustillas, Lilian Yann Dumas
  • Publication number: 20180010478
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling variable pitch blades for a turbine engine, comprising an annular row of variable pitch blades extending about an axis (A) and each comprising a blade connected at the radially outer end thereof to a pivot (20) that defines a substantially radial axis of rotation of the blade and which is connected by a lever (34) to control means (40a, 40b) extending about said axis. The invention is characterized in that said control means include first links (40a) supported by said pivots and second links (40b) extending between said first links, said first and second links extending substantially along a same circumference of said axis and being connected to one another and to actuation means (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Lilian Yann DUMAS, Kamel BENDERRADJI, Alain Marc, Lucien BROMANN, Suzanne Madeleine COUSTILLAS
  • Publication number: 20160115875
    Abstract: A system for controlling variable-pitch vanes for a turbine engine, including a control ring having an axis of revolution and, about the axis of revolution, an annular row of connecting rods for connecting the ring to the vanes, each connecting rod including a first end designed so as to be connected to one of the vanes, and a second end which is connected to an elongate shaft which is connected to said the ring. The shaft connected to each connecting rod has an axis of elongation which is inclined relative to a plane extending substantially through the axis of revolution and the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Kamel BENDERRADJI, Alain Marc Lucien BROMANN, Lilian Yann DUMAS, Pamela Dominique Daniele REICHERT