Patents by Inventor Luc Reberga

Luc Reberga 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 starting a turbomachine
    Patent number: 9518512
    Abstract: A method of starting a turbine engine, including a re-try performed if a main injector has not ignited when a shaft has reached a first predetermined speed value, the re-try including: a stopping during which a starter and the ignitor device are stopped; a second ignition during which fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the ignitor device being actuated, the second ignition being performed when a speed of rotation of the shaft reaches a second predetermined speed value; and a second starting during which the starter is actuated once more to drive the shaft in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Hubert Pascal Verdier, Philippe Etchepare, Pierre Giralt, Luc Reberga
  • METHOD FOR STARTING A TURBOMACHINE
    Publication number: 20130291551
    Abstract: A method of starting a turbine engine, including a re-try performed if a main injector has not ignited when a shaft has reached a first predetermined speed value, the re-try including: a stopping during which a starter and the ignitor device are stopped; a second ignition during which fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the ignitor device being actuated, the second ignition being performed when a speed of rotation of the shaft reaches a second predetermined speed value; and a second starting during which the starter is actuated once more to drive the shaft in rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Hubert Pascal Verdier, Philippe Etchepare, Pierre Giralt, Luc Reberga