Patents by Inventor Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN

Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN 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: 20180230837
    Abstract: A turbine engine turbine including a nozzle stage made of ceramic matrix composite material and including a plurality of annular sectors forming an annulus presenting an inner shroud and an outer shroud, each sector having an inner platform forming a portion of the inner shroud, an outer platform forming a portion of the outer shroud, and at least one airfoil extending between the outer and inner platforms and secured thereto. A metal ring includes at least one annular sector, and presents an outer surface in contact with the surface of the inner shroud opposite from the surface from which the airfoils extend, the metal ring presenting an outside diameter at its outer surface that is greater than the diameter of the inner shroud such that the nozzle stage is held in compression between a casing and the metal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
  • Publication number: 20180202302
    Abstract: A turbine (1) for a turbine engine, the turbine comprising a casing (4) and a turbine nozzle stage (2), the nozzle stage (2) of the turbine (1) being made of a ceramic matrix composite material and comprising a plurality of annular sectors (20) forming a ring presenting an inner shroud (240) and an outer shroud (260), each annular sector (20) having both an inner platform (24) forming a portion of the inner shroud (240) and an outer platform (26) forming a portion of the outer shroud (260), and at least one airfoil (28) extending between the outer platform (26) and the inner platform (24) and secured thereto, said airfoil (28) presenting a hollow profile defining an inside housing (280) extending between the inner platform (24) and the outer platform (26), and each of the inner and outer platforms (26, 28) presenting an orifice (245, 265) communicating with said inside housing (280) of the airfoil (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Clement Marie Benoit ROUSSILLE
  • Publication number: 20180156069
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes both a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring and also a ring support structure having two annular flanges, each ring sector having two tabs held respectively between the two annular flanges of the ring support structure. The two annular flanges of the ring support structure exert stress on the tabs of the ring sectors. One of the flanges of the ring support structure is elastically deformable in the axial direction of the turbine ring. The turbine ring assembly further includes a plurality of pegs engaged both in the annular flanges of the ring support structure and in the tabs of the ring sectors facing the annular flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL
  • Publication number: 20180142572
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes a plurality of ring sectors of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure secured to a turbine casing and having two annular flanges, each ring sector having two tabs held between the two annular flanges. The ring support structure includes an annular retention band mounted on the turbine casing, the annular retention band including an annular web forming one of the flanges. The two annular flanges exert stress on the tabs of the ring sectors. One of the flanges is elastically deformable in the axial direction of the turbine ring. The band has a first series of teeth distributed circumferentially on the band and the turbine casing has a second series of teeth distributed circumferentially on the casing, and the teeth of the first series and the teeth of the second series together provide circumferential jaw coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL
  • Publication number: 20180087400
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes a plurality of ring segments and a ring support structure, the ring assembly further including, for each ring segment, a cooling distribution element fixed to the ring support structure and positioned in a first cavity delimited between the turbine ring and the ring support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20180087401
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes a plurality of ring segments and a ring support structure, the ring assembly further including, for each ring segment, a cooling distribution element fixed to the ring support structure and positioned in a first cavity delimited between the turbine ring and the ring support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20180087399
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes a plurality of ring segments and a ring support structure, the ring assembly further including, for each ring segment, a cooling distribution element fixed to the ring support structure and positioned in a first cavity delimited between the turbine ring and the ring support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20180087405
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly comprises a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure including first and second annular flanges. In section, each ring sector presents a K-shape having an annular base-forming portion with an inside face defining the inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face with first and second S-shaped tabs projecting therefrom. The inside faces of the first and second tabs of each ring sector rest on holder elements secured to the first and second annular flanges, while the outside faces of the first and second tabs are in contact with clamping elements secured to the ring support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clement Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20180073398
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors made as a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material and being for mounting on a metal ring support structure, the ring support structure having two tabs extending radially towards a gas flow passage, each ring sector having a first portion forming an annular base with a radially inside face defining the inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which there extend two tab-forming portions, the ring sectors having a section that is substantially r shaped. The tabs of each ring sector fit axially over the tabs of the ring support structure with contact between the tabs of the ring support structure and the tabs of each ring sector when cold. The tabs of each ring sector are held to the ring support structure by pegs passing through holes formed in the tabs of each ring sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Gaël Frédéric Claude Cyrille EVAIN, David Mathieu Paul MARSAL, Thierry Guy Xavier TESSON
  • Publication number: 20180051590
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having, in a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the turbine ring, a portion forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inside face defining the inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which a first and a second attachment tab protrude, the ring support structure having a central annulus from which a first and a second radial tab protrude, between which the first and second attachment tabs of each ring sector are held. The first radial tab comprises a one-piece annular flange that is fastened in a removable manner to the central annulus of the ring support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
  • Publication number: 20180051591
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite forming a ring and a ring support structure. Each sector includes an annular base with, in a radial direction, an inside face and an outside face from which extend two attachment tabs held between two radial tabs of the structure. The assembly also includes, for each sector, at least two pins cooperating with one of the attachment tabs and the corresponding radial tab, and at least one pin cooperating with the other attachment tab and the corresponding radial tab. The first radial tab includes a first annular radial portion integral to the structure, and a removable second annular radial portion extending radially toward the center of the ring over a greater portion than said first radial annular portion, the portion extending beyond the first annular radial portion including orifices for receiving one of the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Publication number: 20180051581
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes both a plurality of CMC ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having a portion forming an annular base that presents an outside face in the radial direction of the turbine ring, with first and second attachment tabs projecting therefrom in the radial direction, each attachment tab presenting an end that is free, each ring sector having third and fourth attachment tabs, each extending in the axial direction of the turbine ring between the free end of the first attachment tab and the free end of the second attachment tab. Each ring sector is fastened to the ring support structure by a bolt having a bolt head bearing against the ring support structure and a thread co-operating with tapping formed in a plate, the plate co-operating with the third and fourth attachment tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU