Patents by Inventor Marc-Emmanuel TECHER
Marc-Emmanuel TECHER 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).
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Patent number: 10987881Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine-engine blade from a preform made from polymerized composite material in a mold comprising a bottom part and a top part, comprising at least one closure step during which the top part of said mold is attached to the bottom part of the mold containing the preform, wherein it comprises, prior to said closure step, at least one insertion substep during which a first end of an immobilization element is inserted in a bottom part of the preform in a substantially transverse direction, and a positioning substep during which a second, opposite end of said element is disposed in a complementary reception cavity emerging in the bottom part of the mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nicolas Ashtari, Marc-Emmanuel Techer
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Patent number: 10864689Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbine engine blade from a preform (10) of composite material polymerised in a mould comprising a lower part (16) and an upper part, comprising at least one closure step, during which the upper part of said mould is placed on the lower part (16) of the mould containing the preform (10). The method comprises, prior to said closure step, at least one sub-step of inserting a position marker (28) into the preform (10), at least one sub-step of compacting the preform using an insert (34) intended to be received in the upper part of the mould (18), and at least one sub-step of checking the position of the marker (28) relative to a reference mark (30) of said insert (34).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Marc-Emmanuel Techer, Nicolas Ashtari
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Patent number: 10603850Abstract: A method of molding a thermosetting resin, in particular of the epoxy resin type, in which a first mold is filled with the resin while causing the temperature of the resin to vary in application of a first temperature program, without exceeding the Tg of the resin. After the first mold has been filled, the resin is put under pressure while causing the temperature of the resin to vary in application of a second temperature program, without exceeding Tg, and a drop in the pressure exerted by the resin on the mold is detected with the instant at which this pressure presents a break of slope being identified as the instant t1. A second mold is filled with the thermosetting resin in application of the first temperature program. After the second mold has been filled, the resin is put under pressure in application of the second temperature program until an instant t2 close to t1. As from t2, the temperature of the resin is increased to exceed Tg.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Marc-Emmanuel Techer, Raoul Jaussaud
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Patent number: 10532493Abstract: An installation for shaping a fiber preform as a body of revolution presenting a profile that varies in radial section, the installation including a storage mandrel for storing a fiber texture, follower rollers, and a mold in the form of a body of revolution on which the fiber texture is to be shaped by winding, the follower roller(s) being placed between the storage mandrel and the mold in the form of a body of revolution. The storage mandrel, each follower roller, and the mold present radii across their axial widths that vary to define outer surfaces having profiles in relief. A follower roller has sectors releasably fastened on the outer surface of the roller, each sector extending over a fraction of the circumference of the roller and over all or part of the axial width of the roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Hubert Jean Marie Fabre, Nicolas Ashtari, Jérémy Hellot, Marc-Emmanuel Techer
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Publication number: 20190061202Abstract: An installation for shaping a fiber preform as a body of revolution presenting a profile that varies in radial section, the installation including a storage mandrel for storing a fiber texture, follower rollers, and a mold in the form of a body of revolution on which the fiber texture is to be shaped by winding, the follower roller(s) being placed between the storage mandrel and the mold in the form of a body of revolution. The storage mandrel, each follower roller, and the mold present radii across their axial widths that vary to define outer surfaces having profiles in relief. A follower roller has sectors releasably fastened on the outer surface of the roller, each sector extending over a fraction of the circumference of the roller and over all or part of the axial width of the roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Hubert Jean Marie FABRE, Nicolas ASHTARI, Jérémy HELLOT, Marc-Emmanuel TECHER
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Patent number: 10112330Abstract: A mold (10) comprising a plurality of blocks (11, 13) that, in an assembled position, define a mold cavity, the mold being characterized in that it includes at least one pusher (21), said pusher (21) being configured to be housed in a first block (11) of said plurality, in a side facing the mold cavity, and, when the pusher (21) is housed in said first block (11), to present a first surface (S1) flush with the mold cavity, and in that the mold (10) also includes actuator means (23, 25) enabling the pusher (21) to be moved relative to the first block (11), and sealing means (19, 27) configured to isolate the actuator means (23, 25) from the mold cavity. An associated molding method.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Raoul Jaussaud, Marc-Emmanuel Techer, Richard Nord
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Publication number: 20170334152Abstract: A mold assembly includes an injection mold configured to receive a woven preform. The preform has a principal direction with at least one edge extending substantially along the principal direction. The mold assembly is configured to allow the impregnation of the preform with a resin injected into the mold. The mold assembly further includes a removable longitudinal element for the injection mold, wherein said longitudinal element is configured to cooperate with the preform and conformed as a profiled member configured to be arranged in contact with the mold along at least the segment of the edge of the preform in order to prevent the pinching of free fibers extending from the edge of the preform between the two parts of the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Marc-Emmanuel Techer, Nicolas Cambyse Ashtari, Pauline Nathalie Six
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Publication number: 20170312998Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbine engine blade from a preform (10) of composite material polymerised in a mould comprising a lower part (16) and an upper part, comprising at least one closure step, during which the upper part of said mould is placed on the lower part (16) of the mould containing the preform (10). The method comprises, prior to said closure step, at least one sub-step of inserting a position marker (28) into the preform (10), at least one sub-step of compacting the preform using an insert (34) intended to be received in the upper part of the mould (18), and at least one sub-step of checking the position of the marker (28) relative to a reference mark (30) of said insert (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Marc-Emmanuel TECHER, Nicolas ASHTARI
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Publication number: 20170232690Abstract: A method of molding a thermosetting resin, in particular of the epoxy resin type, in which a first mold is filled with the resin while causing the temperature of the resin to vary in application of a first temperature program, without exceeding the Tg of the resin. After the first mold has been filled, the resin is put under pressure while causing the temperature of the resin to vary in application of a second temperature program, without exceeding Tg, and a drop in the pressure exerted by the resin on the mold is detected with the instant at which this pressure presents a break of slope being identified as the instant t1. A second mold is filled with the thermosetting resin in application of the first temperature program. After the second mold has been filled, the resin is put under pressure in application of the second temperature program until an instant t2 close to t1. As from t2, the temperature of the resin is increased to exceed Tg.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Marc-Emmanuel TECHER, Raoul JAUSSAUD
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Publication number: 20160346978Abstract: A mold (10) comprising a plurality of blocks (11, 13) that, in an assembled position, define a mold cavity, the mold being characterized in that it includes at least one pusher (21), said pusher (21) being configured to be housed in a first block (11) of said plurality, in a side facing the mold cavity, and, when the pusher (21) is housed in said first block (11), to present a first surface (S1) flush with the mold cavity, and in that the mold (10) also includes actuator means (23, 25) enabling the pusher (21) to be moved relative to the first block (11), and sealing means (19, 27) configured to isolate the actuator means (23, 25) from the mold cavity. An associated molding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Raoul JAUSSAUD, Marc-Emmanuel TECHER, Richard NORD
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Publication number: 20160101575Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine-engine blade from a preform made from polymerized composite material in a mold comprising a bottom part and a top part, comprising at least one closure step during which the top part of said mold is attached to the bottom part of the mold containing the preform, wherein it comprises, prior to said closure step, at least one insertion substep during which a first end of an immobilization element is inserted in a bottom part of the preform in a substantially transverse direction, and a positioning substep during which a second, opposite end of said element is disposed in a complementary reception cavity emerging in the bottom part of the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Ashtari, Marc-Emmanuel Techer
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Patent number: 9199401Abstract: The invention provides an injection mold core (100) for making a composite material part having a closed box, the core being in the shape of a wedge that is to be inserted inside a closed box (12) of at least one fiber preform into which a matrix-precursor fluid is to be injected, the core presenting both an opening right section (106) through which the core is to be unmolded from the box of the preform after the matrix has set, and also a maximum right section (108) of greater size than the opening right section, the core comprising at least three distinct elements (110, 112, 114) that are assembled together, each core element presenting a maximum right section of size that is smaller than the opening section.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Raoul Jaussaud, Marc-Emmanuel Techer, Denis Pingon, Dominique Magnaudeix
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Publication number: 20150224693Abstract: The invention provides an injection mold core (100) for making a composite material part having a closed box, the core being in the shape of a wedge that is to be inserted inside a closed box (12) of at least one fiber preform into which a matrix-precursor fluid is to be injected, the core presenting both an opening right section (106) through which the core is to be unmolded from the box of the preform after the matrix has set, and also a maximum right section (108) of greater size than the opening right section, the core comprising at least three distinct elements (110, 112, 114) that are assembled together, each core element presenting a maximum right section of size that is smaller than the opening section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Raoul JAUSSAUD, Marc-Emmanuel TECHER, Denis PINGON, Dominique MAGNAUDEIX