Patents by Inventor Maxime BRIEND

Maxime BRIEND 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: 10471556
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for producing a protective reinforcement for the leading edge (BA) or trailing edge of a blade (P), the leading edge (BA) or trailing edge being curved, the method comprising steps of flattening (102) a hollow tube (1) so as to form at least one fold line (6) extending along the tube (1), opening (104) the flattened tube (1) by cutting the tube (1) along a cutting line (8) opposite the fold line (6) with respect to the tube (1), so as to form two flanks (16, 18) linked at the fold line (6) and intended to be mounted on the pressure side and the suction side of the blade (P), the method being characterised by a preliminary step (100) of bending the hollow tube (1) carried out before the flattening (102) and adapted such that the fold line (6) after flattening (102) is curved and substantially matches the curved leading edge (BA) of the blade (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Remi Philippe Guy Onfray, Maxime Briend, Didier Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20180257185
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for producing a protective reinforcement for the leading edge (BA) or trailing edge of a blade (P), the leading edge (BA) or trailing edge being curved, the method comprising steps of flattening (102) a hollow tube (1) so as to form at least one fold line (6) extending along the tube (1), opening (104) the flattened tube (1) by cutting the tube (1) along a cutting line (8) opposite the fold line (6) with respect to the tube (1), so as to form two flanks (16, 18) linked at the fold line (6) and intended to be mounted on the pressure side and the suction side of the blade (P), the method being characterised by a preliminary step (100) of bending the hollow tube (1) carried out before the flattening (102) and adapted such that the fold line (6) after flattening (102) is curved and substantially matches the curved leading edge (BA) of the blade (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Remi Philippe Guy ONFRAY, Maxime BRIEND, Didier PELLETIER
  • Patent number: 9784112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine vane comprising a main body made of composite material, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and at least one metal structural reinforcement, the structural reinforcement comprising a junction surface portion connected to the main body, the structural reinforcement extending between the junction surface portion and one of the leading or trailing edges, the vane being characterized in that the profile of the junction surface portion of the structural reinforcement has a camber less than 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: SNECMA, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Maxime Briend, Sebastien Pautard
  • Publication number: 20170254212
    Abstract: A guide vane for a gas turbine engine, the guide vane including an airfoil made of composite material having fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fiber reinforcement being obtained from pre-impregnated long fibers agglomerated in the form of a mat, the airfoil being provided at least on a leading edge with a reinforcing strip, the reinforcing strip being made from a single strip of unidirectional fabric or of textile, or by stacking a plurality of pre-impregnated plies of unidirectional fabric or of textile made of carbon fibers or of glass fibers, and at least one platform positioned at a radial end of the airfoil, the platform being made of composite material having fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fiber reinforcement being obtained from pre-impregnated long fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien PAUTARD, Maxime BRIEND, Emilie TROUSSET, Patrick DUNLEAVY
  • Publication number: 20160153295
    Abstract: A composite vane for a turbine engine, the vane having a pressure side face (12) and a suction side face (14) that define the aerodynamic profile of the vane, the vane (10) comprising: a metallic core (20) forming the pressure side face (12) or the suction side face (14) of the vane; and an organic matrix (30) associated with the metallic core (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SNECMA
    Inventors: Sebastien PAUTARD, Maxime BRIEND
  • Publication number: 20150104299
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine vane comprising a main body made of composite material, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and at least one metal structural reinforcement, the structural reinforcement comprising a junction surface portion connected to the main body, the structural reinforcement extending between the junction surface portion and one of the leading or trailing edges, the vane being characterized in that the profile of the junction surface portion of the structural reinforcement has a camber less than 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: SNECMA, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Maxime BRIEND, Sebastien PAUTARD