Patents by Inventor Michel Desjardins

Michel Desjardins 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: 20240102421
    Abstract: The gas turbine engine can have an engine core; a core output shaft drivable by the engine core; a power output shaft; an auxiliary power shaft; and a reduction gearbox having gears, the gears drivingly connecting the core output shaft to the auxiliary power shaft. The gears can include an epicyclic gearing drivingly connecting the core output shaft and the auxiliary power shaft to the power output shaft. The gas turbine engine can further have a second auxiliary power shaft interconnected to the auxiliary power shaft, the power output shaft, and the core output shaft by the gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Bruno CHATELOIS, Michel DESJARDINS, Paul WEAVER, Eric DUROCHER
  • Patent number: 11867126
    Abstract: The gas turbine engine can have an engine core; a core output shaft drivable by the engine core; a power output shaft; an auxiliary power shaft; and a reduction gearbox having gears, the gears drivingly connecting the core output shaft to the auxiliary power shaft. The gears can include an epicyclic gearing drivingly connecting the core output shaft and the auxiliary power shaft to the power output shaft. The gas turbine engine can further have a second auxiliary power shaft interconnected to the auxiliary power shaft, the power output shaft, and the core output shaft by the gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Bruno Chatelois, Michel Desjardins, Paul Weaver, Eric Durocher
  • Publication number: 20230358177
    Abstract: A reduction gearbox is provided that includes a planetary gear arrangement disposed in a casing. The planetary gear arrangement includes a sun gear, planet gear assemblies, and fore and aft ring gears. The sun gear is configured for communication with an input. Each planet gear assembly has a main gear meshed with the sun gear, fore and aft lateral gears disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith. The main gear has a main gear pitch diameter and the fore and aft lateral gears having a lateral gear pitch diameter. The fore ring gear is meshed with the fore lateral gears. The aft ring gear is meshed with the aft lateral gears. The aft ring gear is independent of the fore ring gear. The planet gear assemblies are in communication with an output. The fore and aft ring gears are mechanically engaged with the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20230358178
    Abstract: A reduction gearbox is provided that includes a planetary gear arrangement disposed in a casing. The planetary gear arrangement includes a sun gear, planet gear assemblies, and a fore and aft ring gears. The sun gear is configured in communication with a cantilevered end of an input. Each planet gear assembly has a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith. The main gear has a main gear pitch diameter and the fore and aft lateral gears having a lateral gear pitch diameter. The fore ring gear is meshed with the fore lateral gears. The aft ring gear is meshed with the aft lateral gears. The aft ring gear is independent of the fore ring gear. The planet gear assemblies are in communication with an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20230258133
    Abstract: A planetary gearbox is provided that includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gear assemblies, each planet gear assembly having a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith, a planet carrier rotatably supporting at least some of the planet gear assemblies, and at least one fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears, at least one aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears, wherein one of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears is configured to be operatively connected to an input, one is configured to be operatively connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11680525
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a journal bearing and a filter. The journal bearing has an internal bearing bore. The filter is arranged within the internal bearing bore. The filter includes a tubular filter element and a first end cap. The tubular filter element extends axially along an axis between a first end and a second end. A perforated portion of the tubular filter element is radially disposed away from the journal bearing by a cavity. The first end cap is mounted to the tubular filter element at the first end. The first end cap is sealed radially against the journal bearing by a first interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Bruno Martin, Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11635029
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a planetary gearbox, comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gear assemblies, each planet gear assembly having a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith, a diameter of the main gear being different than a diameter of the fore and aft lateral gears, a planet carrier rotatably supporting at least some of the planet gear assemblies, and at least one fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears, at least one aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears, wherein one of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears is configured to be operatively connected to an input, one is configured to be operatively connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11598407
    Abstract: An epicyclic gear train of an aircraft powerplant is provided. The epicyclic gear train includes a sun gear having a rotation axis, a ring gear, a plurality of intermediate gears circumscribed by the ring gear and being meshed with the sun gear and with the ring gear, a carrier supporting the intermediate gears, and a torque frame attaching the carrier to a stationary structure of the aircraft powerplant to prevent rotation of the carrier and of the intermediate gears about the rotation axis of the sun gear. The torque frame is attached to the carrier at a connection. The torque frame and the carrier cooperatively define a lubricant passage extending through the connection and supplying lubricant to at least one of the intermediate gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20230060048
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a journal bearing and a filter. The journal bearing has an internal bearing bore. The filter is arranged within the internal bearing bore. The filter includes a tubular filter element and a first end cap. The tubular filter element extends axially along an axis between a first end and a second end. A perforated portion of the tubular filter element is radially disposed away from the journal bearing by a cavity. The first end cap is mounted to the tubular filter element at the first end. The first end cap is sealed radially against the journal bearing by a first interference fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno Martin, Michel Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20230016164
    Abstract: The gas turbine engine can have an engine core; a core output shaft drivable by the engine core; a power output shaft; an auxiliary power shaft; and a reduction gearbox having gears, the gears drivingly connecting the core output shaft to the auxiliary power shaft. The gears can include an epicyclic gearing drivingly connecting the core output shaft and the auxiliary power shaft to the power output shaft. The gas turbine engine can further have a second auxiliary power shaft interconnected to the auxiliary power shaft, the power output shaft, and the core output shaft by the gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno CHATELOIS, Michel DESJARDINS, Paul WEAVER, Eric DUROCHER
  • Patent number: 11480212
    Abstract: An assembly comprising: a nut having a cylindrical body with a threaded external surface, an axially extending interior tool socket, and a radially outwardly extending flange at a proximal end of the cylindrical body; a first component including a hollow cylindrical tube with a connector end having a radially inwardly extending shoulder, the radially inwardly extending shoulder abutting the radially outwardly extending flange of the nut in an assembled position; and a second component including an annular hub with a threaded internal surface matching the threaded external surface of the nut, and an annular mounting surface abutting the connector end of the propeller shaft in the assembled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Paul Weaver, John Wilson, Michel Desjardins, Herve Turcotte
  • Publication number: 20220298974
    Abstract: A method of performing maintenance on an aircraft engine includes removing a propeller shaft of the aircraft engine to form an access volume at a center of the aircraft engine. The access volume extends axially and radially relative to a center axis of the aircraft engine. The method includes performing maintenance on a lubricant strainer positioned at a location of the access volume where a carrier of the aircraft engine engages an output of the aircraft engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michel DESJARDINS, Vincent SAVARIA
  • Patent number: 11415873
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one side bay equipped with a window, and a device for displaying at least one item of information on the window. The display device includes an image projector fastened to a ceiling of the vehicle. The display device emits light rays. A system of at least one mirror is arranged to reflect light rays emitted by the image projector in the direction of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventors: Bastian Simoni, Alexandre Dubois, Michel Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20220235699
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a planetary gearbox, comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gear assemblies, each planet gear assembly having a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith, a diameter of the main gear being different than a diameter of the fore and aft lateral gears, a planet carrier rotatably supporting at least some of the planet gear assemblies, and at least one fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears, at least one aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears, wherein one of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears is configured to be operatively connected to an input, one is configured to be operatively connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11326523
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with an accessory gearbox. The accessory gearbox has a gear shaft rotatable about a gear shaft axis. The gear shaft has a first end drivingly engaged to a first accessory and a second end drivingly engaged to a second accessory. The gearbox has a spline made of a polymer material and rotatably coupled to one of the first and second ends of the gear shaft, and to a corresponding one of a first and second accessory shafts of the first and second accessories. The spline is rotatable about the gear shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11300007
    Abstract: A planetary gear train for an aircraft engine, has: a sun gear; planet gear assemblies having main gears meshed with the sun gear, fore lateral gears and aft lateral gears disposed on opposite sides of the main gears and rotating therewith; journal bearings rotatably supporting the planet gear assemblies for rotation about rotation axes, gaps defined between the journal bearings and the planetary gear assemblies; a planet carrier supporting the journal bearings; a fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears; an aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears; and a lubrication system extending within the planet carrier and hydraulically connected to the gaps between the journal bearings and the planet gear assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Vincent Savaria, Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11300688
    Abstract: Systems and methods of storing phase history, and enhancing and restoring phase accuracy for a embedded Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver include storing a phase history of the GNSS receiver output; determining an expected value of phase of the GNSS receiver output based on the phase history; and, responsive to a degradation of the GNSS receiver output, adjusting the GNSS receiver output utilizing the expected value of phase. The systems and method can further include, responsive to degradation being a loss of the GNSS receiver output, utilizing a holdover output from a physical frequency reference and with a phase adjusted based on the expected value of phase, and, responsive to the variation, utilizing the phase history to re-generate the GNSS receiver output for performance enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaojin Liu, Bashar Abdullah, Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11268453
    Abstract: An epicyclic gear train includes a sun gear and planet gears mounted to a carrier and engaged to the sun gear. The planet gears and the carrier are rotatable about a center axis, and the carrier is engaged with a power output at a carrier-output engagement location. Ring gears are in meshed engagement with the planet gears. Planet gear bearings are disposed between one of the planet gears and the carrier. A lubrication interface is defined between each planet gear bearing and one of the planet gears. A bearing lubrication system includes a lubricant supply conduit extending between a conduit inlet at the carrier-output engagement location and conduit outlets at the lubrication interfaces of the planet gear bearings. A lubricant strainer is mounted about the conduit inlet at the carrier-output engagement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Michel Desjardins, Vincent Savaria
  • Patent number: 11208957
    Abstract: A planetary gear train for an aircraft engine, has a sun gear rotatable about a rotation axis, planet gears meshed with the sun gear and circumferentially distributed about the rotation axis, and a ring gear meshed with the planet gears, a planet carrier having first and second disk members axially offset from one another relative to the rotation axis, the planet carrier having planet bearings secured to the first and second disk members and extending axially therebetween, the planet gears rotatably supported by the planet bearings, the planet carrier having connecting members secured to both of the first and second disk members, the connecting members located circumferentially between the planet bearings, a lubrication network extending within the planet carrier and in fluid flow communication with the planet bearing and extending within the connecting members, the connecting members defining outlets of the lubrication network, the outlets oriented toward the sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Michel Desjardins, Hervé Turcotte
  • Patent number: 11174782
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a planetary gearbox, comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gear assemblies, each planet gear assembly having a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith, a diameter of the main gear being different than a diameter of the fore and aft lateral gears, a planet carrier rotatably supporting at least some of the planet gear assemblies, and at least one fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears, at least one aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears, wherein one of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears is configured to be operatively connected to an input, one is configured to be operatively connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins