Patents by Inventor Michel Gilbert

Michel Gilbert 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: 20220145805
    Abstract: A drive shaft of an aircraft turbine engine includes a first portion and a second portion, and connecting means connecting the first and second portions and being configured to transmit a torque from the second portion to the first portion. The connecting means has at least one bellows with a first section having a diameter greater than the diameters of the first and second portions and second sections flanking the first section. The first section includes at least one fusible section with at least one through-hole and being configured to break when the value of a torque applied to the first portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER
  • Patent number: 11274554
    Abstract: A turbomachine having a fan shaft supported by a first bearing positioned downstream of the fan, the first bearing including an outer ring attached to an annular support secured to the stator. The turbomachine includes at least one gas feed duct leading into an enclosure positioned against the disc, the gas feed duct being adapted to be fed at a second end with pressurized gas taken from an airstream of a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine, so that the gas applies an axial force towards upstream on the disc during some operating phases of the turbomachine. The turbomachine further includes a ferrule imperviously sealing the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Publication number: 20220042460
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a single ducted fan including a first shaft rotated by a second shaft via a speed reduction gearset, the second shaft being rotated by a third shaft of a turbine, the first shaft being guided in rotation with respect to a fixed structure via a first bearing and a second bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset. The second shaft is guided in rotation with respect to the first shaft via a rolling bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset, the rolling bearing comprising an outer ring housed in the first shaft, an inner ring connected to the second shaft and rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Marion Jeanne Pierrette Verdier, Yanis Benslama, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Serge René Morreale
  • Patent number: 11230978
    Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine, including at least one first compressor, an annular combustion chamber and at least one first turbine, which define a first flow duct for a primary flow. Between the combustion chamber and the first turbine is a device for discharging at least part of the primary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Rolland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nathalie Nowakowski, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier
  • Patent number: 11220929
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine has a longitudinal axis A and includes a reduction gear, at least one turbine shaft, an upstream end of which is connected to an input shaft of a reduction gear, a fan, one shaft of which is connected to an output shaft of the reduction gear, and dynamic sealing means between said reduction gear input shaft and the fan shaft. The sealing means includes an annular cowling, the axial cross-section of which is substantially U-shaped An outer annular leg of the annular cowling is fastened to the fan shaft, and an inner annular leg supports at least one annular sealing joint that cooperates with the reduction gear input shaft. The cowling is elastically deformable in the radial direction in relation to the axis A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Patent number: 11085329
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a fan. The fan includes a first shaft driven in rotation via a reduction gear, the first shaft being guided in rotation with respect to a support of a fixed structure via an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing, the downstream bearing guiding in rotation the first shaft with respect to a downstream branch of the support, the first shaft and the support together defining an enclosure. The reduction gear includes a ring gear fixed to the structure via a shell. The turbine engine also includes a lubricator composed of at least one pipe for conveying a liquid lubricant, wherein the pipe is located in the enclosure, the pipe passing through an orifice made in the shell and an opening made in the downstream branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Xavier Jean Yves Alain Agneray, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Patent number: 11053852
    Abstract: A multi-flow turbojet engine generally includes an upstream ducted fan driven by a gas generator, the gas generator having a first and a second compressor, which are coaxial, an inlet case forming a support for the rotors of the upstream ducted fan and of the first compressor, an inter-compressor case downstream of the inlet casing and forming a support for the rotors of the second compressor, attachment means for thrust take-up rods, which attachment means are arranged on the inter-compressor case. The turbojet engine includes at least one axial stress transmission rod for connecting the inlet case to the inter-compressor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Publication number: 20210164350
    Abstract: A shaft assembly (22, 32) for an aircraft turbine engine (1), comprising a first outer shaft (32) and a second inner shaft (22), the first outer shaft being intended to be engaged axially on the second shaft and comprising inner longitudinal splines (34) for coupling with outer longitudinal splines (24) of the second shaft, characterised in that, when the first and second shafts are in the coupling position, the inner and outer splines are engaged in one another and cooperate with each other in an axial coupling area (Z), the inner and outer teeth being situated outside this coupling area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK
  • Patent number: 10975725
    Abstract: A turbofan including a low-pressure shaft; a high-pressure shaft; a fan shaft; a reducing mechanism that couples the low-pressure shaft to the fan shaft; and a maximum of six chambers that accommodate the bearings of the low-pressure shaft, the bearings of the high-pressure shaft and the bearings of the fan as well as the reducing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Jeremy Dievart, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10968770
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan driven by a fan shaft and retractable axial retainer of the shaft mounted on a stator element and movable between a first operational position and a second non-operational position. The retractable axial retainer may include a fluid supply configured for supplying at least one cavity with fluid. In some examples, the retractable axial retainer is mounted movably or slidingly so as to generate movement of the retractable axial retainer between the operation and non-operational positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Publication number: 20210087977
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine with a reduction gear has a first shaft and a second shaft having one same axis of rotation, the second shaft being rotationally driven by the first shaft via the reduction gear, the first shaft having elastically deformable means having bellows section(s) and being connected to the reduction gear by a connecting system likewise having elastically deformable means involving a hairpin or bellows section(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim, Nicolas Auguste Marcel Pommier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Publication number: 20210087947
    Abstract: Dynamic sealing device for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising two rotors (3, 8) which are configured to rotate about the one same axis (A) and different speeds, the said rotors extending at least in part around one another and dynamic sealing means (14) being mounted between the said rotors, characterized in that:—the said sealing means comprise annular rings (38) extending about the said axis, these rings being mounted with the ability to slide on a first (3) of the said rotors, in a radial direction with respect to the said axis, and being able to bear radially via their external periphery against a second (8) of the said rotors which at least partially surrounds the said first rotor, and in that it further comprises:—oil discharge means comprising an annular cavity (44) formed in the said second rotor, the said annular cavity opening radially towards the inside in the vicinity of the said sealing means and being in fluidic communication with oil passage ports (45) formed in the bottom of the cavity and p
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI
  • Publication number: 20210087298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods are provided for covalently linking a cargo molecule, such as a therapeutic or a diagnostic agent, to a glycan in the Fab region of an antibody. Also provided are methods of modeling and producing antibodies having de novo Fab glycosylation sites. Also provided are antibody carrier conjugates, methods of using the conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel GILBERT, Traian SULEA, Maria L. JARAMILLO, Yves DUROCHER, Maurizio ACCHIONE
  • Publication number: 20210071546
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine has a longitudinal axis A and includes a reduction gear, at least one turbine shaft, an upstream end of which is connected to an input shaft of a reduction gear, a fan, one shaft of which is connected to an output shaft of the reduction gear, and dynamic sealing means between said reduction gear input shaft and the fan shaft. The sealing means includes an annular cowling, the axial cross-section of which is substantially U-shaped An outer annular leg of the annular cowling is fastened to the fan shaft, and an inner annular leg supports at least one annular sealing joint that cooperates with the reduction gear input shaft. The cowling is elastically deformable in the radial direction in relation to the axis A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Arnaud Nicolas Negri
  • Patent number: 10907486
    Abstract: A turbomachine module includes a rotor supporting variable pitch blades, and an inner annular shaft, a blade pitch control device, a device for feathering at least one blade comprising at least one gas generator placed between a body and a movable member. The control device and the feathering device are situated radially between the shaft and the blades, the movable member is coupled with the at least one blade and capable, under the action of the gas generated and/or released by the generator, of being moved into a reference position wherein it entails a feathered position to the at least one blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10859000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for rotating a fan (2) of a turbojet engine (1) about a first rotation axis ?, including a reduction gear (3) made up of a planetary gearset placed at the centre of the fan (2), which includes: a central sun gear (31); an outer planet gear (33) attached to the fan (2); at least one satellite gear (32) arranged between the central sun gear (31) and the outer planet gear (33) in order to transmit a rotary movement between the central sun gear (31) and the outer planet gear (33); characterised in that the outer planet gear (33) includes an inner portion (33a) which meshes with the satellite gear (32), as well as an outer portion (33b) to which blades (21) of the fan (2) are directly attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Benoit Jean Henri Gomanne, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nicolas Xavier Trappier
  • Patent number: 10837317
    Abstract: A bypass turbojet engine including a low pressure shaft supported by at least two low pressure bearings, a high pressure shaft supported by at least two high pressure bearings, a fan shaft supported by at least two fan bearings, a reduction system coupling the low pressure shaft, with the fan shaft, enclosures housing the low pressure bearings, the high pressure bearings, the fan bearings and the reduction system, and a lubrication assembly including a closed oil circuit configured to supply oil to the enclosures in order to cool the bearings and the reduction system and at most five recovery pumps configured to recover oil from the enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Sebastien Christophe Chalaud, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10830066
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Patent number: 10815892
    Abstract: A multiflow turbojet engine generally includes an upstream fan driven by a gas generator having first and second coaxial compressors, an intake case forming a mounting for the rotors of the upstream fan and the first compressor, an inter-compressor case downstream from the intake case and forming a mounting for the rotors of the second compressor, and attachment means for thrust take-up control rods arranged in the inter-compressor case. The turbojet engine also includes a structural force shroud connecting the intake case to the inter-compressor case, of the and a floating first compressor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10787969
    Abstract: A front part of an aircraft turbomachine of the bypass type including a single fan, a gas generator positioned downstream of the fan, a reducer interposed between the gas generator and the fan, a flow splitter and a structure with structural outlet guide vanes. The vanes each have a root arranged upstream of the flow splitter and the reducer is also arranged at least half upstream of the flow splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Olivier Vartan Martin