Patents by Inventor Morgan Lionel Balland

Morgan Lionel Balland 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).

  • Blade for a turbine comprising a cooling air deflector
    Patent number: 6981845
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade for a turbine, the blade being fitted with a dovetail root to fix it into a compartment of a turbine disk, the blade being fitted with an internal air cooling circuit comprising air inlets located on the blade dovetail root and facing the compartment, and air outlets. The blade dovetail root is fitted with a device capable of homogenising the pressure and temperature of cooling air entering the air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Morgan Lionel Balland, Sylvie Coulon
  • Blade for a turbine comprising a cooling air deflector
    Publication number: 20040115054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade (11) for a turbine, the blade being fitted with a dovetail root (13) to fix it into a compartment (14) of a turbine disk (12), the blade being fitted with an internal air cooling circuit comprising air inlet means (15) located on the blade dovetail root and facing the compartment, and air outlet means. The blade dovetail root (13) is fitted with means (20) capable of homogenising the pressure and temperature of cooling air entering the air inlet means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Morgan Lionel Balland, Sylvie Coulon