Patents by Inventor Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel

Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel 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: 11066997
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine having an oil circuit. The oil circuit includes an air/oil heat exchanger, a primary bypass pipe connecting an intake of the air/oil heat exchanger to an outlet of the air/oil heat exchanger and surrounding the air/oil heat exchanger so as to exchange heat with the air/oil heat exchanger. The oil circuit further includes and a secondary bypass pipe of the primary pipe connecting the upstream end of the primary bypass pipe to the downstream end of the primary bypass pipe. The oil circuit also includes at least one valve for controlling the passage of the flow of oil into the primary and secondary bypass pipes and means for controlling the opening of said at least one valve for a temperature lower than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel, Lancelot Guillou
  • Publication number: 20190390602
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine having an oil circuit. The oil circuit includes an air/oil heat exchanger, a primary bypass pipe connecting an intake of the air/oil heat exchanger to an outlet of the air/oil heat exchanger and surrounding the air/oil heat exchanger so as to exchange heat with the air/oil heat exchanger. The oil circuit further includes and a secondary bypass pipe of the primary pipe connecting the upstream end of the primary bypass pipe to the downstream end of the primary bypass pipe. The oil circuit also includes at least one valve for controlling the passage of the flow of oil into the primary and secondary bypass pipes and means for controlling the opening of said at least one valve for a temperature lower than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel, Lancelot Guillou
  • Patent number: 8919499
    Abstract: A circuit and a method for feeding oil to rolling bearings in a turbomachine is disclosed. The circuit includes an oil supply; an oil duct connecting the supply to lubrication enclosures, each enclosure containing at least one rolling bearing; an oil feed pump located between the supply and the lubrication enclosures; an oil recovery pump connected downstream from each lubrication enclosure; a pressurizing valve placed in the duct between the oil feed pump and the lubrication enclosures, the pressurizing valve being adapted to open when the pressure at its inlet exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure; a branch connection duct connecting the inlet of the pressurization valve to one of the lubrication enclosures in order to feed it with oil; and a feeding device which feeds the lubrication enclosures at a small oil flow rate so long as the pressure at the inlet of the pressurization valve has not reached the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Francois Delamour, Jean-Louis Muller, Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel, Jean-Louis Jacquerie, Albert Cornet
  • Publication number: 20120024631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit and a method for feeding oil to rolling bearings in a turbomachine, the circuit comprising an oil supply, an oil duct connecting the supply to lubrication enclosures, each containing at least one rolling bearing, an oil feed pump located between the supply and the lubrication enclosures, an oil recovery pump connected downstream from each lubrication enclosure, and a pressurizing valve placed in the duct between the oil feed pump and the lubrication enclosures, said pressurizing valve being adapted to open when the pressure at its inlet exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure; a branch connection duct connecting the inlet of the pressurization valve to one of the lubrication enclosures in order to feed it with oil; and means for feeding the lubrication enclosures at a small oil flow rate so long as the pressure at the inlet of the pressurization valve has not reached the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: François Delamour, Jean-Louis Muller, Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel