Patents by Inventor Nicolas Henri

Nicolas Henri 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: 12385440
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine includes at least one turbine having a turbine disc with an internal bore and an annular cavity which is arranged upstream of the disc. The assembly further includes a fire safety system with a cooling device that supplies the cavity with cooling air via injection means. The fire safety system includes means that divide the annular cavity into first and second cavities. A cooling air speed is maintained at the outlet of the injection means and the cooling air in the first cavity is guided to the internal bore of the turbine disc. A diffuser co-operates with the injection means and an annular cover co-operates with the diffuser and covers first attachment members arranged in the cavity. A radially outer surface of the cover at least partially guides the cooling air at the outlet of the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Raphaël Yves Richard, Jean-Luc Breining, Mathieu Pierre Cladiere, Olivier Pierre Descubes, Jerome Dinquel, Gabriel Gorka Exilard, Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton, Nicolas Christophe Perra, Christophe Nicolas Henri Viguier
  • Patent number: 12168955
    Abstract: A constant volume combustion system for a turbomachine comprises a plurality of combustion chambers distributed annularly about an axis, each combustion chamber comprising an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, a selective shut-off element movable in rotation relative to the combustion chambers, the selective shut-off element comprising a shroud facing the inlet and outlet orifices of the combustion chambers. The shroud including on a first annular portion at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the inlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element and on a second annular portion at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the outlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element. Each combustion chamber comprises a fuel injection device whose opening and closing are synchronized by the shut-off element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN.HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Quentin Bouyssou, Guillaume Alain Taliercio, Christophe Nicolas Henri Viguier, Daniel Mejia
  • Publication number: 20240328617
    Abstract: A longitudinal-axis (X) dihydrogen injection device is configured to be mounted on an annular bottom of an annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine. The injection device includes an inner channel for dihydrogen circulation and an outer annular channel for circulation of a mixture of at least air. The inner channel and the outer annular channel are coaxial. An inner swirler is housed in the inner channel and an outer swirler is housed in the outer annular channel. A downstream end of the inner channel is arranged upstream, at a distance r, from a downstream end of the outer annular channel. With this dihydrogen combustion, polluting carbon emissions such as carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons or even fine and smoke particles can be eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III - PAUL SABATIER
    Inventors: Stéphane Raphaël Yves RICHARD, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER, Sylvain MARRAGOU, Thierry SCHULLER
  • Publication number: 20240318602
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine includes at least one turbine having a turbine disc with an internal bore and an annular cavity which is arranged upstream of the disc. The assembly further includes a fire safety system with a cooling device that supplies the cavity with cooling air via injection means. The fire safety system includes means that divide the annular cavity into first and second cavities. A cooling air speed is maintained at the outlet of the injection means and the cooling air in the first cavity is guided to the internal bore of the turbine disc. A diffuser co-operates with the injection means and an annular cover co-operates with the diffuser and covers first attachment members arranged in the cavity. A radially outer surface of the cover at least partially guides the cooling air at the outlet of the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Stéphane Raphaël Yves RICHARD, Jean-Luc BREINING, Mathieu Pierre CLADIERE, Olivier Pierre DESCUBES, Jerome DINQUEL, Gabriel Gorka EXILARD, Bertrand Guillaume Robin PELLATON, Nicolas Christophe PERRA, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
  • Patent number: 11867401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-vaporizing pipe (5) for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, comprising a generally elongate main body (50), comprising a first end portion (51) delimiting an inlet duct (52) in which a fuel injector is to be mounted, the body (50) having an external surface (500) having a first length (L1) that extends from the portion (51) to at least one first fuel outlet end piece (53), and a second length (L2) that extends the first length (L1) from the end piece (53) and that extends from the end piece (53) to a second fuel outlet end piece (54). According to the invention, inside the body (50) there is a first channel (55) connecting the duct (52) to the end piece (53) and a second channel (56) which is distinct from the first channel (55) and which connects the duct (52) to the end piece (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Roland Guy Savary, Claude Marie Michel Berat, Olivier Lamaison, Yvan Ludovic Lameignere, Hubert Pascal Verdier, Chritophe Nicolas Henri Viguier
  • Publication number: 20230160603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-modes heat exchanger and air ventilation system and method. The system's different modes are possible with the rotation of fan assemblies allowing airflow into specific ducts, thus acting both as fans and as valves. Each air handing unit is connected to a centralized network which allows the control of multiple units simultaneously in response to interior or exterior air characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Gabriel Gagne-Marcotte, Martin Bernier, William Chabot Labbe, Alexia Mahlig, Aleksandra Grgurevic, Adam Fregeau, Stephane Pilette, Daniel Rousse, Pierre-Alexandre Morin, Nicolas Henri
  • Publication number: 20220316393
    Abstract: A constant volume combustion system for a turbomachine comprises a plurality of combustion chambers distributed annularly about an axis, each combustion chamber comprising an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, a selective shut-off element movable in rotation relative to the combustion chambers, the selective shut-off element comprising a shroud facing the inlet and outlet orifices of the combustion chambers. The shroud including on a first annular portion at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the inlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element and on a second annular portion at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the outlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element. Each combustion chamber comprises a fuel injection device whose opening and closing are synchronized by the shut-off element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Quentin BOUYSSOU, Guillaume Alain TALIERCIO, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER, Daniel MEJIA
  • Publication number: 20220235937
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-vaporizing pipe (5) for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine, comprising a generally elongate main body (50), comprising a first end portion (51) delimiting an inlet duct (52) in which a fuel injector is to be mounted, the body (50) having an external surface (500) having a first length (L1) that extends from the portion (51) to at least one first fuel outlet end piece (53), and a second length (L2) that extends the first length (L1) from the end piece (53) and that extends from the end piece (53) to a second fuel outlet end piece (54). According to the invention, inside the body (50) there is a first channel (55) connecting the duct (52) to the end piece (53) and a second channel (56) which is distinct from the first channel (55) and which connects the duct (52) to the end piece (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Roland Guy SAVARY, Claude Marie Michel BERAT, Olivier LAMAISON, Yvan Ludovic LAMEIGNERE, Hubert Pascal VERDIER, Chritophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
  • Patent number: 11238382
    Abstract: A system comprising a database storing schedule information associated with different meeting spaces, at least a first threshold display located proximate at least a first meeting space, an employee tracking system, a processor programmed to perform the steps of receiving employee tracking information including locations and identities, determining the relative juxtapositions of employees with respect to the first threshold display, identifying content to be presented on the first threshold display based on identity of a first employee, a distance between the first employee and the display and the schedule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Francis Gerard Graziano, Mark Baloga, Terry D. West, Paul Noll, Nicolas Henri Louis de Benoist de Gentissart, Karl Jahn Mead
  • Patent number: 10759978
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive made from a blend of a polypropylene-based polymer, a polyolefin elastomer, and an amorphous polyolefin. These adhesives exhibit excellent molten and pre-set flow allowing them to wet out substrates yet develop properties needed to form and maintain strong bonds making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, David Frederic Freund, Richard Edward Hamann, Miao Hu, Fabrice Nicolas-Henri Flores
  • Patent number: 10166676
    Abstract: Some implementations are directed to methods and apparatus for determining, based on sensor data generated during physical manipulation of a robot by a user, one or more grasp parameters to associate with an object model. Some implementations are directed to methods and apparatus for determining control commands to provide to actuator(s) of a robot to attempt a grasp of an object, where those control commands are determined based on grasp parameters associated with an object model that conforms to the object. The grasp parameter(s) associated with an object model may include end effector pose(s) that each define a pose of a grasping end effector relative to the object model and/or translational force measure(s) that each indicate force applied to an object by a grasping end effector, where the force is at least partially the result of translation of an entirety of the grasping end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Henry Hudson, Crystal Chao
  • Patent number: 10031185
    Abstract: Determining a state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery includes using a first process to determine a first value for the SOC of the battery and using a second process to determine a second value for the SOC of the battery and deriving the SOC as a weighted average of the first value for the SOC and the second value for the SOC. During a charging cycle of the battery an input charge of the battery is determined from an input current flowing into the battery and a charging time. During a discharging cycle an output charge of the battery is determined from an output current flowing out of the battery, a discharging time and an actual capacity of the battery is the sum of the input charge over charging cycles minus the sum of the output charge over discharging cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Rainer Bussar, Gerd Wessels Hoogestraat, Wolfgang Rudolf Fischer, Thomas Hopper, Nicolas Henri Bernard Redon, Olaf Sielemann, Sebastian Zeh
  • Publication number: 20180149365
    Abstract: A turbine engine combustion chamber module including at least one constant-volume combustion chamber. The module includes, upstream of the at least one constant-volume combustion chamber, a precombustion chamber capable of producing hot combustion gases that supply the at least one constant-volume combustion chamber so as to allow the ignition thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume TALIERCIO, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
  • Publication number: 20180038278
    Abstract: A constant-volume combustion system is for a turbine engine. The system includes a plurality of combustion chambers regularly distributed around a longitudinal axis; a toroidal manifold including a radially oriented outlet for supplying compressed air, from a compressor, to each combustion chamber; a toroidal exhaust pipe including a radially oriented inlet for collecting the combustion gases from the combustion chambers, the combustion chambers being radially positioned between the outlet of the manifold and the inlet of the exhaust pipe; and a timing device for each chamber for drawing in compressed air from the outlet of the manifold and ejecting combustion gas towards the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume TALIERCIO, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
  • Patent number: 9677505
    Abstract: An air/fuel mixer system of a combustion chamber of a gas turbine includes at least one compressed air intake swirler, the swirler having a central axis of symmetry, and a fuel injector including an injection head having an axis of symmetry. Each injector is mounted in the corresponding swirler with aid of a guide mechanism, so that the axis of symmetry of the injection head is off-center with respect to the central axis of symmetry of the swirler. The system can reduce, or even eliminate, combustion instabilities, by injecting the fuel along a particular axis which is off-center relative to the axis of the air/fuel mixer system, inducing a flow of fuel which is no longer perfectly axially symmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Nicolas Savary, Claude Berat, Hubert Hippolyte Vignau, Christophe Nicolas Henri Viguier
  • Publication number: 20170038075
    Abstract: The fixed vanes of a diffuser are set to an azimuth angle setting (?) with respect to the injectors of a combustion chamber so that the paths leading from the trailing edges pass through the gaps between injectors and more preferably mid-way between same, so that these portions of the flow, which may contain condensed water, do not affect the initiation of the combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Patrick DUCHAINE, Claude BERAT, Christophe Nicolas Henri VIGUIER
  • Publication number: 20160102230
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive made from a blend of a polypropylene-based polymer, a polyolefin elastomer, and an amorphous polyolefin. These adhesives exhibit excellent molten and pre-set flow allowing them to wet out substrates yet develop properties needed to form and maintain strong bonds making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, David Frederic Freund, Richard Edward Hamann, Miao Hu, Fabrice Nicolas-Henri Flores
  • Publication number: 20150377972
    Abstract: Determining a state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery includes using a first process to determine a first value for the SOC of the battery and using a second process to determine a second value for the SOC of the battery and deriving the SOC as a weighted average of the first value for the SOC and the second value for the SOC. During a charging cycle of the battery an input charge of the battery is determined from an input current flowing into the battery and a charging time. During a discharging cycle an output charge of the battery is determined from an output current flowing out of the battery, a discharging time and an actual capacity of the battery is the sum of the input charge over charging cycles minus the sum of the output charge over discharging cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Rainer Bussar, Gerd Wessels Hoogestraat, Wolfgang Rudolf Fischer, Thomas Hopper, Nicolas Henri Bernard Redon, Olaf Sielemann, Sebastian Zeh
  • Publication number: 20140116384
    Abstract: An air/fuel mixer system of a combustion chamber of a gas turbine includes at least one compressed air intake swirler, the swirler having a central axis of symmetry, and a fuel injector including an injection head having an axis of symmetry. Each injector is mounted in the corresponding swirler with aid of a guide mechanism, so that the axis of symmetry of the injection head is off-center with respect to the central axis of symmetry of the swirler. The system can reduce, or even eliminate, combustion instabilities, by injecting the fuel along a particular axis which is off-center relative to the axis of the air/fuel mixer system, inducing a flow of fuel which is no longer perfectly axially symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Nicolas Savary, Claude Berat, Hubert Hippolyte Vignau, Christophe Nicolas Henri Viguier
  • Patent number: 7523334
    Abstract: In this wakeup system for stations interconnected by an information transmission network in particular for a motor vehicle, in which the stations need to pass from a standby state or an OFF state to an awake state in order to exchange information relating to the distributed function, all of the stations are connected to a single line for transmitting a station wakeup signal, at least some of the stations include means for generating a wakeup signal on said line in order to cause the other stations to take up their awake state, and means for sending information relating to the distributed function over the information transmission network, and at least some of the stations include means for analyzing the information on the information transmission network in order to determine whether they are concerned by the information and thus by the corresponding distributed function, so as to remain in the awake state or else return to the standby state or the OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Marais, Nicolas Henri, Yannick Hildenbrand, Lionel Joffrain