Patents by Inventor Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot
Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot 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).
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Publication number: 20210140367Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft propulsion system (100) intended for being built into the rear of an aircraft fuselage, the propulsion system comprising at least two gas generators (102a, 102b) supplying a power turbine (104) having two counter-rotating turbine rotors (104a, 104b) for driving two fans (112a, 12b), and separate air inlets (106a, 106b) for supplying each gas generator, characterised in that it comprises an electrical drive device (140) configured to rotate at least one of the turbine rotors, at least one electrical generator (142a, 142b) configured to transform part of the energy of the flow from the gas generators into electrical power and an electric motor (146) supplied by said electrical generator and capable of rotating at least one of the turbine rotors, said electrical generator being installed on one of said gas generators, and in that said turbine rotor is capable of being rotated simultaneously by a flow from said gas generators and by the electrical drive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT, Francois GALLET
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Patent number: 10829232Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft including a fuselage and a thruster downstream of the fuselage. The thruster includes a power turbine, located inside a main flow jet, and at least one fan, located inside a secondary flow jet and mechanically driven by the power turbine. The main flow jet of the power turbine and the secondary flow jet of the fan are concentric. The power turbine is supplied with gases from two gas turbine gas generators via two supply channels. The gas turbine gas generators have axes parallel to that of the fuselage. The air inlet sleeve is spaced apart from the fuselage, and the supply channels each have a hatch for controlling the flow between a position for guiding the gas flow to the power turbine and a position for ejecting the gases into the atmosphere while bypassing the power turbine.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
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Patent number: 10773813Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) and a propulsion unit at the rear of the fuselage, the propulsion unit comprising at least one fan rotor (7, 8), a nacelle (14) fairing the fan and at least one connection means (15) connecting the nacelle to the fuselage, the fan being rotated by the energy supplied by at least one gas-turbine gas generator (2a, 2b) housed in the fuselage, said gas generator comprising auxiliary equipment cooled by a cooling circuit. The aircraft is characterised in that said cooling circuit comprises at least one heat exchanger exchanging heat with the ambient air housed in one of said connection means (15) and/or in said nacelle (14). The cooling circuit optionally comprises also a heat exchanger exchanging heat with the ambient air, housed in the tail unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
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Patent number: 10746044Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage, flight control surfaces and a turbojet engine (20) integrated into the rear of said fuselage in the extension thereof, the turbojet engine (12) comprising two gas generators (22) that supply, via a common central duct (30), a power turbine (32) comprising two counter-rotating rotors (34, 36) respectively driving two upstream (38) and downstream (40) coaxial and counter-rotating fans each comprising a ring of vanes (42, 44), the set of fans (38, 40) being integrated into a fairing (46) of the turbojet engine (20) formed at the rear of the fuselage (12), characterised in that at least said fairing (46) is axially arranged behind the flight control surfaces and comprises an upstream section (50), surrounding the upstream fan (38), configured to be radially traversed by at least one fragment (43) of a vane (42) of the upstream fan (38) in the event of the breakage of a vane (42) of said upstream fan (38) and the ejection of said at least one fragment (43Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot, Michael Sauve
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Publication number: 20200141329Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine assembly (1) comprising: a compressor (30), an isobaric combustion chamber (40), a piston engine (7) comprising: a shell (70), and a piston (72) movably mounted inside the shell (70) and defining with the shell (70) a variable-volume piston chamber (74), a turbine (50), and a differential transmission mechanism (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Henri YESILCIMEN, Pascal Charles Edouard COAT, Julien DISCART, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT, Jean Charles Olivier RODA
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Publication number: 20200080496Abstract: A turbomachine comprising a ducted fan, a low-pressure turbine shaft and a reduction gearbox housed in a casing between the fan and the low-pressure turbine shaft, the fan rotor supplying airflow to a primary stream and a secondary stream and comprising a hub of diameter D1, wherein—the diameter D3 of the fan rotor is greater than 82 inches (2.08 metres),—the pressure ratio of the fan is between 1.10 and 1.35, the turbomachine comprises a low-pressure compressor separate from the fan, the reduction gearbox being interposed between the fan rotor and a turbine shaft of the low-pressure compressor, and wherein the reduction gearbox casing has an outside diameter D2 greater than the diameter D1 of the hub, the pitch diameter D4 of the reduction gearbox ring being between 0.15 and 0.35 times the fan rotor diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Kevin Morgane LEMARCHAND, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT, Matthieu Pierre Michel DUBOSC, Dominique Gerhardt MAYHEW
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Publication number: 20180370644Abstract: The invention relates to the rating (S) of a propulsion unit (2) comprising a main engine (3) providing main thrust assisted by an auxiliary engine (4) providing auxiliary thrust, according to the following steps: (i) determining (S1) a distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so as to obtain the takeoff thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making a 5% to 65% contribution to the takeoff thrust, (ii) depending on the distribution determined for the takeoff condition, determining (S2) distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so its to obtain the top of climb thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making at most 70% contribution to the top of climb thrust, and (iii) rating (S3) the propulsion unit (2) in such a way that the main thrust of the main engine (3) determined fir the takeoff condition corresponds to the maximum thrust likely to be achieved by the main engine (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Pascal Charles Edouard COAT, Jean-François Endy BERSOT, Stephane ORCEL, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
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Publication number: 20180327109Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft is provided. The propulsion unit includes a main engine that supplies main thrust during a takeoff operating condition and a top of climb operating condition, and an auxiliary engine, distinct from the main engine, that supplies auxiliary thrust to complete the main thrust of the main engine during the takeoff operating condition. The main engine includes a high-pressure compressor. The main engine is dimensioned taking into account the thrust of the auxiliary engine in the takeoff operating condition, in such a manner that a temperature ratio of the high-pressure compressor, corresponding to the ratio between an outlet temperature of the high-pressure compressor of the main engine in the top of climb operating condition and an outlet temperature of the high-pressure compressor of the main engine in the takeoff operating condition, is between 0.90 and 1.10.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Pascal Charles Edouard COAT, Jean-François Endy BERSOT, Stephane ORCEL, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
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Patent number: 10102312Abstract: A method for determining performance levels of at least one turbine engine propeller in an incident air flow (V) including an axial component (Vz) and a tangential component (V?), the propeller being modelled by a defined generalized theoretical model (Mg), for plural blade angles (ß) of the propeller, by a set of adimensional coefficients, including at least one generalized advance coefficient (Jg), a generalized power coefficient (CPg), and a generalized traction coefficient (CTg) defined by formulae: ? { J g = v z u - v ? ? C Tg ? ( ? ) = T ? ( ? ) ? · ( u - v ? ) 2 · D 2 C Pg ? ( ? ) = P ? ( ? ) ? · ( u - v ? ) 3 · D 2 wherein the generalized theoretical model (Mg) of the propeller is parameterized with input conditions of the turbine engine, including at least the axial component (Vz), the tangential component of the incident air flow (V?), the blade angle (ß) and the drive speed (u) of the propeller; and at leasType: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
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Patent number: 10082040Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine having contrarotating fans (7, 8), the turbine engine being incorporated at the rear of a fuselage (1) of the aircraft, in the extension of same and comprising at least two gas generators (2a, 2b) that supply, via a shared central stream (4), a power turbine (3), the turbine (3) comprising two contrarotating rotors (5, 6) for driving two fans (7,8) disposed downstream from the gas generators (2a, 2b), said aircraft comprising means (15) arranged for separating the gas flow in the power turbine (3) into at least two concentric streams (16, 17) and a device comprising first means for distributing the gas flow (21-24) between said streams (16, 17) from the central stream (4), the first distribution means being configured to be able to open or close the supply of at least one so-called sealable stream (16) of the streams (16, 17) of the power turbine (3).Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Francois Gallet, Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
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Publication number: 20180209294Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine having contrarotating fans (7, 8), the turbine engine being incorporated at the rear of a fuselage (1) of the aircraft, in the extension of same and comprising at least two gas generators (2a, 2b) that supply, via a shared central stream (4), a power turbine (3), the turbine (3) comprising two contrarotating rotors (5, 6) for driving two fans (7,8) disposed downstream from the gas generators (2a, 2b), said aircraft comprising means (15) arranged for separating the gas flow in the power turbine (3) into at least two concentric streams (16, 17) and a device comprising first means for distributing the gas flow (21-24) between said streams (16, 17) from the central stream (4), the first distribution means being configured to be able to open or close the supply of at least one so-called sealable stream (16) of the streams (16, 17) of the power turbine (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Francois GALLET, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
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Publication number: 20180209378Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly, including a turbine engine comprising at least one gas generator configured to generate a main flow, which is supplied by a central jet to at least one power turbine, the central jet being surrounded by an outer fairing, and the power turbine driving, on the periphery thereof, at least one fan rotor. The aircraft propulsion assembly comprises first movable means which are arranged so as to divert at least some of the main flow from the central jet to the outside of the outer fairing and preferably upstream of the turbine engine so as to generate thrust reversal. An aircraft which uses the propulsion assembly, particularly on the rear tip of the fuselage of the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Pascal Coat, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
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Publication number: 20180209445Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage and a propulsion assembly. The propulsion assembly includes at least one fan rotor placed behind the fuselage as an extension thereof along a longitudinal axis, and a nacelle which forms a fairing of the at least one fan rotor through which at least one air flow passes. The aircraft comprises a plurality of stator radial arms mounted upstream of the at least one fan rotor and extending between the fuselage and the nacelle. The radial arms comprise at least one variable-pitch movable portion configured to axially divert the air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot
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Publication number: 20180208322Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage and a thruster downstream of the fuselage. The thruster includes a power turbine, located inside a main flow jet, and at least one fan, located inside a secondary flow jet and mechanically driven by the power turbine. The main flow jet of the power turbine and the secondary flow jet of the fan are concentric. The power turbine is supplied with gases from two gas turbine gas generators via two supply channels. Said aircraft is characterized in that said gas turbine gas generators have axes parallel to that of the fuselage. The air inlet sleeve is spaced apart from the fuselage, and the supply channels each have a hatch for controlling the flow between a position for guiding the gas flow to the power turbine and a position for ejecting the gases into the atmosphere while bypassing the power turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
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Publication number: 20180030852Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage, flight control surfaces and a turbojet engine (20) integrated into the rear of said fuselage in the extension thereof, the turbojet engine (12) comprising two gas generators (22) that supply, via a common central duct (30), a power turbine (32) comprising two counter-rotating rotors (34, 36) respectively driving two upstream (38) and downstream (40) coaxial and counter-rotating fans each comprising a ring of vanes (42, 44), the set of fans (38, 40) being integrated into a fairing (46) of the turbojet engine (20) formed at the rear of the fuselage (12), characterised in that at least said fairing (46) is axially arranged behind the flight control surfaces and comprises an upstream section (50), surrounding the upstream fan (38), configured to be radially traversed by at least one fragment (43) of a vane (42) of the upstream fan (38) in the event of the breakage of a vane (42) of said upstream fan (38) and the ejection of said at least one fragment (43Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT, Michael SAUVE
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Patent number: 9745051Abstract: An engine control device having a calculator for calculating a pitch setpoint for at least one propeller of the engine, the calculator taking account at least of a flight speed.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot, Thierry Brichler
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Publication number: 20170137137Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) and a propulsion unit at the rear of the fuselage, the propulsion unit comprising at least one fan rotor (7, 8), a nacelle (14) fairing the fan and at least one connection means (15) connecting the nacelle to the fuselage, the fan being rotated by the energy supplied by at least one gas-turbine gas generator (2a, 2b) housed in the fuselage, said gas generator comprising auxiliary equipment cooled by a cooling circuit. The aircraft is characterised in that said cooling circuit comprises at least one heat exchanger exchanging heat with the ambient air housed in one of said connection means (15) and/or in said nacelle (14). The cooling circuit optionally comprises also a heat exchanger exchanging heat with the ambient air, housed in the tail unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Antoine Jean-Philippe BEAUJARD, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
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Patent number: 9556744Abstract: A turbomachine for an aircraft including at least one turbine driving rotation of a fan, and a jet nozzle coaxially extending a turbine and creating, with an outlet cone that terminates the turbine, a passage of annular cross section for combustion gases that pass through the turbine. The jet nozzle can be mounted so that it can move between two extreme positions for which under action of a controller, an annular cross section of the passage for the gases is respectively at its minimum or maximum, making it possible to vary the cross section according to phases of operation of the aircraft and distribute thrust between the fan and the jet nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Sebastien Dron, Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
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Publication number: 20150314853Abstract: An engine control device having a calculator for calculating a pitch setpoint for at least one propeller of the engine, the calculator taking account at least of a flight speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Nicolas Jerome, Jean TANTOT, Thierry BRICHLER
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Publication number: 20140180657Abstract: A method for determining performance levels of at least one turbine engine propeller in an incident air flow (V) including an axial component (Vz) and a tangential component (V?), the propeller being modelled by a defined generalized theoretical model (Mg), for plural blade angles (?) of the propeller, by a set of adimensional coefficients, including at least one generalized advance coefficient (Jg), a generalized power coefficient (CPg), and a generalized traction coefficient (CTg) defined by formulae: ? { J g = v z u - v ? ? C Tg ? ( ? ) = T ? ( ? ) ? · ( u - v ? ) 2 · D 2 C Pg ? ( ? ) = P ? ( ? ) ? · ( u - v ? ) 3 · D 2 wherein the generalized theoretical model (Mg) of the propeller is parameterized with input conditions of the turbine engine, including at least the axial component (Vz), the tangential component of the incident air flow (V?), the blade angle (?) and the drive speed (u) of the propeller; and at leasType: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventor: Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot