Patents by Inventor Nicolas Lemoine

Nicolas Lemoine 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).

  • FEED SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF SUPPRESSING THE POGO EFFECT
    Publication number: 20170058836
    Abstract: A feed system for feeding a rocket engine with a liquid propellant includes a feed circuit, and a device to vary a volume of gas in the feed circuit. The device is configured to cause a volume of gas in the feed circuit to vary while the rocket engine is in operation. The device to vary gas volume includes at least one variable-flow-rate gas injector to inject gas into the liquid propellant in the feed circuit. Methods of suppressing a POGO effect are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: SNECMA, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNES
    Inventors: Alain KERNILIS, Nicolas LEMOINE, Ludivine BOULET, Serge LE GONIDEC
  • Feed system and a method of suppressing the POGO effect
    Patent number: 9528470
    Abstract: A rocket engine feed system, includes a feed circuit including a device for varying a gas volume in the feed circuit to suppress the POGO effect. A method of suppressing the POGO effect varies at least one hydraulic resonant frequency by varying a rate at which gas is injected into the feed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: SNECMA, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNES
    Inventors: Alain Kernilis, Nicolas Lemoine, Ludivine Boulet, Serge Le Gonidec
  • FEED SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF SUPPRESSING THE POGO EFFECT
    Publication number: 20140174054
    Abstract: A rocket engine feed system, includes a feed circuit including a device for varying a gas volume in the feed circuit to suppress the POGO effect. A method of suppressing the POGO effect varies at least one hydraulic resonant frequency by varying a rate at which gas is injected into the feed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNES, SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Kernilis, Nicolas Lemoine, Ludivine Boulet, Serge Le Gonidec