Patents by Inventor Olivier Belmonte

Olivier Belmonte 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: 12291980
    Abstract: An unducted rectifier for a turbomachine is provided. The rectifier includes: (1) stator vanes each having a root and a blade radially projecting from the root, the root having two half-platforms; (2) pivots, each associated with a vane mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis and configured to connect to a system for changing the pitch of the blades, each pivot having an upper platform and a cylindrical lower portion; and (3) attachment systems for attaching the half-platforms of the root of the vane to the associated pivot, each having two plates having a substantially identical shape to each half-platform and a clamping system for clamping the half-platforms between the plates of the attachment system and the upper platform of the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clémentine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Olivier Belmonte, Olivier Bazot, Clément Cottet
  • Publication number: 20250116203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly (12) for a turbomachine, comprising: —an outer casing (15) made of half-shells; —an inner casing (14); —a plurality of guide vanes (13) mounted between the outer casing (15) and the inner casing (14), —a structural casing comprising a flange (23) which is radially inside the inner casing (14); and—a system (24) for blocking the inner casing (14) on the structural casing, comprising a generally annular tab (25) fixed to one of the inner casing (14) and the structural casing and a complementary chute (26) fixed to the other of the inner casing (14) and the structural casing, the chute (26) being configured to receive the tab (25) and to block it along the axis (X) with respect to the structural casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Olivier BELMONTE, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET
  • Patent number: 12228074
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbine engine includes a fan having variable pitch blades and an oil transfer device configured to provide a transfer of oil between a stator and a rotor. The oil transfer device includes a stator ring having internal oil ducts, a shaft inserted into the ring and having internal oil ducts, and an annular support of the ring configured to deform elastically to allow movements of the ring in the radial direction. A plain bearing is located between the ring and the shaft, and roller bearings are mounted between the ring and the shaft on either side of the plain bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Olivier Belmonte, Vincent François Georges Millier, Jean Charles Olivier Roda
  • Publication number: 20240318565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a fixed actuator for a control system for the orientation of fan blades of a turbomachine, comprising: at least one actuator body housed inside an annular casing of the turbomachine forming a bearing support, the annular casing being centred on a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine an inclined relative thereto, the actuator body having an internal volume in which a piston is able to slide, separating the internal volume into two chambers isolated from one another; and a plurality of actuator rods passing through the annular casing forming a bearing support and each having one end fixed to the piston and an opposite end intended to be connected to an internal ring of a movement transfer bearing in order to drive it in translation, the internal volume of the actuator body being closed downstream by a chamber bottom which forms a single part with the annular casing forming a bearing support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 12078072
    Abstract: A turbomachine module having a longitudinal axis, having a shroudless propeller which is rotated about the longitudinal axis by a drive shaft, which is connected at least to a compressor rotor, and at least one distributor comprising a plurality of stator vanes which extend along a radial axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z from a fixed casing, the distributor being arranged downstream of the propeller. The fixed casing can be an inter-compressor casing which is arranged downstream of a low-pressure compressor, along the longitudinal axis, the inter-compressor casing having a ring which has a longitudinal axis and which is provided with sleeves intended to support the stator vanes, the inter-compressor casing and the ring being monobloc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Publication number: 20240271541
    Abstract: An unducted rectifier for a turbomachine is provided. The rectifier includes: (1) stator vanes each having a root and a blade radially projecting from the root, the root having two half-platforms; (2) pivots, each associated with a vane mounted so as to pivot about a pitch axis and configured to be connected connect to a system for changing the pitch of the blades, each pivot comprising having an upper platform and a cylindrical lower portion; and (3) attachment systems for attaching the half-platforms of the root of the vane to the associated pivot, each having two plates having a substantially identical shape to each half-platform and a clamping system for clamping the half-platforms between the plates of the attachment system and the upper platform of the pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clémentine Charlotte Marie MOUTON, Olivier BELMONTE, Olivier BAZOT, Clément COTTET
  • Patent number: 12006844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade pivot with adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub, comprising a stud having means for retaining a fan blade root and coupling means for the transmission of a torsional torque, a rolling bearing for absorbing the centrifugal forces having an inner bushing mounted in transverse abutment against an external radial portion of the stud, a ring for radially retaining the stud relative to the rolling bearing housed in an annular groove formed in the stud, a plurality of clamping parts each mounted in transverse abutment against the retaining ring and in radial abutment against the inner bushing of the rolling bearing, and a clamping nut screwed onto an outer thread of the stud to come into conical abutment against the clamping parts such that said clamping parts ensure a clamping of the inner bushing of the rolling bearing on the stud and a clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent François Georges Millier, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 12000344
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a turbine shaft having a first axis of rotation, a propulsion propeller having a second axis of rotation parallel to and spaced from the first axis, and a mechanical reduction gear coupled to the turbine shaft and rotating the propeller. The reduction gear has a sun gear connected to the turbine shaft, a ring gear, and at least two planet gears, each including a first external toothing that is meshed with an external toothing of the sun gear. A second external toothing is located within the ring gear and is meshed with an internal toothing of the ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Guillaume Pierre Mouly, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11988136
    Abstract: A turbomachine having a contrarotating turbine for an aircraft, the turbomachine including a contrarotating turbine of which a first rotor is configured to rotate in a first direction of rotation and is connected to a first turbine shaft, and a second rotor configured to rotate in an opposite direction of rotation and connected to a second turbine shaft. The first rotor includes turbine wheels interleaved between turbine wheels of the second rotor, the turbomachine further including a planetary-type epicyclic mechanical reduction gear which has a sun gear driven in rotation by the second shaft, a ring gear driven in rotation by the first shaft, and a planet carrier attached to a first stator casing of the turbomachine located upstream of the contrarotating turbine with respect to a direction of flow of gas in the turbomachine. The turbomachine includes bearings for guiding the first and second shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Romain Truco, Olivier Formica, Fabrice Joel Luc Chevillot, Clement Paul Rene Niepceron
  • Publication number: 20240159187
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbine engine includes a fan having variable pitch blades and an oil transfer device configured to provide a transfer of oil between a stator and a rotor. The oil transfer device includes a stator ring having internal oil ducts, a shaft inserted into the ring and having internal oil ducts, and an annular support of the ring configured to deform elastically to allow movements of the ring in the radial direction. A plain bearing is located between the ring and the shaft, and roller bearings are mounted between the ring and the shaft on either side of the plain bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Olivier BELMONTE, Vincent François Georges MILLIER, Jean Charles Olivier RODA
  • Patent number: 11933230
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a longitudinal axis includes a high-pressure (HP) body, a low-pressure (LP) body, a fan, and a reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train. The turbomachine includes three modules: a first module having the LP turbine and the LP shaft, a second module having the LP compressor and a journal secured to the rotor of the LP compressor, and a third module having an input shaft of the reduction gear, this input shaft having an upstream end for coupling to a sun gear of the reduction gear and a downstream end comprising first splines that are oriented parallel to the axis and are configured to be engaged in second complementary splines of said second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11885265
    Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine (10), comprising:—at least one first turbine rotor (22a) connected to a first turbine shaft (36) and comprising rotor blades located in a stream (V),—an annular exhaust casing (28) supporting at least one bearing (60, 62) for guiding the rotation of the first shaft and comprising arms (28a) located in the stream, downstream of the blades, and—a mechanical planetary gearbox (42) which comprises a sun gear (44), a ring gear (40) and a planet carrier (46), the gearbox being at least partially surrounded by the exhaust casing and one of the rotatable elements chosen from the sun gear and the ring gear being connected to the first shaft, characterised in that the exhaust casing carries a device (70) for recovering and discharging oil projected centrifugally by the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Publication number: 20240003303
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine, including a first shaft having external splines oriented parallel to an axis of rotation of the shaft, a second shaft having internal splines complementary to the external splines, this second shaft being fitted axially on the first shaft and these shafts rotating as one by engagement of their splines, and a system for axially locking the shafts with respect to one another, wherein the system includes screws that are oriented radially with respect to the axis, each of these screws being screwed into a first orifice in one of the shafts and having a free end for engaging a second orifice in the other of the shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Publication number: 20230417192
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a longitudinal axis includes a high-pressure (HP) body, a low-pressure (LP) body, a fan, and a reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train. The turbomachine includes three modules: a first module having the LP turbine and the LP shaft, a second module having the LP compressor and a journal secured to the rotor of the LP compressor, and a third module having an input shaft of the reduction gear, this input shaft having an upstream end for coupling to a sun gear of the reduction gear and a downstream end comprising first splines that are oriented parallel to the axis and are configured to be engaged in second complementary splines of said second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Patent number: 11828183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine (10) with counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft, comprising: —a high-pressure body, —a low-pressure counter-rotating turbine (22), —a planetary-type mechanical epicyclic reduction gear (42), —a guide bearings (56-62) for the turbine shafts (36, 38), characterised in that said reduction gear (42) and certain of the bearings (60, 62) are housed in a lubrication chamber (86) supplied with oil and comprising dynamic seals (86a-86d), and in that the turbomachine comprises circuits (C1, C2) for pressurising these seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Publication number: 20230366325
    Abstract: A turbomachine module having a longitudinal axis, having a shroudless propeller which is rotated about the longitudinal axis by a drive shaft, which is connected at least to a compressor rotor, and at least one distributor comprising a plurality of stator vanes which extend along a radial axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z from a fixed casing, the distributor being arranged downstream of the propeller. The fixed casing can be an inter-compressor casing which is arranged downstream of a low-pressure compressor, along the longitudinal axis, the inter-compressor casing having a ring which has a longitudinal axis and which is provided with sleeves intended to support the stator vanes, the inter-compressor casing and the ring being monobloc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Publication number: 20230358149
    Abstract: A turbine engine module of longitudinal axis X, including an unducted propeller intended to be rotated around the longitudinal axis X by a power shaft which is connected at least to a rotor member, at least one flow straightener including a plurality of stator vanes (28)-extending along a radial axis Z, at least one first casing mounted upstream, along the longitudinal axis, of the rotor member and a second casing mounted downstream, along the longitudinal axis, of the rotor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE, Guillaume GLEMAREC
  • Patent number: 11788423
    Abstract: A turbine rotor wheel for an aircraft turbomachine includes a rotor disk, an annular shroud extending around the disk, and blades arranged between the disk and the shroud. The root of each of the blades has two tabs configured for attachment to the disk. The tabs are arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, of a wall of the disk, relative to the axis. The tab arranged upstream is engaged in a first recess of the disk and configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the first recess. The tab arranged downstream is engaged in a second recess of the disk and is configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11773771
    Abstract: A turbomachine with a counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft includes a counter-rotating turbine and a mechanical reduction gear with an epicyclic, planetary-type gear train. The gear train includes a planet carrier secured to a stator housing of the turbomachine situated upstream from the counter-rotating turbine in relation to a direction of gas flow within the turbomachine. The planet carrier is secured to the stator housing by an annular part with an elongated shape extending inside the second shaft. The annular part includes an upstream end secured to the intermediate casing and a downstream end coupled to the planet carrier. The annular part also includes an integrated circuit for conveying lubrication oil from its upstream end to the planet carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabrice Joël Luc Chevillot, Clément Paul René Niepceron, Amélie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Patent number: 11708148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade pivot with adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub, comprising: a stud having a fastener configured to retain a blade root and coupling means for the transmission of a twist torque; a ball bearing for taking centrifugal forces having an inner ring and an outer ring; a first clamping nut intended to be screwed on an inner thread of the hub to ensure clamping of the outer ring of the ball bearing; a rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces having an inner ring and a smooth outer ring; a locking ring mounted between these two inner rings to provide for them a respective transverse support; an anti-rupture sleeve carrying the inner ring of the rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces and the terminal end of which is extended transversely beyond the outer ring of this bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Vincent François Georges Millier