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: 9726039
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a device located between an internal shaft and an external shaft of an aircraft turbine, that are free to rotate, concentric and arranged at least partially one around the other, is provided. The lubrication system includes an annular element provided with an external groove and being mounted integral with the external shaft, the external groove being supplied with lubricant from a fixed part of the turbine; and a grooved element mounted integral with the internal shaft, the grooved element having a relief which directs a lubricant in contact with its external surface along a longitudinal direction when the internal shaft is rotating. The external groove is in fluid communication with an external surface of the grooved element through at least two conduits arranged through the external shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Serge Louis Antunes, Mathieu Perrier
  • Patent number: 9708926
    Abstract: Turbine engine (1), in particular for an aircraft, comprising at least one axial shaft (2) rotatably mounted in a casing (3) of the turbine engine (1), the turbine engine (1) comprising an annular reference part (10) comprising short (11) and long (12) longitudinal reference teeth, first means for detecting the passage of the short (11) and long (12) reference teeth so as to measure the speed of the shaft (2) of the turbine engine (1) about its axis (X), an annular measurement part (20) comprising longitudinal measurement teeth (21); and second means for detecting the passage of the long reference teeth (12) and the measurement teeth (21) so as to measure the torque of the shaft (2, 102) of the turbine engine (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Olivier Belmonte, Gilles Le Gouellec
  • Patent number: 9708917
    Abstract: A turbine engine part forming a compressor stator or a turbine nozzle and including an inner shroud, an outer shroud, and vanes extending substantially radially between the inner and outer shrouds and being secured thereto. The part is made of composite material and is obtained by densifying a fiber preform with a matrix. The fiber preform includes a set of yarns extending continuously along a path passing longitudinally along the preform portions of at least two consecutive vanes by passing through the inner shroud preform portion and the outer shroud preform portion, and the woven fiber reinforcement yarns extends continuously in the circumferential direction along an inner shroud segment and along an outer shroud segment between which the consecutive vanes extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Julien Foll
  • Publication number: 20170190433
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (60) for an aircraft turbine machine comprising a receiver for a pair of open rotor contra-rotating propellers, the assembly comprising a duct (52), ancillaries routed inside the duct, an attachment case (54), attachment means (62) of the duct on an annular installation portion (64) of the case (54). According to the invention, the attachment means (62) in an assembled configuration include: a split ring (66) fitted with internal projections (71) housed inside orifices (72) in the duct; a radial loading surface (68) of the ring made on the portion (64) the surface (68) being tapered and narrowing along a first axial direction, and being in contact with a peripheral surface (70) of the complementary shaped tapered split ring; means (80) of axially loading the ring along the first direction, these means (80) being blocked in the axial direction on the portion (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clementine Charlotte Marie MONTON, Olivier BELMONTE, Jeremy Phorla LAO, Didier Jean-Louis YVON
  • Patent number: 9664117
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a power gear box shaft, a turbine shaft, a connecting part of annular shape by which one end of the power gear box shaft and one end of the turbine shaft are connected in a rotationally fixed manner, a structural housing, and a guide bearing for guiding the connecting part relative to the housing, is provided. The guide bearing is mounted between the connecting part and the housing and includes an external ring mounted on the housing, an internal ring mounted on the connecting part, and at least one rolling element configured to enable the external ring to roll around the internal ring. The guide bearing is configured to form a ball joint link enabling a relative angular displacement of its external ring with respect to its internal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Julien Austruy, Mathieu Perrier
  • Patent number: 9616992
    Abstract: The device is intended to supply a rotating linear displacement actuator capable of controlling the pitch of the blades of a propeller, according to separate operating states, from a rotary power assembly, the device being arranged so as to be located between the power assembly and the actuator, along a longitudinal axis, and being connected in rotation therewith. According to the invention, the device comprises supplies for supplying fluid interacting with the power assembly and defining as many supplies as there are operating states of the actuator, and a fluid distributor to which the supplies are connected and having separate channels for transporting the fluid in the direction of the actuator according to the operating states, by a tubular equipment connected to the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Augustin Curlier, Mathieu Perrier
  • Publication number: 20160363133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding variable pitch diffuser vanes of a turbine engine, the device comprising a first ring (26) having an axial portion (32) at its periphery that is extended by a collar (34) extending radially outwards, a second ring (28) mounted around the axial portion of the first ring so as to co-operate therewith to define a plurality of outwardly open sockets (36), a plurality of cylindrical bushings (22), each mounted in a respective socket for the purpose of receiving a guide pivot (12) of a diffuser vane (4), and a resilient clamping ring (30) for cooperating with one of the rings in order to clamp the two rings axially one against the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Clementine Charlotte Marie MOUTON, Olivier Belmonte, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Jeremy Phorla Lao
  • Patent number: 9518472
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle comprises a plurality of composite material vanes, each vane comprising an inner platform, an outer platform with attachment tabs on the outside, and at least one airfoil extending between the inner and outer platforms and secured thereto. The attachment tabs of the vanes are engaged on a metal assembly ring supporting all of the vanes, extending continuously along the outer platforms of adjacent vanes, and forming a distinct assembly part between the vanes and a turbine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: SNECMA, HERAKLES
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard
  • Patent number: 9518687
    Abstract: A device can be housed coaxially inside a sleeve in which the supplies are situated, and includes: a hollow cylindrical body that fits inside the sleeve and accepts the mechanism in the housing of the hollow body, with passages for respectively connecting the supplies to said mechanism; and a cover which is integrated or fixed, removably, on the front side of the cylindrical body and connects the hidden supplies to the respective passages of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Gilles Alain Charier, Olivier Belmonte
  • Publication number: 20160333709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radial control shaft (48) for a device for controlling the pitch of fan blades of a turbine engine having an unducted fan, the shaft comprising an external portion (52) that is designed to be mounted in the control device from its outside and to be coupled to at least one fan blade (26) in order to adjust its pitch, and an internal portion (50), independent of the external portion, that is designed to be mounted from the inside of the control device, to be connected to a load transfer bearing (40) in order to pivot the shaft about a radial axis (Z-Z), and to close an oil enclosure in which said bearing is housed, the external and internal portions of the shaft being coupled to each other. The invention also relates to a method of mounting such a shaft and to a control device including such a shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier BELMONTE, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Thomas Julien Nguyen Van
  • Publication number: 20160245116
    Abstract: The device (20) comprises two outer and inner concentric rings (22, 23), one of which is connected to an oil supply from one of the repositories, the other ring being connected to the other repository, the oil flowing between said rings, and bearings between the rings in order to change repositories between the two rings. According to the invention, the device (20) further comprises a flexible means (31) forming a shock absorber, provided between a first of said rings and an intermediate ring (41) that is separated from a second of said rings by said bearings (25), said flexible means (31) defining a deformable sealed chamber (32) in which oil travels between the two repositories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Olivier BELMONTE, Jérémy Phorla LAO
  • Publication number: 20160207609
    Abstract: A hydraulic ram comprising a fixed support, a cylinder that is movable in translation relative to the support, a piston secured inside the cylinder delimiting two chambers with the cylinder and a device for supplying the chambers with hydraulic fluid upstream from the fixed support. The ram is characterised by the fact that the supply device comprises telescopic channels, each telescopic channel comprising two tubular elements sliding one into the other, a first tubular element being rigidly connected to the fixed support at one end and the second tubular element being rigidly connected to the cylinder at at least two points separated from each other along a generatrix of the cylinder. The invention is applicable to controlling the pitch of the blades of a turbine engine propeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Augustin Curlier
  • Patent number: 9371742
    Abstract: A set of rotor disks for a turbine engine, or an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the set including disks rigidly connected together by bolts and shaped at their outer peripheries with slots for mounting blade roots. Each disk includes a rim extending radially and not having any axial flanges, two consecutive disks being connected together with help of an axially-extending ferrule that is fastened to the rims of the disks and that is fitted with a holder plate for holding the blade roots of the downstream disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Ludovic Gallego, Lionel Rene Henri Weller
  • Patent number: 9284041
    Abstract: A device for controlling pitch of fan blades of a turboprop including at least one set of variable-pitch fan blades constrained to rotate with a rotary ring centered on a longitudinal axis and mechanically connected to a turbine rotor, each blade coupled for pitch adjustment to a synchronization ring. A turntable is mounted via a rotary connection to a rod of an actuator that is secured to a stationary structural element of the turboprop, the turntable being mechanically connected to the synchronization ring by a plurality of connection arms hinge-mounted on the turntable and connected to the synchronization ring such that a longitudinal movement of the turntable under drive from the actuator causes the synchronization ring to turn about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Franck Emmanuel Bosco
  • Patent number: 9284847
    Abstract: A retaining ring assembly for at least one blade of a rotor disk of a turbine engine and a supporting flange for the ring. The flange and the ring are rotating parts having an axis X, the flange including an attachment edge configured to be connected to the rotor disk and a free edge configured to bear against the retaining ring; and the flange bears against the ring such that the bearing force of the flange on the ring has an axial component and a radial component relative to the axis of revolution X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Gregory Nicolas Gerald Gillant
  • Publication number: 20150252690
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a hydraulic and electrical interface ring for a turbine engine, characterized in that said ring comprises fluid transfer pipes which axially pass therethrough and having axial ends that form axial interlocking means, the supporting means of at least one electrical device, and at least one electrical linking connector of the device, said connector being configured to engage by axial interlocking with a complementary electrical connector of another part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Olivier Belmonte
  • Publication number: 20150219014
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine including a lubricant circulation pipe and a hydraulic pipe for controlling an actuator for changing a pitch of blades of a propeller of the turbomachine. The assembly, integrated to a receiver of the turbomachine, further includes a mechanism forming a thermal bridge between the lubricant circulation pipe and the hydraulic pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Augustin Curlier
  • Publication number: 20150211380
    Abstract: Turbine engine (1), in particular for an aircraft, comprising at least one axial shaft (2) rotatably mounted in a casing (3) of the turbine engine (1), the turbine engine (1) comprising an annular reference part (10) comprising short (11) and long (12) longitudinal reference teeth, first means for detecting the passage of the short (11) and long (12) reference teeth so as to measure the speed of the shaft (2) of the turbine engine (1) about its axis (X), an annular measurement part (20) comprising longitudinal measurement teeth (21); and second means for detecting the passage of the long reference teeth (12) and the measurement teeth (21) so as to measure the torque of the shaft (2, 102) of the turbine engine (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Augustin Curlier, Olivier Belmonte, Gilles Le Gouellec
  • Publication number: 20150204339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blower (3) including a system (1) for holding blades (2) having variable choking, the bases of which are mounted onto radial shafts (23) of a rotor (5) of the blower by means of pivots (8). Said blower is characterized in that the system (1) includes a main body (11), capable of being attached onto the rotor (5), and at least one holding arm (19, 20), mounted onto said main body (11) and capable of extending inside a pivot (8) so as to engage with same in order to lock the movement of said pivot (8) along the axis of the shaft (23) on which said holding arm is mounted. The invention also relates to a turbine engine and an assembly method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier Belmonte, Augustin Curlier
  • Publication number: 20150198221
    Abstract: A balancing device including a nut having an internal thread, and a countersunk collar is disclosed. The countersunk collar has a through-hole with a diameter greater than the diameter of the internal thread of the nut. The countersunk collar includes a balancing weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Olivier BELMONTE, Lucie GALONS