Patents by Inventor Paco Maurer

Paco Maurer 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).

  • Publication number: 20230417181
    Abstract: A scoop for an aircraft turbine engine, this scoop including a body which is movable between at least two positions, including a first position in which it is configured to capture part of a first air stream flowing in a first direction, wherein the body is movable into a second position in which it is configured to capture part of a second air stream flowing in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, and wherein the body is mounted to move freely between the at least two positions so as to automatically adopt the first position when the first air stream flows, and to automatically adopt the second position when the second air stream flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Paco MAURER, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Serge Rene MORREALE, Nicolas STOLIAROFF-PEPIN
  • Patent number: 11852025
    Abstract: A turbo machine including a device for ventilating and pressurising a turbine rotor of a turbomachine having an axis, the device including at least one collection pipe suitable for collecting a fraction of the air circulating in a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine and conveying it to a first inner chamber inside the turbomachine that communicates with a second inner chamber delimited by the turbine rotor, the first and second chambers being at least partially separated by a stationary shroud having the axis, wherein it includes at least one injector passing through the stationary shroud and having a cross-section that varies in response to a pressure difference between the first and second chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paco Maurer, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty
  • Publication number: 20230048118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine comprising a device for ventilating and pressurising a turbine rotor of a turbomachine of axis (A), the device comprising at least one collection pipe suitable for collecting a fraction of the air circulating in a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine and conveying it to a first inner chamber (39) inside the turbomachine that communicates with a second inner chamber (40) delimited by the turbine (24) rotor (23), the first and second chambers (39, 40) being at least partially separated by a stationary shroud (56) of axis (A), characterised in that it comprises at least one injector (58) passing through the stationary shroud (56) and having a cross-section that varies in response to a pressure difference between said first and second chambers (39, 40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Paco MAURER, Fabien Roger Gaston CATY
  • Patent number: 11377978
    Abstract: A ventilated chamber (19), subject to an irruption of air at a pressure higher than that in a surrounding chamber (20) through labyrinth seals separating them and evacuation of excess air through an evacuation duct (30), comprises a motor-driven compressor (32) in the evacuation duct to facilitate suction and evacuation, even when the engine speed does not allow a large overpressure in the chamber (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Jean-Philippe Beaujard, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Paco Maurer
  • Patent number: 10808537
    Abstract: In order to compensate for the increase in a leakage rate of ventilation air originating in a circuit via a labyrinth seal that gradually wears at the bottom of a ventilation chamber, and the reduction of a purge rate via an opening upstream from the chamber, a second injection opening is added to a main injection opening. The second injection opening communicates with the chamber via a second labyrinth seal that wears at the same time as the first, and thus gradually increases the air flow rate passing through the injector in order to compensate for the additional leakage rate through the first injector and maintain the ventilation at its initial level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Pierre Trohel, Paco Maurer
  • Publication number: 20200248587
    Abstract: A ventilated chamber (19), subject to an irruption of air at a pressure higher than that in a surrounding chamber (20) through labyrinth seals separating them and evacuation of excess air through an evacuation duct (30), comprises a motor-driven compressor (32) in the evacuation duct to facilitate suction and evacuation, even when the engine speed does not allow a large overpressure in the chamber (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Antoine Jean-Philippe BEAUJARD, Fabien Roger Gaston CATY, Paco MAURER
  • Publication number: 20190162069
    Abstract: In order to compensate for the increase in a leakage rate of ventilation air originating in a circuit via a labyrinth seal that gradually wears at the bottom of a ventilation chamber, and the reduction of a purge rate via an opening upstream from the chamber, a second injection opening is added to a main injection opening. The second injection opening communicates with the chamber via a second labyrinth seal that wears at the same time as the first, and thus gradually increases the air flow rate passing through the injector in order to compensate for the additional leakage rate through the first injector and maintain the ventilation at its initial level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Pierre TROHEL, Paco Maurer