Patents by Inventor Patrick Charles Georges Morel

Patrick Charles Georges Morel 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: 8042341
    Abstract: An accessory gear box driveshaft in a turbojet engine with intermediate casing, designed to be mounted in a radial arm of the intermediate casing is disclosed. The shaft is mechanically connected, at a first end, to a an engine shaft of the turbojet engine, and is mechanically connected, at a second end, to a gear box. The shaft includes a bevel gear between the two ends, to provide mechanical transmission to an additional accessory. This shaft is notable in that, together with the gear, it is contained in a case forming an oil circuit sealed against the arm. The accessory includes a drive shaft collaborating with the gear of the transmission shaft and forming a modular assembly therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Patrick Charles Georges Morel, Regis Eugene Henri Servant
  • Patent number: 7785066
    Abstract: The bypass turbomachine comprises, between a primary flowpath (2) and a secondary flowpath (3), a structural intermediate casing (14). A bleed passage (29) allows the diversion of a portion of the gas stream toward the secondary flowpath (3), downstream of support arms (18) situated at the periphery of the intermediate casing. A bleed opening (28) emerges upstream of the support arms (18). A slide valve (22) slides between three positions, namely a closed position in which the slide valve (22) completely blocks off the bleed passage and opening, an intermediate position in which the bleed opening (28) emerging upstream of the support arms (18) is blocked off, while the bleed passage (29) for diverting a portion of the gas stream downstream of the support arms (18) is open, and an open position in which the bleed opening (28) emerging upstream of the support arms (18) and the bleed passage (29) emerging downstream of the support arms are both open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Eric Stephan Bil, Gilles Alain Charier, Philippe Jacques Pierre Fessou, Patrick Charles Georges Morel
  • Patent number: 7661261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural or non-structural turbojet engine fan casing connecting arm that also acts as a flow straightener downstream of the fan rotor. Its distinctive feature is that it is constructed to form an acoustic attenuator. In particular, it comprises a closed cavity and perforations on one of the faces so as to form a Helmholtz resonator. The arm forms part of the intermediate casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Michel Albert Julliard, Olivier Michael Molinari, Patrick Charles Georges Morel, Georges Jean Xavier Riou
  • Patent number: 7552591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a twin spool turbine engine comprising a high-pressure rotor and a low-pressure rotor, at least one accessory gearbox, a drive means, driving coaxial transmission shafts that transmit movement to the accessory gearbox, characterized in that the drive means comprises a high-pressure drive pinion secured to the high-pressure rotor near its upstream end, a low-pressure drive pinion secured to the low-pressure rotor upstream of the high-pressure rotor, and a power take-off module in direct mesh with the drive pinions, driving the transmission shafts. By virtue of the invention, the transmission shafts run coaxial with one another and therefore pass through a single arm. The use of a power take-off module simplifies the mechanism. The turbine engine is simpler to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Rene Bart, Bruno Albert Beutin, Patrick Charles Georges Morel
  • Patent number: 7448808
    Abstract: An arrangement of bearing supports for a rotating shaft mounted on bearings connected to an engine stator structure by bearing supports of which at least one is made up of N>1 elements effectively acting in parallel to simultaneously connect the bearing to the structure, of which N?1 of the N elements form this connection by fusible links, is made up of a first bearing supported by a first bearing support and a second bearing supported by a second bearing support, that of the two bearing supports which makes up the N>1 elements being the second bearing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gael Bouchy, Alain Mazelet, Daniel Jean-Marie Martin, Patrick Charles Georges Morel
  • Publication number: 20080236137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structural or non-structural turbojet engine fan casing connecting arm (8B) that also acts as a flow straightener downstream of the fan rotor (3). Its distinctive feature is that it is constructed in such a way as to form an acoustic attenuator. In particular, it comprises a closed cavity and perforations (83) on one of the faces (8B in, 8Bex) so as to form a Helmholtz resonator. The arm forms part of the intermediate casing (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Michel Albert JULLIARD, Olivier Michael MOLINARI, Patrick Charles Georges MOREL, Georges Jean Xavier RIOU
  • Publication number: 20080173114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an accessory gear box driveshaft (125) in a turbojet engine with intermediate casing (119), designed to be mounted in a radial arm (119c) of the intermediate casing (119), said shaft being connected, at a first end, to a means (126) of mechanical transmission to an engine shaft of the turbojet engine, and, at a second end, to a means of mechanical transmission to said box and comprising a bevel gear (125a1) between the two ends, to provide mechanical transmission to an additional accessory (128). This shaft is notable in that, together with said gear (125a1), it is contained in a case (131) forming an oil circuit sealed against said arm (119c). The invention also relates to an accessory (128) comprising a drive shaft (128a) collaborating with the gear (125a1) of the transmission shaft (125) and forming a modular assembly (130) therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Patrick Charles Georges Morel, Regis Eugene Henri Servant
  • Patent number: 7195444
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine comprising a rotor with a drive shaft centered on the axis of the turbomachine by a first bearing and a second bearing which bearings are supported respectively by a first-bearing-support piece and a second-bearing-support piece which are secured to one another and connected to the turbomachine fixed structure by a decoupling device. This turbomachine comprises means designed to collaborate with at least one element of the turbomachine fixed structure in order to perform a dual function, that of preventing the bearing supports, from rotating and that of radially retaining the drive shaft in the event of the bearings becoming decoupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Patrick Charles Georges Morel, Zoltan Zsiga, Gael Bouchy, Pierre Bruno Pandelakis
  • Patent number: 5776229
    Abstract: Oil separator rotor located in an enclosure provided with an oil reinjection system for lubricating a bearing. The oil separator rotor, which dries the excess air passing out of the enclosure, acts by aiding the deposition of suspended oil on the walls of a lining or packing of the rotor. The lining is a honeycomb material cartridge offering easy separation without excessive pressure losses. The rotor is assembled by bolts, which interconnect the end plates traversing the lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "Snecma"
    Inventors: Gerard Antoine Gilbert Blanes, Rene Joseph Antoine Cannavo, Jean Bernard Forgue, Francis Georges Albert Garnier, Michel Georges Hugues, Gilles Claude Gabriel Massot, Patrick Charles Georges Morel, Carole Claudine Touron