Patents by Inventor Patrick Gonidec

Patrick Gonidec 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: 20240133339
    Abstract: A propulsion unit including: a gas generator including a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine, at least two compressed-air propulsion modules, each propulsion module including: a fan, a compressed-air turbine configured to drive the rotation of the fan, a manifold allowing the respective turbines of the compressed-air propulsion modules to be supplied with compressed air, wherein the manifold is configured to collect and mix: at least a portion of the flow that has passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator, typically as it leaves the turbine, and at least one bypass flow, the bypass flow being a flow of air which is not passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPAC, SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Miguel Angel AGUIRRE, Sébastien DUPLAA, Bernard ROBIC, Benoit RODRIGUEZ, Nicolas Jérôme Jean TANTOT
  • Patent number: 11926409
    Abstract: A propulsive assembly, in particular for an aircraft, comprising a mast and a propulsion device comprising an engine and a nacelle, the engine comprising a propeller, the propulsive assembly comprising: A standby protection device comprising a first connecting member fixedly mounted to the mast and a second connecting member fixedly mounted to the propulsion device, the second connecting member being rotatably hinged with respect to the first connecting member in at least one degree of freedom, and at least one retaining member keeping the second connecting member fixed with respect to the first connecting member, and configured, in the presence of a predetermined unbalance force on the propeller, to release the standby protection device in order to protect the mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Loic Chapelain, Xavier Carcenac, Vincent Lefeuvre
  • Patent number: 11866183
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage carrying a nacelle of the aircraft offset relative to a wing of the aircraft. The nacelle forms an air inlet fairing of a propulsion assembly. The nacelle includes a lower wall and an upper wall delimiting together a height of the nacelle. The lower wall includes an air inlet edge being contiguous with a trailing edge of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Safran Nacelles, Safran Aircraft Engines, INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AÉRONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPACE
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Miguel Angel Aguirre, Nicolas Tantot, Bruno Beutin, Bernard Robic, Sébastien Duplaa
  • Patent number: 11773788
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns the communication between electronic systems in an aircraft subassembly such as a propulsion unit. This communication is at least partially carried out by light signals transmitted through at least one interior volume of the sub-assembly, this interior volume defining an optical channel. To this end, at least one of these systems includes an emitter arranged to emit a light signal and modulate it depending on data to be transmitted generated by this system, and at least one other of these systems includes at least one receiver capable of receiving this light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Jean-Paul Rami
  • Publication number: 20230039569
    Abstract: A thrust reverser including doors and at least one flexible deflector obstructing a lateral opening of the thrust reverser when the doors are open. Such a deflector allows better controlling the airflows in thrust reverser configuration and maximizing the counter-thrust force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Sebastien Laurent Marie PASCAL, Patrick GONIDEC, Alexandre PHI, Paul FERREY
  • Patent number: 11492128
    Abstract: A method for de-icing or anti-icing an aircraft portion having at least one piezoelectric element fastened on the inner face of the aircraft portion includes, during a design phase of the aircraft portion, placing the piezoelectric element on an area of the aircraft portion to determine frequencies of resonance and increased dynamic coupling, and during the de-icing or anti-icing of the aircraft portion, the same piezoelectric element is excited according to the natural frequencies of the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Jean-Paul Rami, Hakim Maalioune, Rémi Billard, Vincent Rigolet, Jean-Denis Sauzade
  • Publication number: 20220348314
    Abstract: A propulsive assembly, in particular for an aircraft, comprising a mast and a propulsion device comprising an engine and a nacelle, the engine comprising a propeller, the propulsive assembly comprising: A standby protection device comprising a first connecting member fixedly mounted to the mast and a second connecting member fixedly mounted to the propulsion device, the second connecting member being rotatably hinged with respect to the first connecting member in at least one degree of freedom, and at least one retaining member keeping the second connecting member fixed with respect to the first connecting member, and configured, in the presence of a predetermined unbalance force on the propeller, to release the standby protection device in order to protect the mast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Loïc Chapelain, Xavier Carcenac, Vincent Lefeuvre
  • Publication number: 20220316426
    Abstract: A door for a thrust reverser of a propulsion assembly, the door being provided with a flexible baffle. The baffle is configured to change state by moving from a folded position to an unfolded position, and vice versa, depending on the configuration of the reverser. When the reverser is in reverse jet configuration, the door is open and the baffle is in an unfolded position in order to direct a flow of gas upstream of the propulsion assembly, thus generating a counter-thrust. When the reverser is in direct jet configuration, the door is closed and the baffle is in a folded position so as to cancel or minimise interference caused by the baffle in the flow of gas passing through the propulsion assembly and thus generating a thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Gerard CLERE, Alexandre PHI
  • Publication number: 20220242583
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage carrying a nacelle of the aircraft offset relative to a wing of the aircraft. The nacelle forms an air inlet fairing of a propulsion assembly. The nacelle includes a lower wall and an upper wall delimiting together a height of the nacelle. The lower wall includes an air inlet edge being contiguous with a trailing edge of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: Safran Nacelles, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPACE
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Miguel Angel Aguirre, Nicolas Tantot, Bruno Beutin, Bernard Robic, Sébastien Duplaa
  • Patent number: 11401887
    Abstract: An improved thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly includes redirection of the air flow for performing the thrust reversal by one or more closure membranes, i.e. by thin and flexible structures deployed across the propulsion assembly. The improved thrust reverser includes at least one closure membrane arranged to deflect at least one portion of the air flow in the direction of the evacuation structure when the thrust reverser is in the reverse jet position and an intermediate structure movable in rotation relative to the fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Olivier Kerbler, Alexandre Phi, Jean-Paul Rami, Stephane Tirel, Jean-Baptiste Goulard, Matthieu Vanderlinden, Arnaud Carles-Espiteau
  • Publication number: 20220219831
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake lip of an aircraft engine nacelle extending along an axis X, in which an air flow circulates from upstream to downstream, the lip extending annularly about the X-axis and having an inner wall facing the X-axis and an outer wall which is opposite the inner wall, the inner wall and the outer wall being connected by an upstream wall and a partition so as to delimit an annular cavity, in which at least one infrared emission source is housed, wherein at least one wall, selected among the inner wall, the outer wall and the upstream wall, is made of a material configured to transmit on an outer face at least 30% of the infrared received on an inner face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Jean-Paul Rami
  • Publication number: 20220212809
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake lip of an aircraft turbomachine nacelle extending along an axis X, in which an air flow circulates from upstream to downstream, the lip extending annularly about the X-axis and having an inner wall facing the X-axis and an outer wall which is opposite the inner wall, the inner wall and the outer wall being connected by an upstream wall so as to delimit an annular cavity, the lip comprising an annular acoustic device mounted in the annular cavity. The lip has a first module, comprising the outer wall, the wall and a front wall forming an upstream portion of the inner wall, and a second module, comprising the acoustic device and a front skin forming a downstream portion of the inner wall, the first module and the second module being secured together so that the front wall and the front skin together form the inner wall of the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Virginie Emmanuelle Anne-Marie Digeos, Patrick Gonidec
  • Patent number: 11268443
    Abstract: A nacelle of a turbine engine has a substantially tubular structure and defines a secondary channel. The nacelle includes a shroud forming a trailing edge on a downstream end of the nacelle, the shroud being defined by at least one outer face subjected to an outside air flow and an inner face subjected to an inside air flow circulating in the secondary channel of the nacelle. The nacelle further includes a cooling device having at least one heat-exchange channel that extends into the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Patrick Gonidec, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout
  • Publication number: 20210317798
    Abstract: A structure comprising a nacelle or a thrust reverser, the structure comprising a stationary part and a movable part, the structure comprising: a first guide provided on or in the stationary part of the structure or the movable part of the structure; a first electrical connector attached to the stationary part of the structure; a second electrical connector attached to the movable part of the structure; and a carriage movable along the first guide; wherein the carriage comprises a closed loop electrical cable mounted in or on a carriage body such that the closed loop cable can rotate, wherein the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the closed loop electrical cable and the closed loop electrical cable is electrically connected to the second electrical connector, thereby providing an electrical connection from the stationary part of the structure to the movable part of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: James MARQUIS, Patrick GONIDEC, Stuart HARDYMAN, Loic CHAPELAIN
  • Publication number: 20210285382
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns the communication between electronic systems in an aircraft subassembly such as a propulsion unit. This communication is at least partially carried out by light signals transmitted through at least one interior volume of the sub-assembly, this interior volume defining an optical channel. To this end, at least one of these systems includes an emitter arranged to emit a light signal and modulate it depending on data to be transmitted generated by this system, and at least one other of these systems includes at least one receiver capable of receiving this light signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Jean-Paul RAMI
  • Publication number: 20210078711
    Abstract: A method for de-icing or anti-icing an aircraft portion having at least one piezoelectric element fastened on the inner face of the aircraft portion includes, during a design phase of the aircraft portion, placing the piezoelectric element on an area of the aircraft portion to determine frequencies of resonance and increased dynamic coupling, and during the de-icing or anti-icing of the aircraft portion, the same piezoelectric element is excited according to the natural frequencies of the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Jean-Paul RAMI, Hakim MAALIOUNE, Rémi BILLARD, Vincent RIGOLET, Jean-Denis SAUZADE
  • Patent number: 10875659
    Abstract: The present disclosure particularly relates to an acoustic attenuation structure for a propulsion assembly of an aircraft. The acoustic attenuation structure includes an acoustically reflective wall and a sandwich panel. The sandwich panel includes a honeycomb structure surrounded by two acoustically porous skins, a rear skin and a skin. The acoustically reflective wall and the sandwich panel are arranged in such a way as to be separated by a layer of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Laurent Georges Valleroy, Marc Versaevel, Bertrand Desjoyeaux, Patrick Gonidec
  • Publication number: 20200347800
    Abstract: An improved thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly includes redirection of the air flow for performing the thrust reversal by one or more closure membranes, i.e. by thin and flexible structures deployed across the propulsion assembly. The improved thrust reverser includes at least one closure membrane arranged to deflect at least one portion of the air flow in the direction of the evacuation structure when the thrust reverser is in the reverse jet position and an intermediate structure movable in rotation relative to the fixed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick GONIDEC, Olivier KERBLER, Alexandre PHI, Jean-Paul RAMI, STEPHANE TIREL, Jean-Baptiste GOULARD, Matthieu VANDERLINDEN, Arnaud CARLES-ESPITEAU
  • Patent number: 10774786
    Abstract: A pod for a turbojet engine includes an outer cowl having a structure with at least one opening and a panel pivotably mounted about an axis between a closed position and an open position, and a system for actuating the panel designed to lock the panel in closed position and to move same between the closed position and the open position thereof. The actuation system includes a lateral connecting rod connected to the panel and to the structure, pivoting relative to the structure about a first pivoting axis and about a second pivoting axis, and a linear actuator attached to the lateral connecting rod. The actuator system is designed to move the lateral connecting rod during the extension of the actuator, and the lateral connecting rod exerts a force on the panel during the movement thereof, pivoting the panel about the axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Loïc Chapelain, Faycel Bouabdallah
  • Patent number: 10590886
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aircraft turbojet engine nacelle, the nacelle including a rear section without a lower bifurcation, the rear section including a thrust reversal system, the thrust reversal system including a mobile cowl. The nacelle includes a guide system that translates as one with the mobile cowl, the guide system collaborating with at least one slide that is fixed in relation to the nacelle, the guide system and the slide being arranged near the position referred to as the 6 o'clock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Olivier Kerbler, Fabrice Henri Emile Metezeau, Patrick Gonidec, Loïc Grall