Patents by Inventor Patrick Kapala

Patrick Kapala 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: 6782702
    Abstract: A low of compressed air originating from a compressor stream (3) is drawn off through first orifices (13) towards ducts (5, 6) leading outside the casing, creating a flow division through adjacent cavities (11, 12) in the casing (1). These arrangements make it possible to carry a large air flow even if the cavity cross sections (11, 12) are small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Christophe Charon, Graëme Cook, Grégory Garcia, Patrick Kapala, Eric Lippinois, Claude Loudet, Fabrice Marois, Lucien Pham, Dominique Raulin
  • Publication number: 20030051482
    Abstract: A low of compressed air originating from a compressor stream (3) is drawn off through first orifices (13) towards ducts (5, 6) leading outside the casing, creating a flow division through adjacent cavities (11, 12) in the casing (1). These arrangements make it possible to carry a large air flow even if the cavity cross sections (11, 12) are small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Christophe Charon, Graeme Cook, Gregory Garcia, Patrick Kapala, Eric Lippinois, Claude Loudet, Fabrice Marois, Lucien Pham, Dominique Raulin
  • Patent number: 5312227
    Abstract: A turbine casing includes circumferential walls delimiting an annular stream for the flow of gases. The radial arms traversing the stream are completed by a channeling part on the downstream side which is bolted to the arms. The walls are formed of butt-joined tiles assembled together and joined to collars situated on the arms and the channeling parts by riveted ridge tiles. The invention results in a reduction of resistance to the flow of gases, as well as absorption without the production of excessive stresses of the original thermic dilations in the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventors: Roland M. E. Grateau, Alain J. E. Guibert, Alain J. C. Henu, Patrick Kapala, Jean-Pierre L. Mareix, Florence J. A. Monchois, Michel M. Ribault
  • Patent number: 4943013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fastener system for attaching a jet engine to a mounting bar requiring access to only one side of the mounting flanges. The fastener remains in place should either the bolt or the hollow pin fracture during operation of the engine. The fastener system has jet engine casing flanges extending on either side of a mounting bar with aligned openings extending through these elements. Hollow sleeves extend through the openings in each of the engine casing flanges with the rear, or downstream sleeve extending through the downstream flange having an internally threaded portion. A hollow pin passes through the interiors of the sleeves and the aperture in the mounting bar and engages the downstream sleeve such that rotation between this sleeve and the hollow pin is prevented. A bolt, having a headed portion, is inserted through the hollow pin at, and is threadingly engaged with, the threaded portion of the rear or downstream sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d-Aviation (SNECMA)
    Inventors: Patrick Kapala, Jean-Pierre Mareix
  • Patent number: 4900220
    Abstract: A unitary exhaust gas housing for a turbo-engine comprises an outer ring, two intermediate rings defining the flow path for the hot gases, and an inner ring forming a hub with a hollow annular chamber. A temperature control device is provided including a bleed tube having one end fixed and communicating with the gas flow path for drawing off hot gases therefrom, the other end of the tube passing into the hollow chamber of the hub where it regulates the flow of gases by variation of the clearance j between the end of the tube and the opposing wall of the hub in response to relative radial movements of the tube and the hub according to the thermal states of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventors: Michel S. Guimier, Patrick Kapala, Philippe Paris