Patents by Inventor Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse

Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse 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: 20240151159
    Abstract: A device for centering and guiding a shaft of an aircraft turbine engines. The device includes an outer ring of a rolling bearing, the ring extending about a main axis and having orifices arranged around the axis; an annular bearing support extending about the main axis and at least partially about the ring, the support having orifices and openings arranged about the axis; and a series of studs for linking the ring to the support, the studs being distributed about the main axis and having elongation axes substantially parallel to the main axis, the body of each of the studs passing through one of the openings. Some of the studs, have bodies that pass with a first positive clearance and a second virtually zero clearance through the first openings, the first and second clearances being configured so that the device has different displacement amplitudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Emmanuel Fabrice Marie BARET, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Alexandre Jean-Marie TAN-KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151149
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbine engine, the module including a fan having variable-pitch blades and an oil transfer device for transferring oil between a stator and a rotor, the device including a stator ring having a cylindrical inner surface and internal oil ducts and a shaft engaged in the ring and having a cylindrical outer surface and internal oil ducts; the device includes a plain bearing located between said cylindrical inner surface and the cylindrical outer surface and defined by a single band; and rolling bearings mounted between the ring and the shaft, on either side of the plain bearing, each of these rolling bearings having one of the rings thereof integrated in one of the elements selected from the ring and the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Caroline Marie FRANTZ, Didier Gabriel Bertrand DESOMBRE, Christophe Marcel Lucien PERDRIGEON, Jean-Claude Christian TAILLANT
  • Publication number: 20240151182
    Abstract: A device for centering and guiding a shaft of an aircraft turbine engine, the device including an outer ring of a rolling bearing, the ring extending about an axis; an annular bearing support extending about the axis and at least partially about the ring; at least one series of connecting elements for linking the ring to the support, the connecting elements being interposed between an inner cylindrical rim of the ring and an outer cylindrical rim of the support that extends about the inner rim, and each having a first radially outer end for linking to the outer cylindrical rim and a second radially inner end for linking to the inner cylindrical rim, the ring, the support and the connecting elements being integrally formed, the connecting elements being enclosed in an annular housing that is radially delimited by the rims and laterally enclosed by an annular web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Emmanuel Fabrice Marie BARET, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Alexandre Jean-Marie TAN-KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151238
    Abstract: A device for centering and guiding a shaft of an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The device includes an outer ring of a rolling bearing extending about an axis and having orifices, an annular bearing support extending about the axis and at least partially about the ring, the support having orifices and a series of studs for connecting the ring to the support. The studs can be distributed about the axis and extend parallel to the axis. The ends of first studs can be engaged without clearance in the orifices, and ends of second studs can be engaged with clearances in the orifices of the ring and/or of the support, the clearances being configured so that the device has different stiffnesses in at least two directions perpendicular to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Emmanuel Fabrice Marie BARET, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET, Alexandre Jean-Marie TAN-KIM
  • Patent number: 11952904
    Abstract: A fan module for an aircraft turbomachine includes a fan with a disc carrying fan blades and a rotor of an electric machine. The rotor has an annular shape and is mounted coaxially downstream of the fan. The module further includes an annular support for the rotor with a downstream end fixed to the rotor and with an upstream end fixed to the fan disc. The support is fixed to the disc by shear bolts configured to break when a torque transmitted by the disc to the support exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Truco, Claire Marie Figeureu, Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Patent number: 11933230
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a longitudinal axis includes a high-pressure (HP) body, a low-pressure (LP) body, a fan, and a reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train. The turbomachine includes three modules: a first module having the LP turbine and the LP shaft, a second module having the LP compressor and a journal secured to the rotor of the LP compressor, and a third module having an input shaft of the reduction gear, this input shaft having an upstream end for coupling to a sun gear of the reduction gear and a downstream end comprising first splines that are oriented parallel to the axis and are configured to be engaged in second complementary splines of said second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11885265
    Abstract: Aircraft turbine engine (10), comprising:—at least one first turbine rotor (22a) connected to a first turbine shaft (36) and comprising rotor blades located in a stream (V),—an annular exhaust casing (28) supporting at least one bearing (60, 62) for guiding the rotation of the first shaft and comprising arms (28a) located in the stream, downstream of the blades, and—a mechanical planetary gearbox (42) which comprises a sun gear (44), a ring gear (40) and a planet carrier (46), the gearbox being at least partially surrounded by the exhaust casing and one of the rotatable elements chosen from the sun gear and the ring gear being connected to the first shaft, characterised in that the exhaust casing carries a device (70) for recovering and discharging oil projected centrifugally by the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Publication number: 20240003303
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine, including a first shaft having external splines oriented parallel to an axis of rotation of the shaft, a second shaft having internal splines complementary to the external splines, this second shaft being fitted axially on the first shaft and these shafts rotating as one by engagement of their splines, and a system for axially locking the shafts with respect to one another, wherein the system includes screws that are oriented radially with respect to the axis, each of these screws being screwed into a first orifice in one of the shafts and having a free end for engaging a second orifice in the other of the shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Publication number: 20230417192
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a longitudinal axis includes a high-pressure (HP) body, a low-pressure (LP) body, a fan, and a reduction gear having an epicyclic gear train. The turbomachine includes three modules: a first module having the LP turbine and the LP shaft, a second module having the LP compressor and a journal secured to the rotor of the LP compressor, and a third module having an input shaft of the reduction gear, this input shaft having an upstream end for coupling to a sun gear of the reduction gear and a downstream end comprising first splines that are oriented parallel to the axis and are configured to be engaged in second complementary splines of said second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Patent number: 11852079
    Abstract: A pump that can be a gear pump that drives a rotating body of an aircraft turbine engine such as a fan shaft, is set in rotation always in the same direction, by virtue of a transmission including an oblique double gear formed by a toothed wheel on the same side as the rotating body and meshing with two pinions connected to a shaft driving the pump through free-wheels with identical driving directions, whereas the pinions have opposite directions of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Fabrice Marie Baret, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Franck Emmanuel Bosco, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse
  • Patent number: 11828183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine (10) with counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft, comprising: —a high-pressure body, —a low-pressure counter-rotating turbine (22), —a planetary-type mechanical epicyclic reduction gear (42), —a guide bearings (56-62) for the turbine shafts (36, 38), characterised in that said reduction gear (42) and certain of the bearings (60, 62) are housed in a lubrication chamber (86) supplied with oil and comprising dynamic seals (86a-86d), and in that the turbomachine comprises circuits (C1, C2) for pressurising these seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Amelie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Publication number: 20230366325
    Abstract: A turbomachine module having a longitudinal axis, having a shroudless propeller which is rotated about the longitudinal axis by a drive shaft, which is connected at least to a compressor rotor, and at least one distributor comprising a plurality of stator vanes which extend along a radial axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z from a fixed casing, the distributor being arranged downstream of the propeller. The fixed casing can be an inter-compressor casing which is arranged downstream of a low-pressure compressor, along the longitudinal axis, the inter-compressor casing having a ring which has a longitudinal axis and which is provided with sleeves intended to support the stator vanes, the inter-compressor casing and the ring being monobloc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE
  • Publication number: 20230358149
    Abstract: A turbine engine module of longitudinal axis X, including an unducted propeller intended to be rotated around the longitudinal axis X by a power shaft which is connected at least to a rotor member, at least one flow straightener including a plurality of stator vanes (28)-extending along a radial axis Z, at least one first casing mounted upstream, along the longitudinal axis, of the rotor member and a second casing mounted downstream, along the longitudinal axis, of the rotor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Olivier BELMONTE, Guillaume GLEMAREC
  • Patent number: 11788423
    Abstract: A turbine rotor wheel for an aircraft turbomachine includes a rotor disk, an annular shroud extending around the disk, and blades arranged between the disk and the shroud. The root of each of the blades has two tabs configured for attachment to the disk. The tabs are arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, of a wall of the disk, relative to the axis. The tab arranged upstream is engaged in a first recess of the disk and configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the first recess. The tab arranged downstream is engaged in a second recess of the disk and is configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte
  • Patent number: 11773771
    Abstract: A turbomachine with a counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft includes a counter-rotating turbine and a mechanical reduction gear with an epicyclic, planetary-type gear train. The gear train includes a planet carrier secured to a stator housing of the turbomachine situated upstream from the counter-rotating turbine in relation to a direction of gas flow within the turbomachine. The planet carrier is secured to the stator housing by an annular part with an elongated shape extending inside the second shaft. The annular part includes an upstream end secured to the intermediate casing and a downstream end coupled to the planet carrier. The annular part also includes an integrated circuit for conveying lubrication oil from its upstream end to the planet carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabrice Joël Luc Chevillot, Clément Paul René Niepceron, Amélie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Patent number: 11754342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bypass air/fluid heat exchanger (2) for a turbofan engine. According to the invention, this exchanger (2) comprises: —an annular outer shroud (3) with two walls, an inner wall (32) and an outer wall (31), —an annular inner shroud (4) concentric with the outer shroud (3), —a series of OGV guide vanes (5) which connect said outer shroud to said inner shroud, —and a circulation circuit (6) for circulating said fluid, the two shrouds delimiting a bypass air flow path, the fluid circulation circuit (6) is formed in the body of the outer shroud (3) and in the body of at least one of the OGV guide vanes (5), this circulation circuit (6) opening at the two respective ends thereof into an inlet opening (34) and into an outlet opening (35), formed through said outer wall (31) of the outer shroud, and the two shrouds (3, 4), the OGV guide vanes (5) and the circulation circuit (6) of said fluid are integral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Alexandre Corsaut, Catherine Pikovsky
  • Patent number: 11708148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade pivot with adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub, comprising: a stud having a fastener configured to retain a blade root and coupling means for the transmission of a twist torque; a ball bearing for taking centrifugal forces having an inner ring and an outer ring; a first clamping nut intended to be screwed on an inner thread of the hub to ensure clamping of the outer ring of the ball bearing; a rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces having an inner ring and a smooth outer ring; a locking ring mounted between these two inner rings to provide for them a respective transverse support; an anti-rupture sleeve carrying the inner ring of the rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces and the terminal end of which is extended transversely beyond the outer ring of this bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Publication number: 20230203985
    Abstract: Counter-rotating turbine of a turbomachine extending about an axis of rotation and comprising an inner rotor having 5 at least one inner moving blade supported in rotation by a first shaft, an outer rotor rotating in an opposite direction to the inner rotor, and comprising at least one outer moving blade supported in rotation by a second shaft coaxial with the first shaft, the first 10 and second shafts extending axially from upstream to downstream of the turbine, the first shaft being guided in rotation by a first bearing disposed between the first shaft and an upstream casing of the turbine, and the second shaft being guided in rotation by a second bearing disposed between the second 15 shaft and said upstream casing of the turbine, the first bearing and the second bearing being disposed upstream of a first stage of the inner rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Olivier FORMICA, Romain TRUCO, Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE
  • Publication number: 20230145716
    Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine comprising a casing, a fan, a compressor and a turbine and an epicyclic gear train comprising an input driven in rotation by the turbine, a first output stage configured to drive in rotation the compressor and a second output stage coupled to the first output stage and configured to drive in rotation the fan, the compressor being driven in rotation by the ring gear of the first output stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE, Julien Fabien Patrick BECOULET
  • Patent number: 11643975
    Abstract: A speed reducer, particularly of an aircraft, includes a central sun gear mounted to rotate with a drive shaft about a rotation axis X, an annular ring gear coaxial with the X axis, and a plurality of planet gears arranged about the X axis and mounted to be movable on a planet carrier. The planet gears engages the sun gear and the annular ring gear, which extends around the planet gears. The speed reducer further includes a lubricant recovery device having a pipe for recovering lubricant discharged from the reducer by centrifuging. The recovery device has scoops mounted to pivot about a pivot axis P on a movable member of the speed reducer that rotates about the X axis between a deployed state and a rest state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Emmanuel Fabrice Marie Baret, Franck Emmanuel Bosco, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse