Patents by Inventor Philippe Minot

Philippe Minot 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).

  • Axial turbomachine compressor outer casing with seal
    Patent number: 10082038
    Abstract: The invention relates to an axial turbomachine compressor outer casing. The casing comprises a sealing device collaborating with a row of rotor blades. The casing comprises a wall with an annular groove in which the sealing device is housed. The sealing device comprises a segmented outer shroud and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators moving the shroud radially in the groove so as to open or close the functional clearance. The invention also proposes a method for controlling a sealing device for a turbojet engine, the method comprising a step of measuring the altitude and a step of adjusting a clearance according to the altitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Safran Aero Boosters S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Cortequisse, Philippe Minot
  • AXIAL TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR OUTER CASING WITH SEAL
    Publication number: 20160102571
    Abstract: The invention relates to an axial turbomachine compressor outer casing. The casing comprises a sealing device collaborating with a row of rotor blades. The casing comprises a wall with an annular groove in which the sealing device is housed. The sealing device comprises a segmented outer shroud and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators moving the shroud radially in the groove so as to open or close the functional clearance. The invention also proposes a method for controlling a sealing device for a turbojet engine, the method comprising a step of measuring the altitude and a step of adjusting a clearance according to the altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Cortequisse, Philippe Minot
  • Airplane including means for taking at least a portion of the boundary layer of the flow of air over a surface
    Patent number: 9126679
    Abstract: An airplane having at least one turbojet and means for taking at least a portion of the boundary layer of the flow of air over a surface of the airplane and for guiding the air that has been taken to an air inlet of the turbojet, the airplane being characterized in that the means for guiding air include means for diffusing the air that has been taken circumferentially in uniform manner over 360° at the air inlet of the turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Eric Pierre Maurice Lippinois, Edouard De Jaeghere, Philippe Minot, Jerome Talbotec