Patents by Inventor Pierre A. Glowacki

Pierre A. Glowacki 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: 5622472
    Abstract: Protective shield (9) for a turbo-engine external fairing (3). It comprises a ring made of a ductile material retained by several fastening means relatively easy to break. When a rotor portion (17) accidentally detached strikes it, it dents it breaking some or all of its fasteners. By means of this possibility allowing for wide deformations of the shield (9), the capacity for absorbing energy is significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Societe Hispano-Suiza
    Inventor: Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 5320490
    Abstract: A casing structural arm of a turbo-engine is fixed between an external ferrule and a hub of the casing and is formed as a composite material. The arm has one leading edge, one trailing edge, one radially external edge and one radially internal edge. These four edges define the four corners of the arm and securing of the arm to the ferrule and said hub is ensured by two pairs of linking braces respectively secured to the four corners of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventors: Claude G. Corbin, Joel Foucard, Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 5222692
    Abstract: An aircraft having a turbojet engine disposed within its fuselage wherein towards the rear end thereof it is provided with a sealing assembly between the rear end of the fuselage and the outer flaps of the nozzle of the turbojet engine, the sealing assembly including a central carrier ring, preferably made of a carbon-epoxy material, secured to the turbojet engine by supporting legs, a hollow front seal at the front end of the carrier ring engaging the inner surface of the fuselage, and a hollow rear seal at the rear end of the carrier ring engaging each of the outer flaps, the carrier ring also engaging the inner surface of the fuselage at a position spaced rearwardly from the front seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventor: Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 5145319
    Abstract: An axial flow turbomachine rotor comprises a disc having a plurality of annular flanges extending outwardly from its periphery, a plurality of blades secured to the disc and extending radially outwardly from the periphery thereof, each of the blades having its root notched to define heels which are received in the grooves formed between the annular flanges of the disc, and a plurality of separate platforms which are secured to the disc and are disposed between the blades to define the inner boundary of the fluid flow path through the rotor, the blades each being fixed to the disc by two parallel pins which are equidistance from the axis of the disc and are received in corresponding bores passing through the annular flanges and the heels of the blade, the pins also serving to secure the platforms to the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviations S.N.E.M.C.A.
    Inventor: Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 5119625
    Abstract: A blow-off device for a gas turbine bypass engine having a primary air flow path separated from an outer secondary air flow path by a partition includes a plurality of discharge passages passing through the partition from the primary air flow path to the secondary air flow path, each of the discharge passages having a first hinged flap in the outer wall of the primary air flow path, a second hinged flap in the inner wall of the secondary air flow path, and a connecting rod mechanically interlinking the first and second flaps, the connecting rod being hinged at one of its end to the first flap and at its other end to the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Motors d'Aviation "S.N.E.M.C.A."
    Inventor: Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 4972671
    Abstract: An aircraft turbo-engine having an intake grille formed by radial struts disposed between inner and outer rings, each of said radial struts being in two parts, an upstream, fixed structural first part, and a downstream second part pivoted on said first part and forming an adjustable flap which constitutes an intake guide vane, all of said struts having the same cross-section as each other and at least some of the struts incorporating a pipe for the passage of oil, those oil pipe carrying struts each having its structural first part divided by a radial portion into an upstream chamber for the passage of hot air and a downstream chamber which is open along the length of its trailing edge and which receives the oil pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Asselin, Pierre A. Glowacki, Daniel J. Martin
  • Patent number: 4870826
    Abstract: A casing structure for an annular combustion chamber of a turbojet engine is disclosed in which air is tapped from an upstream end portion of the casing, while at the same time preventing contamination of such tapped air from the injected fuel. The casing has annular inner and outer walls disposed on either side of the combustion chamber. The casing has an upstream end which is attached to the downstream end of the exhaust gas turbine. The outer annular casing wall defines circumferentially spaced apart fuel injector orifices and circumferentially spaced apart air tapping orifices which are circumferentially alternating with the fuel injector orifices. A partition wall extending between an air diffuser and the inner surface of the outer annular wall divides the radial space separating the diffuser and the outer annular wall into first cavities which communicate with the air tapping orifices and second cavities which communicate with the interior space between the inner and outer annular walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation (SNECMA)
    Inventors: Alain P. M. Daguet, Pierre A. Glowacki, Herve Lassignardie
  • Patent number: 4863354
    Abstract: A nose cowl or spinner is provided for a fixed, non-rotatable central hub of a turbojet engine having assembly means that facilitate the attachment and detachment of the nose cowl to the central hub, and provides a readily visible indication of whether or not the nose cowl has been properly assembled to the hub. The nose cowl has a smooth outer surface to provide undisturbed air flow into the turbojet engine compressor and defines means to circulate heated air to prevent icing of the external surface. An inner cowl member is attached to a bearing cover of the central hub in a non-rotatable manner, an outer cowl member is axially locked to the central hub so as to be concentrally arranged about the inner cowl member, and a locking device is used to lock the inner and outer cowl members together to prevent inadvertent rotation of the outer cowl member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation (SNECMA)
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Asselin, Pierre A. Glowacki
  • Patent number: 4522562
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the cooling of turbine rotors, especially those of aircraft turboreactors, and discloses a turbine disc equipped with two sets of channels bored respectively close to each of the sides of the disc and in conformity with its profile, in which flows the cooling air of the turbine blades in order to superficially cool the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation S.N.E.C.M.A.
    Inventors: Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet
  • Patent number: 4329113
    Abstract: A portion of the stator of a gas turbine known as turbine shroud, which is ituated radially opposite the mobile vanes of a turbine stage includes an "abradable" member supported by a first shell braced by a second shell and connected with turbine casing 2 by a thin, i.e. flexible, annular wall member embedded in a casing. Cooling air inflates the second shell so as to brace the exterior shell and circulates between the two shells so as to cool them and also cools the "abradable" member by impingement. The present invention is applicable to aviation turbojets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Michel R. Ayache, Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet
  • Patent number: 4320903
    Abstract: A labyrinth seal mounted between a shaft and the casing of a gas turbine combustion chamber, wherein the support of an abradable sealing surface in the seal which operates in conjunction with rapidly rotating fins is cooled by an upstream airflow parallel to the envelope surface of the extremities of such fins and opening into an upstream space. The cooling air is taken in from the casing by means of a conduit which is connected with an overflow valve tied to the gas turbine load. The invention is applicable to aviation turbojets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Michel R. Ayache, Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet
  • Patent number: 4247257
    Abstract: The rim of a turbine disc is provided with a circular collar upon which is ngaged the heel of an annular flange having a U-shaped cross section with unequal sectors, i.e., a principal piece forming a circlip and a smaller piece forming a key which completes the flange following the installation of the circlip; the key is retained in its position by cuts of the ends of said key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Josette Benoist, Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet
  • Patent number: 4222706
    Abstract: A turbine housing for a jet engine is provided with a ring of an abradable orous material. A supporting and mounting device consisting of a cylindricoconical monoblock having a conical internal jacket provides for the convection cooling of the external surface and a cylindrical jacket for cooling air is held over the abradable ring by means of a perforated ferrule integral with the rest of the device. The abradable ring carries transverse partitions to prevent axial leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Michel R. Ayache, Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet
  • Patent number: 4189282
    Abstract: A device to secure and insure the tightness of vanes of a turbine is an alar plate which carries on the side toward its external edge a plurality of studs and toward its internal edge a plurality of hangers. The disk of the rotor has on its lower edge a series of teeth or indentations, the top of the teeth having a configuration to cooperate with the inner surface of the hangers. The vanes have on their rims a plurality of grooves. Two adjacent vanes form a groove into which the studs enter when the hangers cooperate with the teeth. The studs are borne by tongues cut radially into the annular plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Josette Benoist, Pierre A. Glowacki, Gerard M. F. Mandet