Patents by Inventor Pierre Caruel

Pierre Caruel 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: 10787995
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for controlling a variable section ejection nozzle of a turbojet engine nacelle of an aircraft. The device includes a calculator adapted to determine a position setpoint of the nozzle and a management system of the servo-control of the position of the variable nozzle depending on the flow rate of the fuel supplying the turbojet engine. The management system includes at least one instantaneous flow rate sensor of the fuel and a management unit which is designed to compare the flow rate measured by the flow rate sensor with a theoretical fuel flow rate depending on the parameters of the flight of the aircraft, to determine a correction value of the position of the nozzle depending on the comparison of the measured flow rate and the theoretical fuel flow rate, and to correct the position setpoint of the nozzle according to the correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Publication number: 20200277916
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly with an engine provided with a cascade-type thrust reverser includes cascades of mobile deflection vanes connected to cascade rails with a slideway connection that allows the cascades of vanes a translational movement between a cruising-flight position and a reverse-thrust position. The thrust reverser allows the cascade rails to be positioned in a forward position, in which the engine, the cascade rails and the deflection vanes can be removed from the propulsion assembly without the cascade rails colliding with the mobile cowl of the reverser. Dismantling and assembly or reassembly methods allow maintenance operations to be carried out on the engine thus dismantled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre CARUEL, Vincent PEYRON
  • Publication number: 20200263633
    Abstract: An active locking system of a movable element for a thrust reverser of an aircraft nacelle includes an active locking device of the movable element, movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, an actuator of the locking device controlled by a command for actuating the locking device, a blocking device for blocking the locking device in the unlocked position, movable between a blocking position and an unblocking position, and a device for displacing the blocking device. The actuation command controls the closure of the movable element, and the device for displacing the blocking device displaces the blocking device in the unblocking position when the movable element is at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre CARUEL, Alexandre DESCAMPS
  • Patent number: 10669971
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for a turbojet engine nacelle includes movable cowls which move backward relative to a front frame under the action of an actuation system, thereby making flaps tilt, via a control mechanism, so as to substantially close the annular cold air flow path, and by opening cascades disposed around this flow path and which receive the cold air flow and return it forward. When the thrust reverser is closed, the cascades are partially integrated in the cowls, and the thrust reverser includes an actuation system which makes the cascades move backward along a stroke which is shorter than the stroke of the cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Publication number: 20200149495
    Abstract: A nacelle for a turbojet includes a thrust reverser having cascades, movable cowls adjacent to the cascades in a closed position, linkage systems for connecting the cowls and the cascades, and tilting closure flaps. Each linkage system is arranged radially outside the cascades, and includes, in a tangential plane, a lever, connecting rods, and pivots allowing a movement substantially in this plane. The pivots include a fixed pivot connected to a fixed element of the nacelle, a pivot connected to the cascades and a pivot connected to the cowls. The lever, termed first lever, includes two arms forming a “V,” and two connecting rods are fixed to the end of an arm by a pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Pierre CARUEL
  • Patent number: 10605196
    Abstract: A door-type thrust reverser device for a turbojet engine nacelle is provided that includes a fixed structure, a mobile structure mobile with respect to said fixed structure, and at least one door mounted with the ability to pivot via pivots between a retracted position corresponding to the nacelle operating in direct-jet mode, and a deployed position corresponding to the nacelle operating in reverser-jet mode. The thrust reverser device includes a device for bleeding off some of a secondary or bypass airflow, which device is able to bleed off part of the secondary airflow from a duct through which the secondary airflow circulates and for conveying said bled-off airflow toward at least one pivot of the door, so as to cool areas on and/or around the door pivots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Thiery Le Docte
  • Patent number: 10532820
    Abstract: A de-icing device is provided that includes a piccolo tube integrated with a front bulkhead for limiting an inner volume of a perforated front lip. The piccolo tube is in contact with a noise reduction cellular structure provided with perforations and hot air circulation channels delivered by the piccolo tube, the de-icing hot air being diffused through the perforations and channels of the cellular structure, on the perforations facing the front lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Publication number: 20190353118
    Abstract: A thrust reverser includes two thrust reverser elements movable between a retracted position in which the thrust reverser is inactive and a deployed position in which the thrust reverser is active, a cylinder for deploying the thrust reverser elements, and a single-acting cylinder for retracting the thrust reverser elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre CARUEL, Regis GIARD, Denis GUILLOIS, Philippe VANCON
  • Patent number: 10294822
    Abstract: A nacelle of a turbine engine includes an external cowling, an internal cowling, and a heat exchanger associated with at least one circulation duct for a fluid. In particular, the circulation duct forms a recirculation loop through the heat exchanger, and the recirculation loop includes at least one circulation area extending at least partially along the external cowling in contact with a wall of the external cowling so as to allow exchange of heat by conduction with the air outside the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Franck Zaganelli, Patrick Gonidec, Olivier Kerbler
  • Patent number: 10239227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a composite sandwich panel having a core formed of a plurality of cells extending vertically between a first skin and a second skin. The method includes creating at least one first strip and a second strip from a temporary material, each strip having at least one cavity having a succession of aligned half-cells, lining the cavity of the first strip with a fibrous ply, assembling the first strip and the second strip by interlocking the cavity of the first strip with the cavity of the second strip and trapping the fibrous ply therebetween, and trimming excess temporary material of the entirety of the strips formed during the preceding assembly step so as to form a new cavity which forms a succession of aligned half-cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Hervé Hurlin
  • Patent number: 10190538
    Abstract: A thrust reverser device for an aircraft turbojet engine includes: a movable cowl, translating cascades connected to the movable cowl, a mast; and a front suspension to suspend the turbojet engine. The cascades translates between a direct jet position where the cascades are retracted in a fan casing, and an indirect jet position where the cascades are brought out of the fan casing. In particular, the cascades have a sliding connection with the mast by means of at least one spacer connected to the mast downstream of the front suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Patrick Boileau, Peter Segat, Pierre Caruel, Sarah Tissot
  • Patent number: 10125683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for de-icing an air inlet lip of an aircraft nacelle. The device includes a pre-exchanger, an intake orifice of taking in low-pressure air downstream from a fan, and two high-pressure air intake orifices downstream from a compressor in addition to controlled valves and check valves installed in an air flow network. In particular, the pre-exchanger includes a low-pressure air outlet capable of opening into the air inlet lip of the aircraft nacelle via a pipe of the air flow network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Hervé Hurlin
  • Publication number: 20180290330
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a composite sandwich panel having a core formed of a plurality of cells extending vertically between a first skin and a second skin. The method includes creating at least one first strip and a second strip from a temporary material, each strip having at least one cavity having a succession of aligned half-cells, lining the cavity of the first strip with a fibrous ply, assembling the first strip and the second strip by interlocking the cavity of the first strip with the cavity of the second strip and trapping the fibrous ply therebetween, and trimming excess temporary material of the entirety of the strips formed during the preceding assembly step so as to form a new cavity which forms a succession of aligned half-cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre CARUEL, Hervé HURLIN
  • Patent number: 10087841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aircraft nacelle including: an outer aerodynamic wall having an upstream air intake lip; an inner aerodynamic wall, the air intake lip connecting the two outer and inner aerodynamic skins; a front wall arranged downstream of the air intake lip and connecting the two outer and inner aerodynamic skins; and a network for the circulation of a first fluid for cooling a second fluid. The network includes two air/oil-type heat exchangers, one air/air type heat exchanger, an air scoop to collect air from the outside of the nacelle, an orifice to collect cold air, and an outlet orifice to discharge air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Patent number: 10087842
    Abstract: A turbojet engine nacelle includes a fixed structure, which has a fan casing of the turbojet engine and a front frame mounted downstream of the fan casing and directly or indirectly supporting cascade vanes. The front frame is able to collaborate with a thrust reverser cowling sliding between a closed position covering the flow-diverting means and an open position exposing this flow-diverting means. At least one reinforcing structure of the engine nacelle transmits load between the fan casing and the front frame. The reinforcing structure extends along the longitudinal axis of the nacelle and supports a third line of defense and/or an inhibiting device between the front frame and the thrust reverser cowling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Patent number: 10036348
    Abstract: A method for controlling a position of a variable nozzle of an aircraft includes the following steps: setting the variable nozzle in a position P(t0) at a time t0 as a preliminary step; step A in which at each instant ti with 1<i<N, an optimal position P(ti) of the variable nozzle is determined according to magnitudes distinctive of the flight of the aircraft; step B measuring a time interval ?ti defined as a difference between ti and t0; and step C by which a displacement of the variable nozzle in a position corresponding to the optimal position P(ti) is authorized when the time interval ?ti is higher than a predetermined minimum threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Hervé Hurlin, Olivier Kerbler
  • Patent number: 9969499
    Abstract: A nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine includes: a substantially cylindrical internal envelope, a substantially cylindrical external envelope, a downstream partition wall and an upstream partition wall secured to the cylindrical internal envelope and a front lip disposed forward of the upstream partition wall. The cylindrical internal envelope includes an upstream portion including an acoustic shroud connected, by an attachment flange, to a downstream portion including a fan casing. In particular, the front lip is extended and disposed over the upstream partition wall by presenting a downstream edge between the upstream and downstream partition walls in order to be secured to a homologous edge of the cylindrical external envelope so as to arrange a maintenance access to the attachment flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Patent number: 9957056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a propulsion unit for an aircraft including a nacelle which surrounds a turbojet engine. The nacelle has an inner structure surrounding a downstream compartment of the turbojet engine, and the inner structure includes two annular half-portions. The propulsion unit also includes a rail/guide unit and to move the annular half-portions between a working position and a maintenance position. In particular, the rail/guide unit radially moves away the annular half-portions relative to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle, during a translation movement of the annular half-portions. The nacelle is provided with a connecting rod which is connected to the annular half-portions and to the turbojet engine and so that the connecting rod contributes to rotate the annular half-portions about the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: AIRCELLE, SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Boileau, Pierre Caruel, Carmen Ancuta, Bruno Beutin
  • Patent number: 9777670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nacelle for a dual-flow turbojet engine includes a cold airstream having a non-constant cross-section over the periphery of the nacelle, such that at least one flap is radially offset with respect to the central axis of the turbojet engine, relative to the adjacent flaps. The system for driving the radially offset flaps is suitable for ensuring that the kinematics of the flaps are offset relative to the kinematics of the flaps mounted along the remainder of the periphery of the airstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventor: Pierre Caruel
  • Patent number: 9777598
    Abstract: A nacelle includes an outer structure provided with a thrust reverser and a front frame, a movable cowl, and an inner structure covering a downstream section of a turbojet engine. The outer structure and the inner structure define a flow stream of an air flow. In particular, the connection of the front frame and diversion cascade of the thrust reverser which is mounted on a reduced transverse section area of the movable cowl is centered on an axis offset relative to an axis on which the connection of the front frame and the diversion cascade mounted on the remainder of the periphery of the movable cowl is centered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Xavier Bouteiller, Xavier Cazuc, Pierre Caruel