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).
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Publication number: 20170276092Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Pierre CARUEL
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Patent number: 9677502Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a turbojet engine nacelle equipped with at least one thrust reverser. The thrust reverser includes: two half-cowls forming an outer cowl which is articulated on hinges and translates between closed and open positions, a first actuator to translationally actuate a downstream frame, a second actuator to rotationally actuate each half-cowl, and a lock capable of locking or unlocking the half-cowls relative to one another. In particular, the thrust reverser includes cascades vanes supported at their upstream end by an upstream frame and at their downstream end by the downstream frame, and a connector between the downstream frame and the external cowl. The cascade vanes are enclosed in a shroud formed by a fan casing and a fan cowl.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre Caruel
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Patent number: 9587583Abstract: A turbojet engine nacelle has a thrust reverser device and an actuating system for said thrust reverser device, and the thrust reverser device includes a moving cowl mounted translatably alternating between a closed position and an open position, and a jet nozzle section for gases that extends the moving cowl. In particular, the jet nozzle section includes a nozzle flap mounted movable between a closed position and an open position in which the nozzle flap opens a leakage passage toward the outside of the nozzle section. The actuating system has an actuator shared with the moving cowl and the nozzle flap to activate the translational movement of the moving cowl and to pivot the nozzle flap between three following positions: an idle position, an open position of the nozzle flap and an open position of the moving cowl.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Caruel, Patrick Gonidec, Patrick Boileau
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Patent number: 9562595Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a double-acting linear actuator for moving an inner part and an outer part of a cowl relative to a fixed frame. The linear actuator includes a first tubular body housing a first drive shaft and a second tubular body housing a second drive shaft. In particular, the first and second tubular bodies are mounted in series by the second drive shaft which is mounted on the first tubular body. The second drive shaft translates the second tubular body relative to the first tubular body when a lock of the first tubular body is in a locked position, and the first drive shaft translates both the first tubular and second tubular bodies when the lock is in an unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Caruel, Pierre Moradell-Casellas
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Publication number: 20170022934Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre CARUEL, Thiery LE DOCTE
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Patent number: 9476383Abstract: A thrust reverser with grids includes a jet engine pylon, a one piece cowl either directly or indirectly slidably mounted on the jet engine pylon between a direct jet position and a reverse jet position, and a system for locking this cowl on a beam. The system has a single tertiary lock, which is positioned on one side of the jet engine pylon being capable of locking a corresponding upper edge of the cowl. In addition, the tertiary lock includes a locker to lock the cowl, a blocker for blocking the locker, and a position detector in order to detect the position of the locker. The system further includes another detector to detect proper closing of the other upper edge of the cowl.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre Caruel
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Patent number: 9453478Abstract: A thrust reverser for a turbojet engine nacelle includes a movable cowl, cascade vanes and a portion forming a movable variable nozzle. The cowl translates between a closing position and a maintenance position which is located beyond a thrust reversal position. In the maintenance position, the cowl opens a passage within the nacelle and allows access the inside of the nacelle. The variable nozzle is translated by an actuator between reduced ejection section and increased section positions. In particular, the cascade vanes move between retracted and active positions and are housed in an envelope formed by a fan casing and an outer cowl in the retracted position. In the active position, the cascade vanes are displaced downstream by an actuator through a passage open by the movable cowl in the nacelle. The actuator of the cascade vanes is dissociable from the actuator driving the variable nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Caruel, Peter Segat
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Publication number: 20160257418Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre CARUEL
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Patent number: 9410500Abstract: The thrust reverser includes a reverser cowl of which a downstream part of the reverser cowl forms a jet nozzle, cascade vanes fixed upstream from the reverser cowl, thrust reverser flaps, and an actuator. The thrust reverser is translatable under an effect of the actuator between a folded position of the thrust reverser flaps for operation of the nacelle in a direct jet mode, and a deployed position of the thrust reverser flaps for operation of the nacelle in a reverse jet mode. In particular, the stretching of the actuator results in causing a variation in a nozzle section of the jet nozzle as long as the stretching is below a predetermined value, and exposing the cascade vanes and deploying the thrust reverser flaps so as to perform the reverse jet mode beyond the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Caruel, Peter Segat
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Patent number: 9390704Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a sound absorbing panel in which a reflective wall on one of faces of a set of sound absorbing cells. In particular, a passage on a portion of a thickness (E) of the set of sound absorbing cells is formed on an opposite face of the one of the faces, while the passage forming a main channel for a communication between sound absorbing cells and for a circulation of a de-icing fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Herve Hurlin, Pierre Caruel
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Patent number: 9366201Abstract: A thrust reverser for a nacelle of a turbojet engine includes deflecting cascades and an external cowl which translates from a closure position to an opening position by a set of control cylinders being attached by their ends to the external cowl. The deflecting cascades are supported by a front frame and a rear frame respectively and are enclosed in an envelope formed by a fan carter and by a fan cowl. The thrust reverser further includes a lock which is able to connect or disconnect the deflecting cascades to the external cowl. When the lock is unlocked, the set of control cylinders translate the external cowl alone in downstream direction while in the lock position, the control cylinders translates the external cowl and the deflecting cascades together in downstream direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre Caruel
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THRUST REVERSER FOR A TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE, COMPRISING CASCADES PARTIALLY INTEGRATED IN THE COWLS
Publication number: 20160108852Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre CARUEL -
Publication number: 20160102610Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre CARUEL, Hervé HURLIN
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Publication number: 20160039528Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre CARUEL
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Patent number: 9249756Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbojet engine which includes a pylon (1) and a nacelle supported by said pylon (1). Said nacelle (3) includes a grid thrust reverser (21) including an integral cowl mounted so as to slide on rails (15), which are arranged on both sides of said pylon (1), between a direct jet position and a thrust reversal position. Said assembly is characterized in that it includes means (23, 31) for blocking the sliding movement of the cowl on the rails (15), said means being inserted between the pylon (1) and the cowl.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre Caruel, Guy Bernard Vauchel, Jean-Philippe Joret, Andre Baillard
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Publication number: 20160025039Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Patrick BOILEAU, Peter SEGAT, Pierre CARUEL, Sarah TISSOT
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Publication number: 20160017751Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling device for a turbo engine of an aircraft nacelle, including: a heat exchanger and an air outlet pipe. The nacelle includes a front housing that has a front lip forming a hollow leading edge that delimits an annular de-icing chamber. In particular, the cooling device further includes a pipe for supplying pressurized air that extends from an inlet end linked to a pressurized air source, to an outlet end forming an air ejection nozzle opening into the de-icing chamber, and the outlet pipe of the heat exchanger has an air outlet section that is arranged in the de-icing chamber in a position designed such that the pressurized air ejection nozzle forms an air suction pump in the outlet pipe of the exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre Caruel
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Publication number: 20150377132Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: AIRCELLEInventor: Pierre CARUEL
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Publication number: 20150367946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Patrick BOILEAU, Pierre Caruel, Carmen Ancuta, Bruno Beutin
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Publication number: 20150354499Abstract: A turbojet engine nacelle has a thrust reverser device and an actuating system for said thrust reverser device, and the thrust reverser device includes a moving cowl mounted translatably alternating between a closed position and an open position, and a jet nozzle section for gases that extends the moving cowl. In particular, the jet nozzle section includes a nozzle flap mounted movable between a closed position and an open position in which the nozzle flap opens a leakage passage toward the outside of the nozzle section. The actuating system has an actuator shared with the moving cowl and the nozzle flap to activate the translational movement of the moving cowl and to pivot the nozzle flap between three following positions: an idle position, an open position of the nozzle flap and an open position of the moving cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: AIRCELLEInventors: Pierre CARUEL, Patrick GONIDEC, Patrick BOILEAU