Patents by Inventor Pierre Denis

Pierre Denis 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: 11988112
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Bernard Claude Pons, Alphonse Puerto, Laurent Pierre Tarnowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11982198
    Abstract: A component (1, 2) for supporting at least one bearing (3) for a turbine engine (10) comprising: two coaxial walls, internal (4) and external (5) walls respectively, defining a gas flow vein (6) between them and interconnected by a row of arms (7); an external ferrule (50) comprising an internal peripheral edge (51) connected to the external wall (5) and an external peripheral edge (52) connected to an external mounting flange (53); an internal ferrule (40) comprising an external peripheral edge (41) connected to the internal wall (4) and an internal peripheral edge (42) comprising an internal mounting flange (43); at least one of the ferrules (4, 5), which at the peripheral edge (41, 51) thereof is connected to the corresponding wall (4, 5), having a general shape which is corrugated about an axis (X-X) of the component (1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Albert Josse, Lois Pierre Denis Vive, Jean-Maurice Casaux-Bic, Yvan Ludovic Lameignere
  • Patent number: 11923736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine for an aircraft, comprising a stator and a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the stator, the rotor or the stator comprising a plurality of permanent magnets, the machine comprising a device for demagnetising a permanent magnet, suitable for achieving a temporary increase in the temperature of the permanent magnet, in order to limit, during the temporary increase in temperature, an exciting magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet. The present invention furthermore relates to an assembly comprising an assembly comprising such an electric machine and a hot-fluid source suitable for delivering hot fluid to the demagnetising device of the electric machine. The hot-fluid source may be a gas stream of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11876415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine for an aircraft, comprising a stator and a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the stator, the rotor or the stator comprising a plurality of permanent magnets, the machine comprising a device for demagnetising a permanent magnet, suitable for achieving a temporary increase in the temperature of the permanent magnet, in order to limit, during the temporary increase in temperature, an exciting magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet. The present invention furthermore relates to an assembly comprising an assembly comprising such an electric machine and a hot-fluid source suitable for delivering hot fluid to the demagnetising device of the electric machine. The hot-fluid source may be a gas stream of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski, Loïs Pierre Denis Vive
  • Patent number: 11846198
    Abstract: A turbomachine, particularly for a rotary-wing aircraft, including a gas generator provided with a rotary shaft, a first reversible electric machine, a power turbine rotationally driven by a stream of gas generated by the gas generator, at least one accessory from among an oil pump and a fuel pump, an accessory gearbox comprising a gear train configured to drive said at least one accessory, and a second electric machine. The second electric machine is reversible, said first electric machine is mechanically coupled to the gas generator, the accessory gearbox and the second electric machine are mechanically coupled to the power turbine, and the turbomachine is devoid of any kinematic coupling between the gear train of the accessory gearbox and the shaft of the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis Vive, Olivier Bedrine, Thomas Drouin
  • Publication number: 20230366354
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbomachine, comprising a gas generator (13) equipped with a first shaft (18), at least one reversible electrical machine (11), a free turbine (12) provided with a second shaft (17) and caused to rotate by a gas flow generated by the gas generator (13), an accessory gear box (14) and at least one accessory (15, 16). Said at least one electrical machine (11) is mechanically coupled to said second mechanical shaft (17) via the accessory gear box (14) during all phases of operation of the turbomachine (10), the accessory gear box (14) is coupled to the at least one accessory (15, 16) and the turbomachine (10) further comprises a single mechanical coupling means (20) for mechanically coupling said first mechanical shaft (18) to the accessory gear box (14) in a first configuration and mechanically uncoupling said first mechanical shaft (18) from the accessory gear box (14) in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE, Thomas DROUIN, Olivier BEDRINE
  • Publication number: 20230323788
    Abstract: A turbomachine, particularly for a rotary-wing aircraft, including a gas generator provided with a rotary shaft, a first reversible electric machine, a power turbine rotationally driven by a stream of gas generated by the gas generator, at least one accessory from among an oil pump and a fuel pump, an accessory gearbox comprising a gear train configured to drive said at least one accessory, and a second electric machine. The second electric machine is reversible, said first electric machine is mechanically coupled to the gas generator, the accessory gearbox and the second electric machine are mechanically coupled to the power turbine, and the turbomachine is devoid of any kinematic coupling between the gear train of the accessory gearbox and the shaft of the gas generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE, Olivier BEDRINE, Thomas DROUIN
  • Publication number: 20230323787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbogenerator, in particular for an electrically-driven rotary wing aircraft, comprising a gas generator equipped with a first shaft, at least one reversible electrical machine, and a free turbine provided with a second shaft and caused to rotate by a gas flow generated by the gas generator. The second shaft is coupled to the at least one electrical machine during all phases of operation of the turbomachine, and the turbomachine further comprises a single mechanical coupling means for coupling the first mechanical shaft to the second mechanical shaft when the electrical machine is operating in motor mode and mechanically uncoupling the first mechanical shaft from the second mechanical shaft when the electrical machine is operating in generator mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE, Thomas DROUIN, Olivier BEDRINE
  • Patent number: 11777370
    Abstract: An aeronautical turbogenerator for hybrid electric propulsion includes a heat engine and an electrical generator coupled mechanically to the heat engine and including a rotor and a stator, the rotor extending in an axial direction and including a common magnetized rotor yoke comprising a plurality of permanent magnets defining at least three axially distributed movable annular rings, the stator including a magnetic stator yoke comprising a plurality of electrical windings defining axially and/or circumferentially distributed stationary sectors, at least two stationary sectors, one of which covers axially at least two movable annular rings, being arranged angularly so as not to mutually coincide and thus deliver at least two distinct and independent voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis Vive, Christophe Ludovic Jean-Claude Viguier
  • Publication number: 20230236925
    Abstract: An apparatus has tag checking circuitry responsive to a target address to: identify a guard tag stored in a memory system in association with a block of one or more memory locations, the block containing a target memory location identified by the target address, perform a tag check based on the guard tag and an address tag associated with the target address, and in response to detecting a mismatch in the tag check, perform an error response action. The apparatus also has tag mapping storage circuitry to store mapping information indicative of a mapping between guard tag values and corresponding address tag values. The tag checking circuitry remaps at least one of the guard tag and the address tag based on the mapping information stored by the tag mapping storage circuitry to generate a remapped tag for use in the tag check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob Paul BRAMLEY, Georgia KOUVELI, Martyn Maurice CAPEWELL, Pierre Denis Michel LANGLOIS
  • Publication number: 20230220800
    Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Lois Pierre Denis VIVE
  • Publication number: 20230220779
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute is can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Bernard Claude PONS, Alphonse PUERTO, Laurent Pierre TARNOWSKI, Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE
  • Publication number: 20230076938
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) measurement system and a method for recording baseband and positioning data. The RF measurement system includes at least one RF measurement device. The RF measurement device includes at least one RF chain and at least one data processing circuit connected to a memory device. The RF measurement device is configured to receive a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal. The GNSS signal is indicative of a position and/or a bearing. The RF measurement device is configured to receive at least one analog RF signal different of the GNSS signal. The RF measurement device is configured to convert the at least one analog RF signal into at least one baseband signal. The at least one data processing circuit is configured to store baseband data associated with the baseband signal and positioning data associated with the GNSS signal within the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Stegmaier, Christoph Hausl, Corbett Rowell, Frédéric Pierre Denis Boulay
  • Publication number: 20220411081
    Abstract: A hybrid propulsion chain for an aircraft, the hybrid propulsion chain comprising a plurality of propulsion rotors connected to an electrical distribution module by a plurality of electrical connections, the electrical distribution module being connected, on the one hand, to a non-propulsion turbine engine via an electrical generation system and, on the other hand, to an electric battery, each propulsion rotor comprising a stator member and at least one rotor shaft which is configured to be rotated with respect to the stator member when the stator member is electrically powered, the hybrid propulsion chain comprising an auxiliary mechanical drive system mechanically connected to the non-propulsion turbine engine, the auxiliary mechanical drive system comprising a plurality of mechanical connections for mechanically rotating at least one rotor shaft of each propulsion rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel Serghine, Thomas Klonowski, Lois Pierre Denis Vive
  • Publication number: 20220286019
    Abstract: An aeronautical turbogenerator for hybrid electric propulsion includes a heat engine and an electrical generator coupled mechanically to the heat engine and including a rotor and a stator, the rotor extending in an axial direction and including a common magnetized rotor yoke comprising a plurality of permanent magnets defining at least three axially distributed movable annular rings, the stator including a magnetic stator yoke comprising a plurality of electrical windings defining axially and/or circumferentially distributed stationary sectors, at least two stationary sectors, one of which covers axially at least two movable annular rings, being arranged angularly so as not to mutually coincide and thus deliver at least two distinct and independent voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE, Christophe Ludovic Jean-Claude VIGUIER
  • Publication number: 20220220865
    Abstract: A component (1, 2) for supporting at least one bearing (3) for a turbine engine (10) comprising: two coaxial walls, internal (4) and external (5) walls respectively, defining a gas flow vein (6) between them and interconnected by a row of arms (7); an external ferrule (50) comprising an internal peripheral edge (51) connected to the external wall (5) and an external peripheral edge (52) connected to an external mounting flange (53); an internal ferrule (40) comprising an external peripheral edge (41) connected to the internal wall (4) and an internal peripheral edge (42) comprising an internal mounting flange (43); at least one of the ferrules (4, 5), which at the peripheral edge (41, 51) thereof is connected to the corresponding wall (4, 5), having a general shape which is corrugated about an axis (X-X) of the component (1, 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Albert JOSSE, Lois Pierre Denis VIVE, Jean-Maurice CASAUX-BIC, Yvan Ludovic LAMEIGNERE
  • Publication number: 20220177147
    Abstract: A hybrid propulsion system for a multi-rotor rotary-wing aircraft, including: an internal combustion engine, an electric machine coupled to the internal combustion engine, a rectifier connected to the electric machine, a converter, an electric network connecting the rectifier to the converter, electric motors connected to the converter, rotary-blade assemblies coupled to the electric motors, wherein the system includes: a detector configured to detect a reduction in a demand for electrical power within the system to below a predetermined value, a bypass circuit configured to bypass the electric machine when the detector detects a reduction in the demand for electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas KLONOWSKI, Lois Pierre Denis VIVE, Camel SERGHINE
  • Patent number: 11341296
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method computes an unfolded part of a modeled bended 3D object in a 3D scene of a computer-aided design system. The method a) provides the 3D object; b) selects a fixed portion (FP) of the 3D object; c) selects a mobile portion (MP) of the 3D object; d) determines a 1D interface (INT) forming an intersection between the fixed portion (FP) and the mobile portion; e) computes a transformed portion resulting from a linear transformation of the mobile portion (MP) according to an drawing direction (DD); f) trims the transformed portion in the vicinity of the 1D interface (INT), thereby forming a trimmed transformed portion (TTP); g) creates a fillet (FI) between the 1D interface (INT) and the trimmed transformed portion (TTP); and h) defines the unfolded part as an union of the fixed portion (FP), the trimmed transformed portion (TTP) and the created fillet (FI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DASSAULT SYSTEMES
    Inventor: Pierre Denis Voirin
  • Publication number: 20220085706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine for an aircraft, comprising a stator and a rotor that is rotationally mobile with respect to the stator, the rotor or the stator comprising a plurality of permanent magnets, the machine comprising a device for demagnetising a permanent magnet, suitable for achieving a temporary increase in the temperature of the permanent magnet, in order to limit, during the temporary increase in temperature, an exciting magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet. The present invention furthermore relates to an assembly comprising an assembly comprising such an electric machine and a hot-fluid source suitable for delivering hot fluid to the demagnetising device of the electric machine. The hot-fluid source may be a gas stream of a turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Camel SERGHINE, Thomas KLONOWSKI, Loïs Pierre Denis VIVE
  • Patent number: 11171738
    Abstract: The invention relates to method and apparatus for improving the performance of communication systems using Run length Limited (RLL) messages such as the existing Automatic Identification System (AIS). A binary data sequence is Forward Error Correction (FEC) coded and then the sequence is compensated, for example by bit-erasure, so that either bit-stuffing is not required, or a bit stuffer will not be activated to ensure that the coded sequence meets the RLL requirement. Various embodiments are described to handle different architectures or input points for the FEC encoder and bit erasure module. The bit erasure module may also add dummy bits to ensure a RLL compliant CRC or to selectively add bits to a reserve buffer to compensate for later bit stuffing in a header. Additional RLL training sequences may also be added to assist in, receiver acquisition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Myriota Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Alexander James Grant, Andre Pollok, Gottfried Lechner, David Victor Lawrie Haley, Robert George McKilliam, Ingmar Rudiger Land, Marc Pierre Denis Lavenant