Patents by Inventor Pierre M. Raffy

Pierre M. Raffy 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: 4199295
    Abstract: A device for reducing the noise generated by the blades of at least one r of rotor blades in a turbo-machine by the production of a counter-noise of opposed phase. This is achieved by injection of jets of fluid under pressure through orifices borne by the rotor located near to the periphery of the blades, and the flow of the fluid is modulated at a frequency which is a whole number multiple of the rotational frequency of the rotor shaft. Regulation of phase of the modulated injected fluid is carried out in such a manner that the acoustic waves generated by the injected fluid are substantially in opposition, with respect to phase, to those of the noise to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation
    Inventors: Pierre M. Raffy, Pierre A. Andre, Jean-Pierre Y. B. Girault, Gerhard Richter, Jean-Claude P. H. P. Thevenin