Patents by Inventor Romain Plante
Romain Plante 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: 20230311428Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part made of composite material for a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, includes the steps of: b) arranging a preform made of fibers in a mold, c) injecting polymerizable resin into the mold, d) machining the part, and e) visually checking the part. Step b) is preceded by a step a) in which at least one compliance coating is deposited in the mold. The compliance coating has a calibrated thickness (X) and at least one visual aspect identifiable by an operator. The coating is configured to cover at least one area of the preform and to be rigidly attached thereto by the resin at the end of step c) Step e) includes verifying, by the operator, the presence of the aspect in the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Matthieu Patrick Jean Roger PERLIN, Arthur BOUCHAUD, Romain PLANTE
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Publication number: 20200215769Abstract: A method for producing a part by injecting resin into a woven fiber preform includes the steps of (a) shaping the preform, (b) forming the preform, and (c) injecting resin into the preform. The step of injecting resin into the preform is carried out by means of equipment that includes a mold, a countermold, and resin injecting means. The step of injecting resin into the preform includes the substeps of: partially opening the equipment, injecting resin into the equipment, closing the equipment, and pressurizing and heating the impregnated preform between the mold and the countermold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Romain Plante, Sylvain Corradini, Marc-Emmanuel Jean François Techer
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Patent number: 10239241Abstract: A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Romain Plante, Lise Lacroix, Olivier Patrigeon, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pascal Burek
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Patent number: 9868235Abstract: A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Lise Lacroix, Olivier Patrigeon, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pascal Burek
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Patent number: 9863270Abstract: A turbomachine casing including a substantially cylindrical wall and an annular one-piece acoustic insulation panel mounted inside the wall, the panel including an annular surface that is radially external opposite a radially internal annular surface of the wall, wherein the wall includes on its internal angular surface first projecting members which bear axially against second projecting members belonging to the external annular surface of the panel and which are fixed to these second members in a dismountable manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Romain Coulon, Geoffroy De La Chapelle, Paul Follin, Florent Rognin
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Publication number: 20170361512Abstract: A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain PLANTE, Lise Lacroix, Olivier Patrigeon, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pascal Burek
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Patent number: 9611863Abstract: A turbine engine casing, including a substantially cylindrical wall and a single-piece annular panel for acoustic insulation mounted radially inside the wall, is provided. The panel includes a radially outer annular surface fitted with upstream and downstream first projecting members respectively arranged in the upstream and downstream portions of the radially outer annular surface of the panel. The wall includes a radially inner annular surface fitted with upstream and downstream second projecting members that are releasably fastened respectively to the upstream and downstream first projecting members.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Virginie Guilbert, Romain Plante, Florent Rognin
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Patent number: 9592625Abstract: A device for fabricating a composite material part by injecting resin into a fiber structure. The device includes: a first die presenting two adjacent support surfaces defining a reentrant angle between them; at least one chock with a wedge-shaped portion configured to press the fiber structure into the angle; and a second die movable relative to the first die, the first and second dies being configured to clamp on the fiber structure and the chock. The chock is connected to the second die by at least one link, the link being hinged relative to the second die and relative to the chock to guide the wedge-shaped portion towards the angle to press the fiber structure into the angle when the second die approaches the first die.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Claude Canavese, Denis Pingon, Jean-Francois Durand
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Patent number: 9399315Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fan casing of a turbomachine made of composite material, in which a mold includes a cylindrical body of lengthways axis and side flanges, and in which a counter-mold includes a cylindrical body and side counter-flanges. The counter-flanges are configured to be attached securely to the flanges, the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold are concentric, the preform is configured to be positioned between the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold, and the material of the body of the mold has an appreciably higher expansion coefficient than that of the body of the counter-mold.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Louis Bettega, Jean-Louis Robert Marcel Castanie
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Publication number: 20160032834Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine, such as an aircraft turbofan or a turboprop engine, including a fan casing (10) having a substantially cylindrical wall (12) surrounding the blades of the fan, and at least two annular acoustic insulation panels (18, 20) mounted radially inside said wall (12), a first panel (18) being mounted upstream of the fan, a second panel (20) being located downstream of the first panel (18) and supporting an inner layer (42) of abradable material located opposite the radially outer ends of the blades of the fan, characterised in that the two annular panels (18, 20) form a single structural unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Romain Plante, Jérémy Galiano, Florent Roggin, Gérome Sonois
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Publication number: 20150267555Abstract: A turbomachine casing including a substantially cylindrical wall and an annular one-piece acoustic insulation panel mounted inside the wall, the panel including an annular surface that is radially external opposite a radially internal annular surface of the wall, wherein the wall includes on its internal angular surface first projecting members which bear axially against second projecting members belonging to the external annular surface of the panel and which are fixed to these second members in a dismountable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Romain Coulon, Geoffroy De La Chapelle, Paul Follin, Florent Rognin
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Publication number: 20140321999Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine engine casing comprising a substantially cylindrical wall (12) and a single-piece annular panel (18) for acoustic insulation mounted radially inside the wall (12), the panel (18) including a radially outer annular surface (36) fitted with upstream and downstream first projecting members (70) respectively arranged in the upstream and downstream portions of the radially outer annular surface (36) of the panel (18), the wall (12) including a radially inner annular surface fitted with upstream and downstream second projecting members (80) that are releasably fastened respectively to the upstream and downstream first projecting members (70).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Virginie Guilbert, Romain Plante, Florent Rognin
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Publication number: 20140239540Abstract: A device for fabricating a composite material part by injecting resin into a fiber structure. The device includes: a first die presenting two adjacent support surfaces defining a reentrant angle between them; at least one chock with a wedge-shaped portion configured to press the fiber structure into the angle; and a second die movable relative to the first die, the first and second dies being configured to clamp on the fiber structure and the chock. The chock is connected to the second die by at least one link, the link being hinged relative to the second die and relative to the chock to guide the wedge-shaped portion towards the angle to press the fiber structure into the angle when the second die approaches the first die.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Claude Canavese, Denis Pingon, Jean-Francois Durand
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Publication number: 20140197567Abstract: A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Lise Lacroix, Olivier Patrigeon, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Pascal Burex
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Publication number: 20140083548Abstract: A device for suctioning a liquid contained in a vessel, that includes a take-up tube that is received in the vessel such that a bottom end of the section is submerged in the liquid. The bottom end of the take-up tube is extended downward by a rotationally symmetrical tip which has a main substantially vertical axis open downward and which includes an outer radial collar.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Louis Bettega, Frank Louis
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Patent number: 8544598Abstract: A one-piece soundproofing panel which is attached within an circumferential air blower casing of a turbomachine, with an axis, in which circulates an airflow from upstream to downstream, is disclosed. The panel includes a circumferential rigid seat with a longitudinal cylindrical part, arranged to axially extend with respect to the axis A of the turbomachine, having an outside surface, intended to come to extend facing with an internal surface of the air blower casing, and an internal surface to which is applied a soundproofing coating; and an annular fastening flange, formed at the upstream end of the longitudinal cylindrical part, radially outwardly extending, the fastening flange being arranged to cooperate with a fastening flange of the air blower casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Florian Gaudry, Romain Plante, Noel Robin, Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Jacky Novi Mardjono, Francois Marie Paul Marlin
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Publication number: 20130087955Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fan casing of a turbomachine made of composite material, in which a mold includes a cylindrical body of lengthways axis and side flanges, and in which a counter-mold includes a cylindrical body and side counter-flanges. The counter-flanges are configured to be attached securely to the flanges, the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold are concentric, the preform is configured to be positioned between the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold, and the material of the body of the mold has an appreciably higher expansion coefficient than that of the body of the counter-mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Plante, Jean-Pierre Cauchois, Louis Bettega, Jean-Louis Robert, Marcel Castanie
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Publication number: 20130048414Abstract: One-piece soundproofing panel intended to be attached within an circumferential air blower casing of a turbomachine, comprising an axis, in which circulates an airflow from upstream to downstream, the panel including a circumferential rigid seat comprising a longitudinal cylindrical part, arranged to axially extend with respect to the axis A of the turbomachine, comprising an outside surface, intended to come to extend facing with an internal surface of the air blower casing, and an internal surface to which is applied a soundproofing coating and an annular fastening flange, formed at the upstream end of the longitudinal cylindrical part, radially outwardly extending, the fastening flange being arranged to cooperate with a fastening flange of the air blower casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Florian Gaudry, Romain Plante, Noël Robin, Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Jacky Novi Mardjono, François Marie Paul Marlin