Patents by Inventor Romaric Fritz

Romaric Fritz 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: 9638107
    Abstract: A gas turbine AGB has a front lateral face, a rear lateral face opposite from the front lateral face, and a peripheral rim closing the box. At least one gear train is mounted in the AGB and is made up of a plurality of gearwheels meshing together, and designed to be coupled to a drive shaft for driving an accessory. The AGB further comprises, mounted between a central shaft carrying each gearwheel and the drive shaft, a decoupling unit for decoupling the accessory and constituted by a dog clutch having axial teeth co-operating with complementary teeth of the central shaft. The dog clutch includes internal fluting engaged with the corresponding external fluting of the drive shaft. The decoupling unit is controlled by an electric actuator acting on the movement of a plunger pin having one end co-operating with an outer helical groove in the dog clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Vincent Abousleiman, Romaric Fritz
  • Patent number: 8887889
    Abstract: A device for uncoupling a drive shaft of a piece of equipment from an input shaft. The device includes a claw including first teeth and first splines to (i) move longitudinally along a first of the shafts by co-operating with second splines borne by the second of the shafts and (ii) engage or disengage the first teeth in relation to the second teeth positioned on the second shaft. The device also includes a longitudinal movement mechanism including a stationary part acting on a longitudinally mobile piece to move the claw between a coupling position and an uncoupling position. The longitudinal movement mechanism drives the claw by co-operation between a rotationally fixed piece and a piece that is linked to the claw and rotated therewith, a longitudinal clearance being maintained during operation between the piece that is rotationally fixed and the rotated piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hispano Suiza
    Inventors: Vincent Abousleiman, Sylvain Canard, Andre Raymond Christian Deperrois, Romaric Fritz
  • Publication number: 20140130628
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox for a gas turbine, the gearbox including a front lateral face and a rear lateral face opposite from the front face and a peripheral rim closing the box, and at least one mounted gear train including a plurality of gearwheels meshing together, each gearwheel being carried by a central shaft held at each of its two ends by a respective rolling bearing, the rolling bearings of at least one of the two ends being fastened together on at least one perforated plate attached to the peripheral rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: HISPANO-SUIZA
    Inventors: Vincent Abousleiman, Romaric Fritz
  • Publication number: 20140127000
    Abstract: A gas turbine AGB has a front lateral face, a rear lateral face opposite from the front lateral face, and a peripheral rim closing the box. At least one gear train is mounted in the AGB and is made up of a plurality of gearwheels meshing together, and designed to be coupled to a drive shaft for driving an accessory. The AGB further comprises, mounted between a central shaft carrying each gearwheel and the drive shaft, a decoupling unit for decoupling the accessory and constituted by a dog clutch having axial teeth co-operating with complementary teeth of the central shaft. The dog clutch includes internal fluting engaged with the corresponding external fluting of the drive shaft. The decoupling unit is controlled by an electric actuator acting on the movement of a plunger pin having one end co-operating with an outer helical groove in the dog clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Vincent Abousleiman, Romaric Fritz
  • Publication number: 20120222933
    Abstract: A device for uncoupling a drive shaft of a piece of equipment from an input shaft. The device includes a claw including first teeth and first splines to (i) move longitudinally along a first of the shafts by co-operating with second splines borne by the second of the shafts and (ii) engage or disengage the first teeth in relation to the second teeth positioned on the second shaft. The device also includes a longitudinal movement mechanism including a stationary part acting on a longitudinally mobile piece to move the claw between a coupling position and an uncoupling position. The longitudinal movement mechanism drives the claw by co-operation between a rotationally fixed piece and a piece that is linked to the claw and rotated therewith, a longitudinal clearance being maintained during operation between the piece that is rotationally fixed and the rotated piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Hispano Suiza
    Inventors: Vincent Abousleiman, Sylvain Canard, Andre Raymond, Christian Deperrois, Romaric Fritz