Patents by Inventor Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan

Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan 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: 11719107
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 11396821
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20220003123
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Publication number: 20210381388
    Abstract: A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris
  • Patent number: 10940938
    Abstract: A system for changing the pitch of blades of at least one turbomachine rotor is provided. The system generally includes a control means acting on a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the rotor and having a body mobile in translation along a longitudinal axis with respect to a fixed body, load-transfer bearing mounted on the mobile body cooperating with the connecting mechanism, and means for lubricating the bearing having a lubricant duct and extending radially above the fixed and mobile bodies. The duct generally includes first and second telescopic tubular parts that slide coaxially with respect to one another, the first part connected to the fixed body and the second part connected to the mobile body, and means for spraying lubricant into the bearing mounted on the mobile body and lubricant supply conduit mounted on the mobile body to connect the duct to the spraying means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Anthony Lafitte, Eddy Keomorakott Souryavongsa, Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Arnaud Martin
  • Patent number: 10830066
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault, Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Arnaud Nicolas Negri, Nathalie Nowakowski, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Patent number: 10766603
    Abstract: A system changes the pitch of blades of a turbine engine propeller having a plurality of blades. The system includes a plurality of links, each link being connected to one of the propeller blades at a first interface, and a control means acting on the link and having a body movable in translation along a longitudinal axis. A load transfer module is arranged between the links and the control means and is connected to the links at a plurality of second interfaces. A first adjustment element is configured to adjust an axial position of the second interfaces along the axis to provide adjustment of the pitch of all of the blades simultaneously. A plurality of second adjustment elements are configured to adjust an axial distance between each first interface and the corresponding second interface to allow the pitch of each blade to be adjusted individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Dominique Gerhardt Mayhew, Eddy Keomorakott Souryavongsa, Xavier Bertrand Miqueu
  • Patent number: 10689094
    Abstract: A device for locking the pitch and for feathering adjustable-pitch fan blades of a turbine engine propeller, the device including an actuator having at least one movable portion designed to be coupled to pivots of the fan blades of the propeller in order to modify their pitch angle when it slides, a movable part having first mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-unlocking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an extended actuator stroke; and second mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-locking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an actuator stroke that is shorter than the extended actuator stroke, and an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Publication number: 20200172228
    Abstract: A system for changing the pitch of blades of at least one turbomachine rotor is provided. The system generally includes a control means acting on a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the rotor and having a body mobile in translation along a longitudinal axis with respect to a fixed body, load-transfer bearing mounted on the mobile body cooperating with the connecting mechanism, and means for lubricating the bearing having a lubricant duct and extending radially above the fixed and mobile bodies. The duct generally includes first and second telescopic tubular parts that slide coaxially with respect to one another, the first part connected to the fixed body and the second part connected to the mobile body, and means for spraying lubricant into the bearing mounted on the mobile body and lubricant supply conduit mounted on the mobile body to connect the duct to the spraying means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Anthony Lafitte, Eddy Keomorakott Souryavongsa, Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Arnaud Martin
  • Patent number: 10669010
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unducted-fan aircraft engine comprising a generally cylindrical nacelle through which a primary jet flows, the nacelle bearing a fan rotor comprising variable-pitch vanes (33) located radially outside the nacelle in order to be traversed by a secondary jet (31) flowing longitudinally around the nacelle. The rotor comprises a hub bearing variable-pitch vane supports each carrying one vane (33), each vane (33) comprising a blade extending from a root that is used to removably attach same to a base of the associated support (34). Each base (36) is located radially outside the nacelle so that it is in the secondary jet, and each assembly formed by a base (36) and the vane root supported by the base (36) is surrounded and covered by a detachable aerodynamic cover (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Adrien Louis Nicolas Laurenceau, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin, Laurence Francine Vion
  • Patent number: 10648406
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a system for changing the pitch of blades of a turbine engine propeller, the controller includes a fixed member (28) and a member (29) which is movable in translation along a longitudinal axis (X) relative to the fixed member (28), and an anti-rotation device (33) configured so as to prevent the rotation of the movable member (29) relative to the fixed member (28) about the axis (X). The anti-rotation device includes a longitudinal structural crossmember (35) which is mounted by a first and a second end (36, 37) on the fixed member, and support and guide unit (57) integrally in translation the movable member along the axis (X), the crossmember extending radially outside the movable member and the fixed member relative to a radial axis (Y) which is perpendicular to the axis (X) and being guided through the support and guide unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Eddy Keomorakott Souryavongsa, Regis Eugéne Henri Servant, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Stephane Ibarzo
  • Patent number: 10604235
    Abstract: The invention relates to turbine engine module (1) including a case (9) rotating around a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying a propeller having a plurality of blades, a stationary case (15) comprising a cylindrical wall (16) extending between an inner wall (17) and an outer wall (18) of the rotating case (9), and a system (26) for changing the pitch of the blades (14) of the propeller. The wall (16) is connected downstream to a first frustoconical wall (42) and upstream to a second frustoconical wall (41), a first rolling bearing (19) being inserted respectively downstream directly between a radially outer face (21) of the inner wall (17) and a radially inner face (23) of the first frustoconical wall, and a second rolling bearing (19?) inserted downstream directly between the radially outer face (21) of the inner wall (17) and an inner face (43) of the second frustoconical wall (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Clément Cottet, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon
  • Publication number: 20200095876
    Abstract: A fan of a turbine engine includes a disc provided with blades at the periphery thereof, the blades being mounted so as to pivot on the disc about a pivot axis, and a mechanism for changing the pitch of the blades. The mechanism is configured to adjust an angular position of each blade around the pivot axis. The angular position is in an angular setting range no greater than 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER, Nils Edouard Romain BORDONI, Michel Gilbert Roland BRAULT, Guillaume Patrice KUBIAK, Arnaud Nicolas NEGRI, Nathalie NOWAKOWSKI, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS, Sebastien Emile Philippe TAJAN
  • Patent number: 10549843
    Abstract: A system is configured to change the pitch of blades of at least one turbine engine propeller provided with multiple blades. The system includes a control means acting on a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the propeller. The control means includes a stationary body and a movable body translatable along a longitudinal axis (X) relative to the stationary body and defining two chambers. A fluid supply means is configured to be connected to a fluid supply source and to supply the chambers. The fluid supply means includes at least one channel. The channel is arranged and extends along an axis (Q) parallel to the longitudinal axis in an overthickness of a wall of the stationary body, the overthickness extending radially inside relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Paul Antoine Foresto, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Stéphane Ibarzo
  • Patent number: 10526067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propeller ring (10) of a turbomachine (1), with variable-pitch blades (P), the propeller ring (10) comprising a substantially coaxial annular body (11) with a main axis (A) and a plurality of radial housings (12) uniformly distributed around the main axis (A), each radial housing (12) being designed to receive a bearing (13) for a root (14) of a blade (P) so as to allow the variable pitch of the blade (P), the radial housings (12) having a substantially ovoid cross-section in a plane (T) tangential to the annular body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Charles-Henri Michel Marie Derrez, Anthony Lafitte, Cyril Roger Yves Le Pecheur
  • Patent number: 10501168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hub for an unducted propeller (14) having variable-pitch blades (18) of a turbine engine, comprising two parallel annular side walls (34) between which are arranged rings (36) which are distributed angularly in a regular manner around a longitudinal axis (A) of the hub, which are connected to the annular side walls (34), and which comprise compartments (26) receiving bearings (32) having radial axes (R) for guiding in rotation roots (30) of blades of said propeller, said rings (36) being connected in pairs by connection means (40) which are arranged between the annular side walls (34) and which comprise substantially radial reinforcing partitions (42, 44, 46), characterised in that at least some of said reinforcing partitions (42, 44, 46) are connected to said annular side walls (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Charles-Henri Michel Marie Derrez, Caroline Adeline Herauville, Anthony Lafitte, Cyril Roger Yves Le Pecheur
  • Patent number: 10378368
    Abstract: A propeller ring of a turbomachine including an annular body substantially coaxial to a principal axis and a plurality of radial housings uniformly distributed about the principal axis, each radial housing being configured to receive a root of a blade, the annular body being made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement densified by a polymer matrix and further including a plurality of metallic inserts configured to each receive the root of a blade, said metallic inserts being anchored in the composite material of the annular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Charles-Henri Michel Marie Derrez, Anthony Lafitte, Cyril Roger Yves Le Pecheur
  • Patent number: 10293918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for a non-streamlined propeller (6, 7) with blades (10) having variable pitch of a turbomachine (1), the device comprising a support (15) intended to support a blade (10) and including a cylindrical foot (17), a bearing comprising a radially internal annular section (20) and a radially external annular section (21) capable of pivoting with respect to each other, the foot (17) being mounted in said internal section (20) of the bearing. The device comprises a hub (27) mounted in the foot (17), said hub (27) including a rim (29) comprising a face (30) coming to bear on the radially internal annular section (20) of the bearing, the hub (27) and the foot (17) of the support (15) comprising complementary engagement elements (18, 28) interacting with a locking component (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Charles-Henri Michel Marie Derrez, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Christophe Paul Jacquemard, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan
  • Publication number: 20190009886
    Abstract: A device for locking the pitch and for feathering adjustable-pitch fan blades of a turbine engine propeller, the device including an actuator having at least one movable portion designed to be coupled to pivots of the fan blades of the propeller in order to modify their pitch angle when it slides, a movable part having first mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-unlocking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an extended actuator stroke; and second mechanical device suitable for co-operating with the actuator when in a fan blade pitch-locking position in order to enable the actuator movable portion to slide over an actuator stroke that is shorter than the extended actuator stroke, and an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri PATSOURIS, Sebastien Emile Philippe TAJAN
  • Patent number: 10036262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor for a turbomotor impeller, with variable-pitch blades, comprising blade roots capable of rotating in a blade supporting structure and a device for feathering the blades. Said feathering device comprises at least one flyweight secured to a crank connected by a gear set to at least one of said blade roots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Christophe Jacquemard