Patents by Inventor Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel
Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel 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: 20240263560Abstract: Blade of a turbomachine turbine including a airfoil extending along a first direction between an internal end and an external end, a base secured to said internal end, and a root secured to said external end and extending, along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, between an upstream edge, and a downstream edge and, along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, between first and second lateral edges, the first side edge having, in a plane including the second and third directions, a shape complementary to that of the second lateral edge. The first lateral edge includes a first portion extending from the upstream edge, and a second portion externally protruding along the third direction at an acute angle with the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Patrick Joseph Marie GIRARD, Didier René André ESCURE, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Arthur DE CASTRO
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Patent number: 12055060Abstract: A turbine ring assembly extending around a longitudinal axis and comprises: a plurality of ring angular sectors made of CMC material circumferentially arranged in such a way as to form a turbine ring, each sector comprising a base from which an upstream leg and a downstream leg extend radially, a ring support structure comprising: a spacer extending around the sectors and comprising a downstream flange in such a way that the downstream leg of each sector is held against the downstream flange, a upstream force-absorbing plate extending circumferentially around the longitudinal axis in such a way as to be in contact with the upstream leg of each sector and fixed to an upstream area of the spacer which extends in extension of the upstream leg.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clément Emile André Cazin, Pascal Cédric Tabarin, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Nicolas Paul Tableau
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Publication number: 20240229662Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle extending about an axis and including a vane assembly mounted between an outer shroud and an inner shroud; and a position retaining device configured to be placed in an elastically prestressed state between the inner shroud and an inner platform of the vane assembly to apply a stress on the vane assembly towards the outer shroud. The contact between the inner shroud and the inner platform is obtained by one same surface of the position retaining device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Aurélien GAILLARD, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Clément JARROSSAY, David René Pierre LE CAIR
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Publication number: 20240218801Abstract: A turbine comprising a casing and a nozzle including an outer metallic shroud (9) secured to the casing, an inner metallic shroud, and a plurality of nozzle segments (20) made of CMC forming a crown extending between the outer shroud (9) and the inner shroud, each segment including a strut (6), an inner platform, an outer platform and at least one airfoil having a hollow profile traversed by the strut (6). For each airfoil (20), the outer platform (26) comprises an axial stop (260) extending in outward radial protrusion from the outer platform (26), and the outer metallic shroud (9) comprises a complementary axial stop (96) extending in inward radial protrusion from the outer metallic shroud (9), the axial stop (260) being upstream and axially bearing against the complementary axial stop (96), and machined with an angle of machining chosen to adjust the orientation of said at least one blade of the segment with respect to the axial direction (DA).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Aurélien GAILLARD, Clément Emile André CAZIN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément JARROSSAY, Pascal Cédric TABARIN
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Patent number: 11988108Abstract: A turbine vane of a turbine engine such as a turboprop or a turbojet, the vane comprising a root supporting a blade, the vane including at least one air-circulation duct for cooling the air during operation, the duct including, at the vane root, an inlet portion for collecting the cooling air, the inlet portion extending away from a lower surface of the vane root opposite the blade. At least one inlet portion is provided with a helical element for rotating the cooling air in order to improve the cooling efficiency thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Erwan Daniel Botrel, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Simon Parinet
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Publication number: 20240133306Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle extending about an axis and including a vane assembly mounted between an outer shroud and an inner shroud; and a position retaining device configured to be placed in an elastically prestressed state between the inner shroud and an inner platform of the vane assembly to apply a stress on the vane assembly towards the outer shroud. The contact between the inner shroud and the inner platform is obtained by one same surface of the position retaining device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Aurélien GAILLARD, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Clément JARROSSAY, David René Pierre LE CAIR
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Patent number: 11867091Abstract: A nozzle for a turbomachine turbine. The nozzle includes blades made of ceramic matrix composite material, and at least one metal liner passing through a respective blade. The liner is connected in a sealed manner to a metal internal shroud so as to guide a ventilation fluid through the blade. The nozzle can be configured to maintain effective sealing in spite of the different thermal expansions of the blade and of the internal shroud.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Clément Jarrossay, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Aurélien Gaillard, David René Pierre Le Cair, Matthieu Arnaud Gimat
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Publication number: 20240003267Abstract: A turbine ring assembly extending around a longitudinal axis and comprises: a plurality of ring angular sectors made of CMC material circumferentially arranged in such a way as to form a turbine ring, each sector comprising a base from which an upstream leg and a downstream leg extend radially, a ring support structure comprising: a spacer extending around the sectors and comprising a downstream flange in such a way that the downstream leg of each sector is held against the downstream flange, a upstream force-absorbing plate extending circumferentially around the longitudinal axis in such a way as to be in contact with the upstream leg of each sector and fixed to an upstream area of the spacer which extends in extension of the upstream leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clément Emile André CAZIN, Pascal Cédric TABARIN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
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Patent number: 11814990Abstract: A turbine comprises a casing, an outer metal shroud, an inner metal shroud and an annular distributor having a plurality of CMC ring sectors, each sector comprising a mast, an inner platform, an outer platform and at least one blade having a hollow profile that defines an inner housing, the inner and outer platforms each having an opening communicating with said inner housing, and the mast passing through said openings and the inner housing and being secured to said casing and connected to said annular sector. Each blade comprises at least one first radial shoulder projecting axially towards the inside of the blade, and each mast comprises at least one second shoulder projecting axially towards the outside of the mast configured to radially cooperate with a first shoulder and radially press the blade against the mast.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Gilles Gérard Claude Lepretre
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Patent number: 11795838Abstract: A device for cooling a turbine shroud comprising at least one annular flange configured to be attached to an annular radial collar of a shroud support structure being arranged upstream, with respect to a circulation direction of an air flow, of the turbine shroud, and comprising at least one cooling air circulation channel, a diffuser configured to be attached to said annular radial collar downstream of the annular flange and comprising at least one intake channel in fluid communication with the circulation channel of the annular flange, and comprising an injection cavity comprising a plurality of injection holes and being configured to inject on a radially external face of the shroud, via the injection holes, the cooling air originating in the intake channel, and a particle filter arranged on an inlet section of the circulation channel of the annular flange, the particle filter comprising a plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clément Jarrossay, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel
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Publication number: 20230323776Abstract: A turbomachine part of an annular assembly includes a structural body and a connecting edge integral with the structural body. Each connecting edge includes at least one groove intended to receive a sealing tab. Each connecting edge is made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement consisting of randomly-oriented short fibres, the reinforcement being densified by a ceramic matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT
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Publication number: 20230313695Abstract: A nozzle for a turbomachine turbine. The nozzle includes blades made of ceramic matrix composite material, and at least one metal liner passing through a respective blade. The liner is connected in a sealed manner to a metal internal shroud so as to guide a ventilation fluid through the blade. The nozzle can be configured to maintain effective sealing in spite of the different thermal expansions of the blade and of the internal shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICSInventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Aurélien GAILLARD, David René Pierre LE CAIR, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT
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Patent number: 11753962Abstract: A distribution element intended to be fixed to a support structure for supplying cooling fluid to a wall to be cooled facing the distribution element, the distribution element including a body defining a cooling fluid distribution internal volume and a multi-perforated plate which delimits the internal volume and includes a plurality of outlet through-perforations which put the cooling fluid distribution internal volume into communication with the wall to be cooled, the distribution element including an inlet orifice opening into the cooling fluid distribution internal volume, wherein for directing the cooling fluid from the inlet orifice to the plurality of outlet through-perforations the cooling fluid distribution internal volume includes directional fins.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
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Patent number: 11746668Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine assembly comprising: a plurality of ring sectors forming a ring; a support structure comprising a shroud from which there project radial flanges which serve to hold latching tabs of each ring sector; a stator positioned downstream of said ring and comprising a blade provided with a radially outer platform and extending axially opposite said ring; an annular space being defined between the ring, the support structure and the platform, this annular space having passing through it a leakage air current, the assembly comprising a hollow ring which occupies said annular space and which is shaped so as to collect, channel and expel said leakage air current, more specifically to channel and expel it into the radially inner region of said annular space.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clément Jarrossay, Clément Emile André Cazin, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Aurélien Gaillard
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Publication number: 20230118738Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine assembly comprising: a plurality of ring sectors forming a ring; a support structure comprising a shroud from which there project radial flanges which serve to hold latching tabs of each ring sector; a stator positioned downstream of said ring and comprising a blade provided with a radially outer platform and extending axially opposite said ring; an annular space being defined between the ring, the support structure and the platform, this annular space having passing through it a leakage air current, the assembly comprising a hollow ring which occupies said annular space and which is shaped so as to collect, channel and expel said leakage air current, more specifically to channel and expel it into the radially inner region of said annular space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Clément Emile André CAZIN, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Aurélien GAILLARD
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Publication number: 20230116425Abstract: Turbine shroud assembly comprising sections (10) made from CMC and forming a shroud (1) and a support structure (3), each section having a base (12) with a radially internal face (12a) and a radially external face (12b), from which there extend in a projecting manner an upstream attachment lug (14) and a downstream attachment lug (16), the support structure comprising a collar (31), from which there radially extend in a projecting manner towards the shroud an upstream radial flange (32) and a downstream radial flange (36), by which the lugs of each section of the shroud are retained, the shroud (1) being retained by axial pins (119, 120) which cooperate, on the one hand, with the upstream radial flange, via first and second annular end plates (33, 34), and directly with the downstream radial flange and, on the other hand, with the upstream and downstream attachment lugs, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Safran Aircraft EnginesInventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Aurélien GAILLARD, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
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Publication number: 20230051167Abstract: A stator wheel for a turbomachine turbine. This wheel includes an inner shroud formed by an upstream portion and a downstream portion configured to be assembled with the blades by axial translation in a respective direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Aurelien GAILLARD, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clement JARROSSAY, Pascal Cedric TABARIN, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
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Publication number: 20220412226Abstract: A distribution element intended to be fixed to a support structure for supplying cooling fluid to a wall to be cooled facing the distribution element, the distribution element including a body defining a cooling fluid distribution internal volume and a multi-perforated plate which delimits the internal volume and includes a plurality of outlet through-perforations which put the cooling fluid distribution internal volume into communication with the wall to be cooled, the distribution element including an inlet orifice opening into the cooling fluid distribution internal volume, wherein for directing the cooling fluid from the inlet orifice to the plurality of outlet through-perforations the cooling fluid distribution internal volume includes directional fins.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
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Patent number: 11506085Abstract: A turbine shroud sector made of ceramic matrix composite, of longitudinal axis X and which includes a base with a radially internal face, a radially external face from which there extend upstream and downstream tabs for attachment to a shroud support structure. The base includes a first slot and a second slot, which is arranged radially on the outside of the first slot. The slots are formed in the lateral face. A first and a second sealing strip rest against a radially internal wall of the first and second slots. The first strip has the overall shape of an omega and the shroud sector exhibits a first clearance which is defined radially between a central part of the first strip and the radially internal wall of the first slot, and a second clearance which is defined radially between this central part and a radially external wall of the first slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clement Jarrossay, Sebastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clement Jean Pierre Duffau, Nicolas Paul Tableau, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
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Publication number: 20220364475Abstract: Turbine (1) comprising a casing, an outer metal shroud (9), an inner metal shroud (5) and an annular distributor (2) having a plurality of CMC ring sectors (20), each sector comprising a mast (6), an inner platform (24), an outer platform (26) and at least one blade (28) having a hollow profile that defines an inner housing (280), the inner and outer platforms each having an opening (245, 265) communicating with said inner housing, and the mast (6) passing through said openings and the inner housing and being secured to said casing and connected to said annular sector. Each blade comprises at least one first radial shoulder (72) projecting axially towards the inside of the blade, and each mast comprises at least one second shoulder (71) projecting axially towards the outside of the mast (6) configured to radially cooperate with a first shoulder (72) and radially press the blade (28) against the mast (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Gilles Gérard Claude LEPRETRE