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).

  • Patent number: 11480064
    Abstract: A turbine of a turbo engine includes a casing and a nozzle stage including an outer metal shroud secured to the casing, an inner metal shroud, and a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic-matrix composite material each having an internal platform, an external platform and at least one blade extending between the external platform and the internal platform and secured thereto. The internal platform of each sector includes a first and a second tab protruding radially inwardly from respectively an upstream end and a downstream end of the internal platform, and the inner shroud includes a shoulder protruding radially outwardly and being in abutment upstream against the first tab, and a clamp downstream of the shoulder including two jaws extending radially outwardly and held under stress towards each other against the second tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Jarrossay, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clément Jean Pierre Duffau, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Publication number: 20220316357
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL
  • Patent number: 11441434
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly including ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each sector having, in a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a first and a second attachment tabs extending in the radial direction, and the structure including a central shell ring from which extend as projections a first and a second radial flanges between which are retained the first and second attachment tabs of each sector. Each sector includes rectilinear seatings mounted on the faces of the first and second attachment tabs in contact, respectively, with the second annular flange and the annular ring-flange and including, along a tangent to the circumferential direction, a variable thickness in the axial direction with a minimum thickness at the first and second ends of the sector and a maximum thickness in a median portion of the rectilinear seating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Clément Jean Pierre Duffau, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Nicolas Paul Tableau
  • Patent number: 11391178
    Abstract: A cooling fluid distribution element intended to be fixed to a support structure for supplying cooling fluid to a wall to be cooled, typically a turbine ring sector, facing it, the distribution element including a body defining a cooling fluid distribution internal volume and a multi-perforated plate which delimits this internal volume and includes a plurality of outlet through-perforations which put the internal volume into communication with the turbine ring sector, the distribution element further including an inlet orifice opening into the cooling fluid distribution internal volume, which internal volume includes directional fins for directing this cooling fluid from this inlet orifice to the outlet through-perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Metge, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Patent number: 11333028
    Abstract: A turbomachine vane includes a blading made of composite material with fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix and an integrated metal leading edge, the blading extending in a longitudinal direction, the leading edge being formed by a metal foil overmolded onto the blading, the foil having a lower wing and an upper wing which extend respectively on the lower and upper faces of the blading while matching an aerodynamic profile of the vane. One of the lower wing and the upper wing has a positioning portion extending in the longitudinal direction, the portion having a flat inner face and an increasing thickness away from the leading edge, and being housed in a correspondingly shaped groove in the blading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Célia Iglesias Cano, Antoine Hubert Marie Jean Masson
  • Publication number: 20220025775
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly including ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each sector having, in a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a first and a second attachment tabs extending in the radial direction, and the structure including a central shell ring from which extend as projections a first and a second radial flanges between which are retained the first and second attachment tabs of each sector. Each sector includes rectilinear seatings mounted on the faces of the first and second attachment tabs in contact, respectively, with the second annular flange and the annular ring-flange and including, along a tangent to the circumferential direction, a variable thickness in the axial direction with a minimum thickness at the first and second ends of the sector and a maximum thickness in a median portion of the rectilinear seating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU
  • Patent number: 11208906
    Abstract: A turbine of a turbomachine includes a ceramic matrix composite sector of a stator includes an outer platform and an inner platform connected via at least one vane. The outer platform has means for attaching to a sector of a metallic support, the attachment means having at least one central rim and two lateral rims. The central rim is radially offset with respect to said lateral rims along a directrix line such that the central rim is radially on one side of said directrix line and the lateral rims on the other. The central rim and said central hook bear radially against one another and are located radially on either side of said directrix line. The lateral rim and said corresponding lateral hook bear radially against one another and are located radially on either side of said directrix line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Gilles Gérard Claude Lepretre, Denis Daniel Jean Boisseleau
  • Publication number: 20210355844
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Clement JARROSSAY, Sebastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Clement Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
  • Patent number: 11149586
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly including a ring support structure and a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring, each sector presenting in a first section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring a portion forming an annular base having, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face from which there extend two attachment tabs defining between them a circumferentially-open annular cavity, the structure including two radial tabs between which the attachment tabs are held, and at least one injection orifice for injecting a stream of cooling air into the annular cavity. In a second section plane containing the axial direction and a direction orthogonal to the first section plane, the orifice forms a first feed angle relative to the direction orthogonal to the first section plane, the first feed angle lying in the range ?80° to +80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clement Jean Pierre Duffau, Sebastien Serge Francis Congratel, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Nicolas Paul Tableau
  • Patent number: 11111823
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes adjacent ring sectors forming a turbine ring, each ring sector having a platform with an inner face defining the inner face of the turbine ring and an outer face from which an upstream lug and a downstream lug extend along the radial direction. Each ring sector includes a first groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the inner face of the platform, a second groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the outer face of the platform, an upstream groove extending into the upstream lug and a downstream groove extending into the downstream lug. A first sealing tab extends into the first groove. A second sealing tab extends into the second groove. An upstream sealing tab extends into the upstream groove. A downstream sealing tab extends into the downstream groove. The second sealing tab includes at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Jarrossay, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clément Jean Pierre Duffau, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Patent number: 11111822
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly including ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having, along a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a portion forming an annular base with, in the radial direction an inner face defining the inner face of the ring and an outer face from which a first and a second attachment tabs protrude, the structure including a central shroud from which a first and a second radial clamps protrude between which the first and second attachment tabs of each ring sector are maintained. It includes a first and a second annular flanges removably fastened to the first radial clamp of the central shroud and separated from each other by a contact abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sebastien Serge Francis Congratel, Clement Jean Pierre Duffau, Hubert Jean-Yves Illand, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Patent number: 11078804
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each sector having, along a cutting plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a portion forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face from which a first and a second lug protrude, the structure including a shroud from which protrude a first and a second radial clamp from which the first and second lugs are held. The turbine ring includes an annular flange having a first portion bearing against the first lug, and a second portion removably fixed to the first radial clamp, the first portion including radial slits open on a free end of the annular flange and delimiting first-portion sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clément Jean Pierre Duffau, Clément Jarrossay
  • Publication number: 20210189895
    Abstract: A turbine of a turbomachine includes a ceramic matrix composite sector of a stator includes an outer platform and an inner platform connected via at least one vane, The outer platform has means for attaching to a sector of a metallic support, the attachment means having at least one central rim and two lateral rims. The central rim is radially offset with respect to said lateral rims along a directrix line such that the central rim is radially on one side of said directrix line and the lateral rims on the other. The central rim and said central hook bear radially against one another and are located radially on either side of said directrix line. The lateral rim and said corresponding lateral hook bear radially against one another and are located radially on either side of said directrix line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Gilles Gérard Claude Lepretre, Denis Daniel Jean Boisseleau
  • Publication number: 20210189905
    Abstract: A cooling fluid distribution element intended to be fixed to a support structure for supplying cooling fluid to a wall to be cooled, typically a turbine ring sector, facing it, the distribution element including a body defining a cooling fluid distribution internal volume and a multi-perforated plate which delimits this internal volume and includes a plurality of outlet through-perforations which put the internal volume into communication with the turbine ring sector, the distribution element further including an inlet orifice opening into the cooling fluid distribution internal volume, which internal volume includes directional fins for directing this cooling fluid from this inlet orifice to the outlet through-perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre Jean-Baptiste METGE, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
  • Patent number: 11035235
    Abstract: A turbine blade of a turbine engine such as a turbojet engine, comprising: a root supporting a blade and extending in a wingspan direction, ending in a vertex, the blade comprising a leading edge and a trailing edge, with a pressure side wall and a suction side wall separated from one another and connecting the leading edge (17) to the trailing edge, the blade also comprising: cooling ducts in which air collected at the blade root circulates; first and second inner side recesses running along the pressure side wall in order to form a heat shield spaced apart from one another along the pressure side wall; and at least one duct extending from the pressure side wall to the suction side wall between the first and second side recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Charlotte Marie Dujol, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Patrice Eneau, Léandre Ostino, Michel Slusarz
  • Patent number: 11028720
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having, along a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a portion forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face from which a first and a second attachment tabs protrude, the structure including a central shroud from which a first and a second radial clamps protrude between which the attachment tabs of each ring sector are maintained. The turbine ring assembly includes a first and a second annular flanges removably fastened to the first radial clamp, the second annular flange including a bearing shroud protruding upstream in the axial direction and having a radial bearing in contact with the central shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Clément Jean Pierre Duffau, Fabrice Marcel Noël Garin, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Publication number: 20210164366
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes adjacent ring sectors forming a turbine ring, each ring sector having a platform with an inner face defining the inner face of the turbine ring and an outer face from which an upstream lug and a downstream lug extend along the radial direction. Each ring sector includes a first groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the inner face of the platform, a second groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the outer face of the platform, an upstream groove extending into the upstream lug and a downstream groove extending into the downstream lug. A first sealing tab extends into the first groove. A second sealing tab extends into the second groove. An upstream sealing tab extends into the upstream groove. A downstream sealing tab extends into the downstream groove. The second sealing tab includes at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Clément JARROSSAY, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne DANIS, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN
  • Patent number: 11021988
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly including ring sections forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring section having, along a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a part forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face, from which a first and a second fastening lug project, the structure including a central shroud, from which a first and a second radial clamp project, between which the fastening lugs of each ring section are maintained. It includes a first and a second annular flange detachably fixed to the first radial clamp, the second annular flange including a support shroud projecting upstream in the axial direction and having a radial support in contact with the central shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Tableau, Sebastien Serge Francis Congratel, Clement Jean Pierre Duffau, Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin, Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen
  • Patent number: 11021979
    Abstract: A sector of a sectorized annular nozzle of a turbine of a turbomachine comprises an outer platform having an outer wall connected to a coaxial inner wall via at least one straightening fixed blade. The outer platform includes hooking means that hook the outer platform to a turbine fixed casing. The outer platform includes an outer circular shell, axially offset with respect to the outer wall and integrally formed with the outer wall, and the outer shell is intended to surround an angular portion of a rotor wheel. The hooking means includes an upstream circular edge and a downstream circular edge extending axially, said upstream and downstream edges being respectively configured to attach to an upstream hook and a downstream hook of said turbine casing, and said upstream and downstream edges being oriented in the downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen, Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel, Antoine Claude Michel Etienne Danis, Clément Jarrossay, Nicolas Paul Tableau
  • Publication number: 20210115806
    Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having, along a section plane defined by an axial direction and a radial direction of the ring, a portion forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face from which a first and a second attachment tabs protrude, the structure including a central shroud from which a first and a second radial clamps protrude between which the attachment tabs of each ring sector are maintained. The turbine ring assembly includes a first and a second annular flanges removably fastened to the first radial clamp, the second annular flange including a bearing shroud protruding upstream in the axial direction and having a radial bearing in contact with the central shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul TABLEAU, Sébastien Serge Francis CONGRATEL, Clément Jean Pierre DUFFAU, Fabrice Marcel Noël GARIN, Lucien Henri Jacques QUENNEHEN