Patents by Inventor Sebastien A. Jean

Sebastien A. Jean 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: 11136894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine assembly comprising: —a casing comprising: —an internal hub (10), —an external ferrule (20) extending around and at a distance from the internal hub (10), —a hollow arm (30), provided with a longitudinal cavity (40) and connecting the internal hub (10) and the external ferrule (20), —a tube (50) configured to extend in the interior of the longitudinal cavity (40) of the hollow arm (30) of the casing and comprising a central support (60) comprising two elastic blades (61) and configured to exert a pressure on the wall (42) of the longitudinal cavity (40) when the tube (50) is extended in the interior of the longitudinal cavity (40); characterized in that the material(s) of the elastic blades (61) is (are) such that said elastic blades (61) have a stress curve between the minimum and maximum stress curves of table A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrick Jean Laurent Sultana, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel, Olivier Renon
  • Publication number: 20210293179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling device (11) for a turbine of a turbomachine extending along an axis, comprising at least one radially inner metal sheet (14) and one radially outer metal sheet (15) that are joined to one another and delimit, between them, cooling air circulation channels (17) extending circumferentially from a connection region (16), each channel (17) comprising at least one air inlet and air ejection orifices (19), that are designed to be oriented toward a region that is to be cooled, characterized in that it comprises means for cooling said metal sheets comprising at least one cooling duct (21) intended for the circulation of cooling air, said duct (21) being located radially outside said metal sheets (14, 15) and close to or in contact with said metal sheets so as to cool said metal sheets using the cooling air circulating in the duct (21), the cooling duct (21) extending axially and being arranged toward the circumferential end regions of the channels (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre JOUY, Nicolas CONTINI, Arnaud DOUBLIER, Vincent DUBOIS DOROGI, Sébastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL
  • Publication number: 20210292873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nickel-based superalloy including, in mass percentages: 5 to 6.5% aluminum, 4.5 to 7% cobalt, 14.5 to 16.5% chromium, 0 to 0.2% hafnium, 0 to 1.5% molybdenum, 2 to 3.5% tantalum, 0 to 2% titanium, 1 to 2.5% tungsten, 0 to 0.08% zirconium, 0 to 0.03% boron, 0 to 0.07% carbon, the remainder formed of nickel and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien Jean RICHARD, Jérémy RAME, Edern MENOU
  • Publication number: 20210240693
    Abstract: A distributed system including multiple processing nodes. The distributed system can perform certain acts. The acts can include receiving a first conflation event identifying a first node and a second node. The first node can be part of a first set. The first set can include a sole parent node stored at a first processing node of the multiple processing nodes. The second node can be part of a second set. The second set can include a sole parent node stored at a second processing node of the multiple processing nodes. The first and second sets can be disjoint sets. The first conflation event can be received at an event-driven stream application at one of the multiple processing nodes. The acts also can include conflating the first set and the second set into a conflated set. The conflated set can include the first and second nodes. The conflated set can include a sole parent node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Goyal, Giridhar Addepalli, Sebastien Jean-Maurice Olivier Pehu, Saigopal Thota, Mridul Jain, Navinder Pal Singh Brar
  • Publication number: 20210180001
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for bioprocessing, such as for culturing cells. The apparatus includes a bioreactor with a chamber having cells and a chamber for) temperature regulation of the cells. In some embodiments, a freezer is connected to the bioreactor for freezing the cells in the chamber, and a heater may also be provided for actively thawing the cells. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: José Castillo, Bastien Mairesse, Sebastien Jean-Pierre Michel Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20210164361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling device (21) extending circumferentially around a turbine engine casing (1), such as, for example, a turbine casing (7), comprising a support (24) extending axially and intended to be attached to the casing (18), at least one cooling tube (23) extending circumferentially, at least one attachment member (25) comprising a radially inner portion (36) at least partially surrounding the tube (23), and a radially outer portion (37) attached to the support (24), the radially outer portion (37) of the attachment member (25) being attached to the support (24) through connecting means (30) formed by L-shaped sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Julian Nicolas GIRARDEAU, Sébastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL, Ghislain Hervé ABADIE, Benjamin Franklin François GILLOT
  • Publication number: 20210164362
    Abstract: Cooling device (21) extending circumferentially around a turbomachine casing, such as a turbine casing, comprising a support (24) extending axially and designed to be secured to the casing, at least one cooling tube extending circumferentially, at least one securing member (25), comprising a radially inner portion (36) at least partially surrounding the tube, and a radially outer portion (37) secured to the support (24), the radially outer portion (37) of the securing member (25) being secured to the support (24) via the intermediary of a connection member (30) comprising a central portion (31) having a circumferential end portion (32) and a second circumferential end portion (32) which are circumferentially opposite, the first end portion (32) and the second end portion (32) each extending in an opposite axial direction, the first and second end portions (32, 32) each being secured to the support (24), the radially outer portion (37) of the securing member (25) being secured to the central portion (31) of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Julian Nicolas GIRARDEAU, Sébastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL, Ghislain Hervé ABADIE, Benjamin Franklin François GILLOT
  • Publication number: 20210130760
    Abstract: An apparatus for culturing cells includes a bio reactor. The bioreactor may be modular and may include in a chamber a fixed bed, such as an unstructured or structured fixed bed (such as a spiral bed) for culturing cells, with a return column arranged centrally within the chamber. The modular bioreactor may include a plurality of structured fixed beds arranged in a stacked configuration. The modular bioreactor may include an outer casing forming a space for conditioning (e.g., insulating, heating, cooling) at least a chamber in which cells are cultured. The bioreactor may also include an impeller with radially curved blades, and may also suspend the impeller so that it may move from side-to-side and align with an external drive. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: José CASTILLO, Bastien Mairesse, Sebastien Jean-Pierre Michel Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20210116886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the closed-loop control of a proportional integral-type controller (2) in an instrumentation and control device (1) of a closed-loop control system (3), in particular a servovalve-actuator system, said controller (2) including a setpoint-weighting coefficient (?), said closed-loop control method comprising the consecutive steps of assigning (11) a unit value to the set-point weighting coefficient (?), optimizing (12) a closed-loop control of the controller (2) satisfying at least one predefined performance criterion, defining a characteristic tracking error (?TC) making it possible to respond to the performance constraints of the system to be closed-loop controlled, and assigning (132) a setpoint weighting coefficient (?) value, depending on the characteristic tracking error (?TC) and the closed-loop control of the controller (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Jean Fernand DENEUVE, Christophe Marc Alexandre LE BRUN
  • Publication number: 20210108526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine assembly comprising: —a casing comprising: —an internal hub (10), —an external ferrule (20) extending around and at a distance from the internal hub (10), —a hollow arm (30), provided with a longitudinal cavity (40) and connecting the internal hub (10) and the external ferrule (20), —a tube (50) configured to extend in the interior of the longitudinal cavity (40) of the hollow arm (30) of the casing and comprising a central support (60) comprising two elastic blades (61) and configured to exert a pressure on the wall (42) of the longitudinal cavity (40) when the tube (50) is extended in the interior of the longitudinal cavity (40); characterized in that the material(s) of the elastic blades (61) is (are) such that said elastic blades (61) have a stress curve between the minimum and maximum stress curves of table A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Jean Laurent SULTANA, Sebastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL, Olivier RENON
  • Publication number: 20210054752
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inter-turbine casing (1) comprising: an inner shell (10), an outer shell (20), and an assembly of arms (2) extending radially between the timer (10) and outer (20) shells; and an assembly of splitter blades (30) positioned between the arms (2), each splitter blade (30) comprising an inner platform (33) and an outer platform (36). The inner shell (10) comprises at least one inner groove (11) for slidably receiving one or more inter platforms (33). The outer shell (20) comprises at least one outer groove (21) for slidably receiving one or more outer platforms (36). The inter-turbine casing further comprises locking means (4, 5) for locking the splitter blades (30) in the inner (11) and outer (21) grooves. The splitter blades are arranged using multiple tenons (39) that extend in corresponding ribs (12, 22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sébastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL, Simon Jean-Marie Bernard COUSSEAU, Alice PAGES, Cyril VERBRUGGE
  • Publication number: 20210009933
    Abstract: A sampler for use with a bioreactor for growing a cell culture is disclosed. In one embodiment, the bioreactor includes a structured fixed bed including a removable sample portion for recovering a sample of cells from the cell culture. Related apparatuses and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: José Castillo, Bastien Mairesse, Alex Chatel, Sebastien Jean-Pierre Michel Rodriguez, Alexandre Vanhaver
  • Publication number: 20200180083
    Abstract: A method for welding together at least two parts of green material, referred to as green parts, by means of co-sintering, comprising the following steps:—assembling the at least two green parts at a junction zone of said parts so as to form a green one-piece assembly,—de-binding the green one-piece assembly, and—sintering the one-piece assembly so as to obtain a dense one-piece assembly forming a final part, characterised in that the two green parts (10, 12) each have a composition of different powder, so as to produce a final part (1) having at least two parts with different grain sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Sebastien Jean RICHARD
  • Patent number: 10677100
    Abstract: A support system (16) for a structural casing of a turbomachine (10), which comprises: a handling fitting (17) comprising a front edge (19) provided with one or more hole(s) (26) for receiving one or more screw(s) (24) for attachment to a flange (23) formed on the casing (10), a rear edge (20) provided with a cavity (32) for receiving a projecting boss (29) formed on the casing (10); a pair of jaws (31) for gripping the boss (29), that are mounted in the cavity (32); at least one screw (33) for adjusting the position of the jaws (31), mounted on the fitting (17) and engaging with at least one jaw (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrick Sultana, Sébastien Jean Laurent Prestel, Olivier Renon, Benoit Argémiro Matthieu Debray, Guillaume Sevi
  • Patent number: 10648366
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust casing for a turbine engine of an aircraft, including: a collar (4), a hub (5), hollow arms (63) connecting said collar (4) to said hub (5), and an opening piece (3) which is located on the collar (4) and is suitable for being connected to an outlet tube (30) of a transient-operation valve of the turbine engine. In said exhaust casing, said opening piece (3) is attached onto the collar (4) and forms an extension of a hollow arm (63) such that an air flow (7) leaving the outlet tube (30) of the transient-operation valve penetrates the hollow arm (63) and flows into the hub (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Baptiste Marie Aubin Pierre Jouy, Bertrand Guillaume Robin Pellaton, Sebastien Jean Laurent Prestel
  • Patent number: 10640953
    Abstract: A machine is provided. The machine includes an engine, a work tool attached to the machine, and a work tool recognition system for the machine. The work tool recognition system includes a sensor associated with the work tool. The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a weight of the work tool. The work tool recognition system includes a controller coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal indicative of the weight of the work tool. The controller is configured to monitor the weight of the work tool along a predefined path. The controller is configured to compare the monitored and the received weights associated with the work tool with a predefined dataset. The controller is configured to identify a type of the work tool based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anders Christian Thomsen, Sébastien Jean-Paul Thiery
  • Publication number: 20200116049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating oil circuit (CL) of a turbomachine, comprising a distribution valve (V) configured to distribute, as a function of an oil flow rate distribution control signal (COM), an oil flow rate among a first heat exchanger (ECH1) positioned in contact with a secondary gas flow (14) of the turbomachine (10) to cool the oil therein and a bypass duct (DER), connected to an oil duct (CEq), which is connected to an heat exchanger (ECH2) positioned against a turbomachine fuel passage duct to cool the oil therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Christophe Marc Alexandre LE BRUN, Sébastien Jean Fernand DENEUVE
  • Patent number: 10568867
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1 is as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Steven Emiel Van der Plas, Hans Kelgtermans, Sébastien Jean Jacques Cédric Dropsit Montovert, Sébastien Laurent Xavier Martina, Martin James Inglis Andrews
  • Patent number: 10526396
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a thioether alkylation process for modulating the lower critical solution temperature of an elastin-like polypeptide comprising at least one methionine residue. It also concerns derivatives of elastin-like polypeptides and their preparation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Sébastien Jean Marie Lecommandoux, Elisabeth Béatrice Michèle Garanger, Timothy Deming
  • Publication number: 20190338678
    Abstract: A support system (16) for a structural casing of a turbomachine (10), which comprises: a handling fitting (17) comprising a front edge (19) provided with one or more hole(s) (26) for receiving one or more screw(s) (24) for attachment to a flange (23) formed on the casing (10), a rear edge (20) provided with a cavity (32) for receiving a projecting boss (29) formed on the casing (10); a pair of jaws (31) for gripping the boss (29), that are mounted in the cavity (32); at least one screw (33) for adjusting the position of the jaws (31), mounted on the fitting (17) and engaging with at least one jaw (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick SULTANA, Sébastien Jean Laurent PRESTEL, Olivier RENON, Benoit Argémiro Matthieu DEBRAY, Guillaume SEVI