Patents by Inventor Serge Rene Morreale

Serge Rene Morreale 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: 9631493
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a casing, a turbine engine shaft extending axially, a guide bearing for guiding the turbine engine shaft in the casing, the guide bearing including an inner circumferential ring rigidly connected to the turbine engine shaft, an outer circumferential ring fitted in a housing of the casing, and gripping rolling members, and a damping cavity configured to receive a damping fluid to form a damping fluid film for damping the guide bearing, the cavity being delimited radially between an outer surface of the outer ring and an inner surface of the housing. The outer surface of the outer ring and the inner surface of the housing are conical surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Albert Vial, Fabrice Chevillot
  • Patent number: 9551233
    Abstract: One of the components (15), opposite a labyrinth seal (12), is arranged sliding on a conical interface (18) of its support (7, 19) and constructed from a material with different thermal expansions, so as to reduce the clearance with the component face to face (13, 14), at steady state, at high temperature. The sealing surface (25) may be assured by a circulation of oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 9540951
    Abstract: A system for pressurizing at least one chamber for lubricating bearings of a turbine engine, including a circuit for supplying the chamber with pressurized air, and a circuit for recovering oil mist formed in the chamber and for returning the mist to an oil tank of the turbine engine. The supply circuit supplies the chamber with air taken upstream from the low-pressure compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nelson Dos Santos, Dominik Igel, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20160305283
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine engine bearing oil enclosure including a rotor shaft; an annular cover secured to an engine casing and arranged around the rotor shaft to co-operate therewith to define an oil enclosure that is to receive a bearing (8) rotatably supporting the rotor shaft relative to the engine casing; a labyrinth seal mounted on the rotor shaft facing one end of the cover; an annular rim mounted inside the cover; a dynamic annular gasket interposed radially between the rim and the rotor shaft; and a clip for axially blocking the rim inside the cover and including at least one latch passing radially through the rim and being received radially inside a groove formed in the cover, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene MORREALE, Dominik IGEL
  • Patent number: 9234462
    Abstract: A fluidic dampening film supply method for a guiding bearing of a turbine engine shaft, said turbine engine being known to vibrate according to at least one given vibratory mode, said turbine engine being adapted to enter in resonance at a given resonance speed (wr) for said given vibratory mode, a monitoring range (P) being defined around the resonance speed (wr), a method wherein the fluidic dampening film of the guiding bearing being only supplied with fluid when the rotation speed of the turbine engine belongs to the monitoring range (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Chevillot, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20150316398
    Abstract: A system for measuring an oil retention volume of a first member of an engine lubricating system, the injected oil flowing inside the first member mixed with a first air volume, the mixture forming a first fluid, the measuring system including an oil injector at the inlet of the lubricating system; a first flowmeter to measure a first oil flow rate at the inlet of the lubricating system; a second flowmeter at the outlet of the first member to measure a second flow rate of the first fluid at the outlet of the first member; a measuring device to calculate a first value representing a quantity of oil in a volume of the first fluid flowing inside the first member; a calculator to calculate a third oil flow rate at the outlet from the second flow rate of the first fluid measured and the first value calculated and the instantaneous oil retention volume in the first member from the comparison of the first oil flow rate with the third oil flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT, Serge René MORREALE
  • Publication number: 20150300191
    Abstract: An assembly forming a gasket for a turbomachine, includes a brush seal made of a plurality of sealing elastic bristles surrounding a core, a retaining ring including a recess to at least partly accommodate the brush seal, and a bearing cover, placed in contact with the brush seal to hold it in position against the retaining ring, the brush seal being located between the retaining ring and the bearing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene MORREALE, Francois Jean COMIN, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT
  • Patent number: 9115592
    Abstract: A sealing device for a chamber including at least one rotary member and at least one static member of a jet engine and can contain a lubricating oil droplet suspension. The sealing device includes at least one brush seal that includes juxtaposed strands and is set to ensure sealing between at least one rotary member and at least one stationary member, a mechanism to recover part of the oil suspended within the inner space of the chamber, and a mechanism to deliver the recovered oil. The delivery mechanism is set up to generate a flow of oil along the strands of the brush seal, the oil flow being oriented in the direction of the rotary member. The brush seal thus provides better resistance to coking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Philippe Gauthier, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20150097342
    Abstract: One of the components (15), opposite a labyrinth seal (12), is arranged sliding on a conical interface (18) of its support (7, 19) and constructed from a material with different thermal expansions, so as to reduce the clearance with the component face to face (13, 14), at steady state, at high temperature. The sealing surface (25) may be assured by a circulation of oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene MORREALE, Arnaud Jean-Marie PIERROT
  • Publication number: 20150063981
    Abstract: A device for sealing the coaxial shafts of a turbomachine includes an annular seal able to perform sealing by contact with the outer shaft, and a lubricating device to lubricate the region of contact between the annular seal and the outer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20150050130
    Abstract: A sealing device between two axisymmetric coaxial parts, includes an elastic segment, two holding elements located on each side of the annular segment, an annular spacer arranged between the two holding elements, wherein the annular spacer has a notch around its peripheral rim; the annular elastic segment has a hooking element at each of its free ends, adapted to cooperate with the notch of the annular spacer, and to hold the elastic segment in a pre-holding position by elastic return force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 8820478
    Abstract: A lubricating and cooling epicyclic stepdown gearing, for example in an aeroengine turbomachine, including a cylindrical casing mounted on a planet-carrier of the gearing and forming a centrifugal scoop surrounding stationary oil-delivery strips, the cylindrical casing including radial ducts feeding nozzles pointing towards zones where the planet gears mesh with outer ring(s) of the gearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Philippe Gauthier, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20140193245
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a casing, a turbine engine shaft extending axially, a guide bearing for guiding the turbine engine shaft in the casing, the guide bearing including an inner circumferential ring rigidly connected to the turbine engine shaft, an outer circumferential ring fitted in a housing of the casing, and gripping rolling members, and a damping cavity configured to receive a damping fluid to form a damping fluid film for damping the guide bearing, the cavity being delimited radially between an outer surface of the outer ring and an inner surface of the housing. The outer surface of the outer ring and the inner surface of the housing are conical surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Albert Vial, Fabrice Chevillot
  • Publication number: 20140126992
    Abstract: A turbine engine including at least one shaft and at least one bearing for rotatably guiding the shaft about an axis of the turbine engine, the bearing including a first radially inner ring and a second radially outer ring enclosing rolling members, wherein the first ring is floatingly mounted on the shaft via a fluid damping film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Laurent Gille
  • Patent number: 8672095
    Abstract: A method and a system for lubricating a turbine engine including at least three separate housings each including at least one roller bearing. The method pressurizes the housings through seals, of which two main housings are pressurized at a pressure higher than that of a remaining secondary housing, lubricates a secondary roller bearing only by injecting an oil mist from at least one of the main housings, the oil mist being supplied by a pressure difference between the main housings and the secondary housing, recovers a remainder of the lubrication oil injected into the main housings to supply the same to an oil tank, and supplies the air/oil mixture from the secondary housing to an oil separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Charier, Gerard Philippe Gauthier, Laurent Gille, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20130177398
    Abstract: A system for pressurizing at least one chamber for lubricating bearings of a turbine engine, including a circuit for supplying the chamber with pressurized air, and a circuit for recovering oil mist formed in the chamber and for returning the mist to an oil tank of the turbine engine. The supply circuit supplies the chamber with air taken upstream from the low-pressure compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Nelson Dos Santos, Dominik Igel, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Publication number: 20130022446
    Abstract: A fluidic dampening film supply method for a guiding bearing of a turbine engine shaft, said turbine engine being known to vibrate according to at least one given vibratory mode, said turbine engine being adapted to enter in resonance at a given resonance speed (wr) for said given vibratory mode, a monitoring range (P) being defined around the resonance speed (wr), a method wherein the fluidic dampening film of the guiding bearing being only supplied with fluid when the rotation speed of the turbine engine belongs to the monitoring range (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Fabrice Chevillot, Serge René Morreale
  • Publication number: 20130015018
    Abstract: A sealing device for a chamber including at least one rotary member and at least one static member of a jet engine and can contain a lubricating oil droplet suspension. The sealing device includes at least one brush seal that includes juxtaposed strands and is set to ensure sealing between at least one rotary member and at least one stationary member, a mechanism to recover part of the oil suspended within the inner space of the chamber, and a mechanism to deliver the recovered oil. The delivery mechanism is set up to generate a flow of oil along the strands of the brush seal, the oil flow being oriented in the direction of the rotary member. The brush seal thus provides better resistance to coking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Philippe Gauthier, Serge Rene Morreale
  • Patent number: 8312702
    Abstract: An oil recovery device is disclosed. The oil recovery device includes two bearing supports mounted on an inter-turbine casing, a first bearing and a second bearing mounted on the bearing supports, a low-pressure turbine journal mounted rotating with respect to the inter-turbine casing, a fixed ferrule, and an oil passage provided in the low-pressure turbine journal making it possible to discharge the oil inside the fixed ferrule. The ferrule is preferentially widened from the end at which the oil is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques René Bart, Serge René Morreale, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20110299974
    Abstract: A lubricating and cooling epicyclic stepdown gearing, for example in an aeroengine turbomachine, including a cylindrical casing mounted on a planet-carrier of the gearing and forming a centrifugal scoop surrounding stationary oil-delivery strips, the cylindrical casing including radial ducts feeding nozzles pointing towards zones where the planet gears mesh with outer ring(s) of the gearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Gerard Philippe Gauthier, Serge Rene Morreale