Patents by Inventor Stephane Combes
Stephane Combes 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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Patent number: 11542022Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, comprising a pylon to be secured below a wing of the aircraft and having a front face and a lower face, and a turbomachine comprising, from upstream to downstream in a direction of a flow of air passing through the turbomachine during operation, a fan and an engine driving the fan. The fan is faired by a fan casing and the engine is faired, from upstream to downstream, by an intermediate casing and an engine casing, the intermediate casing having a hub and an outer ring extending the fan casing, the ring being spaced apart radially from the hub and secured to the latter by arms extending in an air duct. The propulsion assembly comprises a front engine attachment secured between the pylon front face and the hub and a rear engine attachment secured between the pylon lower face and the engine casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Adeline Soulie, Olivier Pautis
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Patent number: 11247781Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine assembly including a nacelle structure with a strut attachment zone, a first cover forming an air intake lip, a hinged cover arranged on the nacelle upper portion, between the first cover and the attachment zone, a hinge system of the cover comprising, on either side of a mid-plane of the nacelle, a front rod and a rear rod that are one in front of the other. The two ends of each rod are co-planar, parallel to the mid-plane. A first end of each rod is hinged on the cover. A second end of each rod is hinged on the structure. A locking system is actuatable from the outside of the nacelle between a locked and an unlocked positon. The nacelle comprises at least one cylinder with a first end mounted hinged on the structure and the other end mounted hinged on the cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot
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Patent number: 10934009Abstract: An engine attachment system comprising an engine pylon with a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls, and a front engine attachment with a beam which bears two connecting rods for fixing the engine. The engine attachment system also comprises an intermediate piece with a bottom wall and four lateral walls, wherein the beam is fixed against an outer face of the bottom wall, wherein the intermediate piece is fitted at a front-end face of the engine pylon in such a way that an inner face of the bottom wall comes against the front-end face of the engine pylon, and in such a way that the lateral walls of the intermediate piece are superposed with the walls of the engine pylon. In such an engine attachment system, the front engine attachment is thus located on the front-end face of the engine pylon, allowing a space saving.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Patent number: 10882630Abstract: A dual-flow jet engine comprising a fixed structure, a central core, and a cowl comprising a fixed part and a mobile cowl mounted to be rotationally mobile on the fixed structure via hinges with swan neck fitting. The fixed part has a first edge and the mobile cowl has a second edge, in which, when the mobile cowl is in a closed position, the second edge extends against the first edge. For each hinge with swan neck fitting, the fixed part is hollowed at the first edge, so as to delimit a recess opposite the swan neck fitting and allow the passage of the swan neck fitting when the mobile cowl switches from the closed position to the open position. The recess for each hinge with swan neck fitting allows for a reduction of the dimensions of the swan neck during the movement of the mobile cowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Patent number: 10746100Abstract: A heat exchange device to be positioned in an aircraft pylon and including a heat exchanger and an obturator to adopt a closed state where it prevents flow of air from flowing through the heat exchanger, and more- or less-permissive states where it allows flow of air to flow with a higher or lower flow rate. The obturator includes slats each including a pivot axis, the pivot axes of the various slats being mutually parallel and intersecting the direction of the flow of air, the slats being simultaneously mobile in rotation about their pivot axis between a closed position in which the slats are contiguous, which corresponds to the closed state of the obturator, and an open position in which the slats are spread apart, which corresponds to the permissive state of the obturator.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Publication number: 20200207481Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, comprising a pylon to be secured below a wing of the aircraft and having a front face and a lower face, and a turbomachine comprising, from upstream to downstream in a direction of a flow of air passing through the turbomachine during operation, a fan and an engine driving the fan. The fan is faired by a fan casing and the engine is faired, from upstream to downstream, by an intermediate casing and an engine casing, the intermediate casing having a hub and an outer ring extending the fan casing, the ring being spaced apart radially from the hub and secured to the latter by arms extending in an air duct. The propulsion assembly comprises a front engine attachment secured between the pylon front face and the hub and a rear engine attachment secured between the pylon lower face and the engine casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Adeline SOULIE, Olivier PAUTIS
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Patent number: 10647441Abstract: A rear engine attachment for an engine of an aircraft which comprises a pylon having a bottom face, the rear engine attachment comprising a first fitting configured to be fixed against the bottom face and having a wall, a second fitting configured to be secured to a structural casing of the engine, two front links and two rear links, which are fixed by one and the same main link point to the wall and by two link points on either side of the second fitting. Such a motorization assembly allows for a reduction of the bulk, in particular at the rear engine attachment, which helps in improving the overall performance of the motorization assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Publication number: 20200072128Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine assembly including a nacelle structure with a strut attachment zone, a first cover forming an air intake lip, a hinged cover arranged on the nacelle upper portion, between the first cover and the attachment zone, a hinge system of the cover comprising, on either side of a mid-plane of the nacelle, a front rod and a rear rod that are one in front of the other. The two ends of each rod are co-planar, parallel to the mid-plane. A first end of each rod is hinged on the cover. A second end of each rod is hinged on the structure. A locking system is actuatable from the outside of the nacelle between a locked and an unlocked positon. The nacelle comprises at least one cylinder with a first end mounted hinged on the structure and the other end mounted hinged on the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT
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Publication number: 20190161198Abstract: A swivel axis for an aircraft engine attachment, comprising a tubular main axis which has, at a first end, a head and, at a second end, a threaded portion onto which is screwed a first nut. A fail-safe axis is configured to be mounted to swivel inside the main axis. The fail-safe axis has, at a first end, a head and, at a second end, a threaded portion onto which is screwed a second nut. The fail-safe axis is linked by an axial link to the first nut. Since the fail-safe axis is linked to the first nut, it is necessarily inserted into the main axis when the first nut is screwed onto the main axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT, Thomas DEFORET, Adeline SOULIE, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20190152615Abstract: A rear engine attachment for an engine of an aircraft which comprises a pylon having a bottom face, the rear engine attachment comprising a first fitting configured to be fixed against the bottom face and having a wall, a second fitting configured to be secured to a structural casing of the engine, two front links and two rear links, which are fixed by one and the same main link point to the wall and by two link points on either side of the second fitting. Such a motorization assembly allows for a reduction of the bulk, in particular at the rear engine attachment, which helps in improving the overall performance of the motorization assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT, Thomas DEFORET, Adeline SOULIE, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20190135445Abstract: An engine attachment system comprising an engine pylon with a top wall, a bottom wall and two lateral walls, and a front engine attachment with a beam which bears two connecting rods for fixing the engine. The engine attachment system also comprises an intermediate piece with a bottom wall and four lateral walls, wherein the beam is fixed against an outer face of the bottom wall, wherein the intermediate piece is fitted at a front-end face of the engine pylon in such a way that an inner face of the bottom wall comes against the front-end face of the engine pylon, and in such a way that the lateral walls of the intermediate piece are superposed with the walls of the engine pylon. In such an engine attachment system, the front engine attachment is thus located on the front-end face of the engine pylon, allowing a space saving.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT, Thomas DEFORET, Adeline SOULIE, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20190106221Abstract: A dual-flow jet engine comprising a fixed structure, a central core, and a cowl comprising a fixed part and a mobile cowl mounted to be rotationally mobile on the fixed structure via hinges with swan neck fitting. The fixed part has a first edge and the mobile cowl has a second edge, in which, when the mobile cowl is in a closed position, the second edge extends against the first edge. For each hinge with swan neck fitting, the fixed part is hollowed at the first edge, so as to delimit a recess opposite the swan neck fitting and allow the passage of the swan neck fitting when the mobile cowl switches from the closed position to the open position. The recess for each hinge with swan neck fitting allows for a reduction of the dimensions of the swan neck during the movement of the mobile cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Stéphane COMBES, Jean GELIOT, Thomas DEFORET, Adeline SOULIE, Benoit ORTEU
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Publication number: 20190085770Abstract: A heat exchange device to be positioned in an aircraft pylon and including a heat exchanger and an obturator to adopt a closed state where it prevents flow of air from flowing through the heat exchanger, and more- or less-permissive states where it allows flow of air to flow with a higher or lower flow rate. The obturator includes slats each including a pivot axis, the pivot axes of the various slats being mutually parallel and intersecting the direction of the flow of air, the slats being simultaneously mobile in rotation about their pivot axis between a closed position in which the slats are contiguous, which corresponds to the closed state of the obturator, and an open position in which the slats are spread apart, which corresponds to the permissive state of the obturator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Stéphane Combes, Jean Geliot, Thomas Deforet, Adeline Soulie, Benoit Orteu
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Patent number: 8727268Abstract: An attachment device for an aircraft engine including a rigid structure and an attachment mechanism of the engine onto the rigid structure. The attachment mechanism includes two thrust take-up connecting rods mechanically connected to a spreader, a connection fitting fixed to the rigid structure to which the spreader is mechanically connected by a junction fitting by a connection pin, and an additional fitting to which the connecting rods, the spreader, and the connection fitting are mechanically connected. A clearance is provided at the mechanical link between the connecting rods and the additional fitting, the link between the additional fitting and the connection fitting being made using the connection pin being inserted laterally, orthogonal to the median plane of the attachment device.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Stephane Combes, Didier Rovatti
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Patent number: 8613404Abstract: The present invention relates to a take-up device for thrust forces (14) for an aircraft engine attachment pylon (4), comprising a first fitting (194) attached to a rigid structure (108) of the attachment pylon, and two lateral connecting rods (14a) for take-up of thrust forces. It also comprises an axis system (190) bearing three first ball joint organs (192a, 196a) arranged along the latter and belonging respectively to a primary ball joint (192) and two secondary ball joints (196) arranged on either side of the primary ball joint, the first fitting (194) integrating a second ball joint organ (192b) cooperating with the first organ (192a) of the primary ball joint (192), and an end of each of the two connecting rods (14a) integrating a second ball joint organ (196b) cooperating respectively with the first organs (196a) of the two secondary ball joints (196).Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: AIRBUS Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Laurent Lafont, Stephane Combes, Stephane Levert
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Patent number: 8561941Abstract: A connection assembly of an engine pylon underneath an aircraft wing, the wing being provided with a fitting, the engine pylon being provided with a fork joint nested in the fitting and fixed to the said fitting by means of a traversing pin system, including: an external primary pin, a secondary pin mounted inside the primary pin, a primary shoulder mounted directly around the primary pin, at a blind end of the pin system, to block the said pin in translation, a secondary shoulder mounted around one end of the secondary pin, at a blind end of the pin system, to block the system in rotation, and an interlocking assembly mounted around the primary pin and the secondary pin, at a free end of the pin system, to block the pin system in translation.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Stephane Combes, Pascal Gardes
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Patent number: 8251311Abstract: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an intermediate piece interposed between a crossbar support and a rigid caisson, a first shear slug passing through a first interface fixing plane between the piece and the caisson, and a second shear slug passing through a second interface fixing plane between the piece and the support. Also, in side elevation, the intersection point between an axis of the pin and the plane, as well as the intersection point between an axis of the pin and the plane, are located on the common axis of two lateral thrust force collection connecting rods articulated on the crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operation SASInventors: Stephane Combes, Laurent Sammito, Michael Berjot
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Patent number: 8205826Abstract: A device for attaching an aircraft engine including a thrust force take-up device that includes a main fitting to be fixed to an engine mounting beam fixed to a box structure, an additional fitting fixed to the main fitting, and two load reacting link rods connected to the main fitting by a balance beam, each of the link rods being connected to the balance beam by a first longitudinal end by a first mechanical connection that has at least one axis of rotation, each of the link rods being connected to the additional fitting by a second longitudinal end by a second mechanical connection that has at least one axis of rotation, the second mechanical connection having play, the first and second mechanical connections having at least one axis of rotation in common.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Stephane Combes, Emmanuel Guillet
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Patent number: 8167238Abstract: An aircraft assembly including a wing element and an attachment pylon of a turboengine, including a rigid structure forming a caisson defined externally by a first longeron, a second longeron, and two lateral panels. The assembly also includes an attachment mechanism of the structure on the wing element, fitted with two front attachments, each including two first fittings solid with the associated lateral panel. For each front attachment, the two first fittings are arranged respectively on either side of their associated lateral panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Airbus OperationsInventors: Pascal Gardes, Stephane Combes
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Publication number: 20120080555Abstract: The present invention relates to a take-up device for thrust forces (14) for an aircraft engine attachment pylon (4), comprising a first fitting (194) attached to a rigid structure (108) of the attachment pylon, and two lateral connecting rods (14a) for take-up of thrust forces. It also comprises an axis system (190) bearing three first ball joint organs (192a, 196a) arranged along the latter and belonging respectively to a primary ball joint (192) and two secondary ball joints (196) arranged on either side of the primary ball joint, the first fitting (194) integrating a second ball joint organ (192b) cooperating with the first organ (192a) of the primary ball joint (192), and an end of each of the two connecting rods (14a) integrating a second ball joint organ (196b) cooperating respectively with the first organs (196a) of the two secondary ball joints (196).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Laurent LAFONT, Stéphane COMBES, Stéphane LEVERT