Patents by Inventor Stephane ORCEL

Stephane ORCEL 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: 11807376
    Abstract: The invention relates to the rating (S) of a propulsion unit (2) comprising a main engine (3) providing main thrust assisted by an auxiliary engine (4) providing auxiliary thrust, according to the following steps: (i) determining (S1) a distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so as to obtain the takeoff thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making a 5% to 65% contribution to the takeoff thrust, (ii) depending on the distribution determined for the takeoff condition, determining (S2) distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so its to obtain the top of climb thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making at most 70% contribution to the top of climb thrust, and (iii) rating (S3) the propulsion unit (2) in such a way that the main thrust of the main engine (3) determined fir the takeoff condition corresponds to the maximum thrust likely to be achieved by the main engine (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Charles Edouard Coat, Jean-François Endy Bersot, Stephane Orcel, Nicolas Jerome Jean Tantot
  • Patent number: 11572832
    Abstract: The invention relates to acoustic management, on an aircraft turbomachine (3,12) or on a nacelle (1,10), via a panel (30,32). On a support (38) is reserved a recess (34), recessed with respect to a surrounding general surface (36) for contact with moving air. The recess (34) is adapted to receive the panel, as another so-called surface for contact with moving air. The support (38) and/or the panel comprise removable connecting elements for, in the recess (34), mounting it removably with respect to the support, the panel being an acoustic panel or a non-acoustic panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Norman Bruno André Jodet, Jean-Michel Daniel Paul Boiteux, Francis Couillard, Jérémy Paul Francisco Gonzalez, Stéphane Orcel
  • Publication number: 20220018283
    Abstract: The invention relates to acoustic management, on an aircraft turbomachine or on a nacelle, via a panel (30,32). On a support (38) is reserved a recess (34), recessed with respect to a surrounding general surface (36) for contact with moving air. The recess (34) is adapted to receive the panel, as another so-called surface for contact with moving air. The support (38) and/or the panel comprise removable connecting elements for, in the recess, mounting the panel removably with respect to the support, the panel being an acoustic panel (30) or a non-acoustic panel (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Norman Bruno André JODET, Jean-Michel BOITEUX, Francis COUILLARD, Jérémy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Stéphane ORCEL
  • Publication number: 20210348559
    Abstract: The invention relates to acoustic management, on an aircraft turbomachine (3,12) or on a nacelle (1,10), via a panel (30,32). On a support (38) is reserved a recess (34), recessed with respect to a surrounding general surface (36) for contact with moving air. The recess (34) is adapted to receive the panel, as another so-called surface for contact with moving air. The support (38) and/or the panel comprise removable connecting elements for, in the recess (34), mounting it removably with respect to the support, the panel being an acoustic panel or a non-acoustic panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Norman Bruno André JODET, Jean-Michel BOITEUX, Francis COUILLARD, Jérémy Paul Francisco GONZALEZ, Stéphane ORCEL
  • Patent number: 10428733
    Abstract: A turboprop includes a rotary propeller upstream from an engine and an air intake that is not coaxial to the propeller, said air intake defining a conduit for supplying air to the engine and further defining a bypass to said conduit, the bypass having an outlet oriented substantially axially towards the downstream of the engine. The turboprop further includes a nacelle surrounding the engine and the air intake, wherein the air intake is secured to a housing of the engine and is not rigidly connected to the nacelle, so as to allow, during operation, relative movements between the air intake and the nacelle. The outlet is connected by a flexible link to an intake of an air circuit carried by the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: SNECMA, SOCIETE LORRAINE DE CONSTRUCTION AERONAUTIQUE
    Inventors: Mathieu Ange Poisson, Stéphane Orcel, Guillaume Glemarec, Jean-Luc Pacary
  • Publication number: 20180370644
    Abstract: The invention relates to the rating (S) of a propulsion unit (2) comprising a main engine (3) providing main thrust assisted by an auxiliary engine (4) providing auxiliary thrust, according to the following steps: (i) determining (S1) a distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so as to obtain the takeoff thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making a 5% to 65% contribution to the takeoff thrust, (ii) depending on the distribution determined for the takeoff condition, determining (S2) distribution between the main thrust and the auxiliary thrust so its to obtain the top of climb thrust of the propulsion unit, the auxiliary thrust making at most 70% contribution to the top of climb thrust, and (iii) rating (S3) the propulsion unit (2) in such a way that the main thrust of the main engine (3) determined fir the takeoff condition corresponds to the maximum thrust likely to be achieved by the main engine (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Charles Edouard COAT, Jean-François Endy BERSOT, Stephane ORCEL, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
  • Publication number: 20180327109
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft is provided. The propulsion unit includes a main engine that supplies main thrust during a takeoff operating condition and a top of climb operating condition, and an auxiliary engine, distinct from the main engine, that supplies auxiliary thrust to complete the main thrust of the main engine during the takeoff operating condition. The main engine includes a high-pressure compressor. The main engine is dimensioned taking into account the thrust of the auxiliary engine in the takeoff operating condition, in such a manner that a temperature ratio of the high-pressure compressor, corresponding to the ratio between an outlet temperature of the high-pressure compressor of the main engine in the top of climb operating condition and an outlet temperature of the high-pressure compressor of the main engine in the takeoff operating condition, is between 0.90 and 1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Charles Edouard COAT, Jean-François Endy BERSOT, Stephane ORCEL, Nicolas Jerome Jean TANTOT
  • Publication number: 20160237898
    Abstract: A turboprop includes a rotary propeller upstream from an engine and an air intake that is not coaxial to the propeller, said air intake defining a conduit for supplying air to the engine and further defining a bypass to said conduit, the bypass having an outlet oriented substantially axially towards the downstream of the engine. The turboprop further includes a nacelle surrounding the engine and the air intake, wherein the air intake is secured to a housing of the engine and is not rigidly connected to the nacelle, so as to allow, during operation, relative movements between the air intake and the nacelle. The outlet is connected by a flexible link to an intake of an air circuit carried by the nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: SNECMA, SOCIETE LORRAINE DE CONSTRUCTION AERONAUTIQUE
    Inventors: Mathieu Ange Poisson, Stéphane Orcel, Guillaume Glemarec, Jean-Luc Pacary