Patents by Inventor Stephane PETIBON

Stephane PETIBON 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: 11945592
    Abstract: An aircraft propelled by at least one turbojet engine on which power can be bled or injected via a high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shaft and including at least one gas turbine to provide power transients, having a system for converting and transporting electrical energy wherein each of the high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shafts is connected to a first doubly-fed asynchronous machine delivering, a first three-phase AC voltage over an AC distribution grid and a second polyphase AC voltage for a first AC/DC bidirectional converter supplying a DC voltage over a DC distribution grid, at least one second DC/AC bidirectional converter connected to the DC distribution grid converting this DC voltage into a third polyphase AC voltage supplying at least one second doubly-fed asynchronous machine engaged with a rotation shaft of the gas turbine, the second doubly-fed asynchronous machine further delivering a fourth polyphase AC voltage over the AC distribution grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé Salanne, Stéphane Petibon, Florent Rougier, René Meunier, Meriem Abdellatif
  • Patent number: 11932408
    Abstract: Series hybrid propulsion unit including a gas turbine driving a mechanical shaft of an electric generator having n output phases and supplying an AC busbar, and a system for monitoring the speed of the gas turbine, the AC busbar supplying a plurality of AC distribution channels each composed of an electric rectifier and a battery sharing the power required to supply a DC bus, the DC bus in turn supplying a plurality of propulsion sub-channels composed of electric inverters supplying, under the monitoring of a control module, motors driving thrusters, further including a battery charger for charging the battery from the DC bus, a power management module delivering a power reference for the electric generator, and a hybridization rate management module monitoring the voltage of the DC bus, the battery being directly connected on the DC bus via a passive component and the electric rectifier being a passive converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé Salanne, Stéphane Petibon, Florent Rougier
  • Patent number: 11873112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for sychronising energy sources coupled to an electrical grid supplying at least one electrical load of an aircraft, said system comprising: a main source of electrical energy supplying said electrical load comprising a multi-stage generator, said multi-stage generator comprising: a primary stage comprising a generator with permanent magnets, a secondary stage comprising an excitation, and a tertiary stage comprising a main generator; an auxiliary source of electrical energy supplying said electrical load; and a device for synchronising the main source and the auxiliary source, designed to measure an electrical voltage at the outlet of the primary stage of the main source, and to control the supply of said electrical load by means of the auxiliary source of electrical energy at an electrical voltage slaved to the characteristics of frequency and phase of the electrical voltage of the primary stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Salanne, Stéphane Petibon, Florent Rougier, José Del Castillo, Alexander Salimian
  • Publication number: 20230246573
    Abstract: A propulsion channel for aircraft at least one first dual-fed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine configured to be mechanically coupled to a turbine engine. The propulsion channel further includes at least one second polyphase rotating electric machine electrically coupled to the first asynchronous rotating electric machine, and a control and storage module configured to control the first polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine. The module is connected to the first dual-feed polyphase asynchronous rotating electric machine as well as to the at least second polyphase rotating electric machine. The at least second polyphase rotating electric machine includes a polyphase synchronous rotating electric machine with permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Christophe Ludovic Jean-Claude VIGUIER, Stéphane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER
  • Patent number: 11365686
    Abstract: Electrical power generation system for an aircraft, including: a gas turbine having a high-pressure shaft and outputting a gas flow to actuate a free turbine, a polyphase permanent magnet generator coupled to the gas turbine and able to output a first alternating voltage for supplying through first conversion means a primary power supply network of the aircraft, the free turbine and the permanent magnet generator being mounted on the same drive shaft concentric with the high-pressure shaft of the gas turbine, a starter mounted on the high-pressure shaft able to ensure the starting of the gas turbine, the starter being a permanent magnet starter/generator able to output a second alternating voltage for supplying a secondary power supply network of the aircraft and auxiliary equipment of the gas turbine and the first conversion means include two first AC/DC converters controlled from a management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Florent Rougier, Stéphane Petibon, Jean-Philippe Hervé Salanne
  • Publication number: 20220181957
    Abstract: A system configured to deliver as output a polyphase current of constant frequency from a synchronous generator driven at variable speed. The system includes, at the output of the generator, an AC-to-DC active rectifier including one arm per phase of the current, a DC bus and a DC-to-AC inverter for the output including one arm per phase of the current, the inverter or the DC bus including an arm connected to the neutral, each arm including a controllable switch, the system including an electronic control unit driving the rectifier and including means for tracking a voltage for the rectifier and/or the inverter and means for controlling the inverter, the system including an EMC filter including one arm for each phase of the current, each arm including an inductor, a capacitor connected in a bypass downstream of the inductor, the arm connected to the neutral being connected to each bypass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Christelle SABER, Anthony GIMENO, Cyrille GAUTIER, Stephane PETIBON, Toni YOUSSEF
  • Patent number: 11338928
    Abstract: A system for supplying electrical energy to at least one electrical load of an aircraft, this system including a main source of electrical energy connected to at least one electrical load through an electrical network, the system including a control device connected to the main source of electrical energy and configured to deliver a variable voltage level on the electrical network based on a predetermined voltage variation law depending on at least one parameter characterizing the altitude of the aircraft and according to the Paschen law with a predefined margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé Salanne, Stephane Petibon, Florent Rougier, René Meunier, Meriem Abdellatif
  • Publication number: 20210380264
    Abstract: An aircraft propelled by at least one turbojet engine on which power can be bled or injected via a high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shaft and including at least one gas turbine to provide power transients, having a system for converting and transporting electrical energy wherein each of the high-pressure and/or low-pressure turbine shafts is connected to a first doubly-fed asynchronous machine delivering, a first three-phase AC voltage over an AC distribution grid and a second polyphase AC voltage for a first AC/DC bidirectional converter supplying a DC voltage over a DC distribution grid, at least one second DC/AC bidirectional converter connected to the DC distribution grid converting this DC voltage into a third polyphase AC voltage supplying at least one second doubly-fed asynchronous machine engaged with a rotation shaft of the gas turbine, the second doubly-fed asynchronous machine further delivering a fourth polyphase AC voltage over the AC distribution grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé SALANNE, Stéphane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER, René MEUNIER, Meriem ABDELLATIF
  • Publication number: 20210347492
    Abstract: A system for supplying electrical energy to at least one electrical load of an aircraft, this system including a main source of electrical energy connected to at least one electrical load through an electrical network, the system including a control device connected to the main source of electrical energy and configured to deliver a variable voltage level on the electrical network based on a predetermined voltage variation law depending on at least one parameter characterizing the altitude of the aircraft and according to the Paschen law with a predefined margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé SALANNE (Deceased), Stephane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER, René MEUNIER, Meriem ABDELLATIF
  • Publication number: 20210339877
    Abstract: Series hybrid propulsion unit including a gas turbine driving a mechanical shaft of an electric generator having n output phases and supplying an AC busbar, and a system for monitoring the speed of the gas turbine, the AC busbar supplying a plurality of AC distribution channels each composed of an electric rectifier and a battery sharing the power required to supply a DC bus, the DC bus in turn supplying a plurality of propulsion sub-channels composed of electric inverters supplying, under the monitoring of a control module, motors driving thrusters, further including a battery charger for charging the battery from the DC bus, a power management module delivering a power reference for the electric generator, and a hybridization rate management module monitoring the voltage of the DC bus, the battery being directly connected on the DC bus via a passive component and the electric rectifier being a passive converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé SALANNE, Stéphane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER
  • Publication number: 20210237894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for synchronising energy sources coupled to an electrical grid supplying at least one electrical load of an aircraft, said system comprising; a main source of electrical energy supplying said electrical load comprising a multi-stage generator, said multi-stage generator comprising; a primary stage comprising a generator with permanent magnets, a secondary stage comprising an excitation, and a tertiary stage comprising a main generator; an auxiliary source of electrical energy supplying said electrical load; and a device for synchronising the main source and the auxiliary source, designed to measure an electrical voltage at the outlet of the primary stage of the main source, and to control the supply of said electrical load by means of the auxiliary source of electrical energy at an electrical voltage slaved to the characteristics of frequency and phase of the electrical voltage of the primary stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe SALANNE, Stéphane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER, José DEL CASTILLO, Alexander SALIMIAN
  • Publication number: 20210207543
    Abstract: Electrical power generation system for an aircraft, including: a gas turbine having a high-pressure shaft and outputting a gas flow to actuate a free turbine, a polyphase permanent magnet generator coupled to the gas turbine and able to output a first alternating voltage for supplying through first conversion means a primary power supply network of the aircraft, the free turbine and the permanent magnet generator being mounted on the same drive shaft concentric with the high-pressure shaft of the gas turbine, a starter mounted on the high-pressure shaft able to ensure the starting of the gas turbine, the starter being a permanent magnet starter/generator able to output a second alternating voltage for supplying a secondary power supply network of the aircraft and auxiliary equipment of the gas turbine and the first conversion means include two first AC/DC converters controlled from a management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Florent ROUGIER, Stéphane PETIBON, Jean-Philippe Hervé SALANNE
  • Patent number: 10913544
    Abstract: A method of electrically powering an electrical load in an aircraft, the method including electrically powering the electrical load with a main source that generates electricity; measuring an instantaneous parameter characterizing the main source; determining a level of use of the main source from the measured instantaneous parameter; adjusting the voltage of the main source as a function of the level of use; measuring an output voltage from the main source; comparing the measured voltage or the level of use with a predetermined threshold value; and whenever the measured voltage is less than the predetermined threshold value, electrically powering the electrical load from an auxiliary source that stores electricity so as to supply additional electric power to the electrical load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Salanne, Stephane Petibon, Florent Rougier, Antoine Duquerrois
  • Publication number: 20190225348
    Abstract: A method of electrically powering an electrical load in an aircraft, the method including electrically powering the electrical load with a main source that generates electricity; measuring an instantaneous parameter characterizing the main source; determining a level of use of the main source from the measured instantaneous parameter; adjusting the voltage of the main source as a function of the level of use; measuring an output voltage from the main source; comparing the measured voltage or the level of use with a predetermined threshold value; and whenever the measured voltage is less than the predetermined threshold value, electrically powering the electrical load from an auxiliary source that stores electricity so as to supply additional electric power to the electrical load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: SAFRAN, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe SALANNE, Stephane PETIBON, Florent ROUGIER, Antoine DUQUERROIS
  • Patent number: 9515517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is determined by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn-1 which are defined as the power values substantially at the point of intersection of the performance curves for an increasing number of converters. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Patent number: 9310820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is varied by varying the photovoltaic power, by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn?1 after a time delay t. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Total Marketing Services, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Publication number: 20120256612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is determined by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn-1 which are defined as the power values substantially at the point of intersection of the performance curves for an increasing number of converters. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch
  • Publication number: 20120248880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the electronic management of a photovoltaic generator, said system comprising a plurality of n static converters (11, 12, 13) connected in parallel, each converter (11, 12, 13) being electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic cell (10) of the generator. The number of converters connected is varied by varying the photovoltaic power, by comparing the generated power to thresholds P1, P2, . . . , Pn?1 after a time delay t. The invention also relates to a generator comprising said system and to the associated control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: TOTAL SA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Corinne Alonso, Alona Berasategi, Cédric Cabal, Bruno Estibals, Stéphane Petibon, Marc Vermeersch