Patents by Inventor Sylvain Pierre

Sylvain Pierre 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: 11879352
    Abstract: A tool for removing a fan disc from a module of a turbine engine including a rotor and a stator, the rotor including the fan disc, a drum and a sealing part secured to one another via bolts each including a screw and a nut, each screw passing through a retaining member having at least two lugs arranged around a head of the screw, the stator being delimited by a straightener having a flange, the tool including a frame; a plate including pins and two holes, each of the pins being configured to support the head of a screw, each hole being configured to receive an indexing finger; at least three supports including bearing surfaces configured to support the flange of the straightener; a visual marker configured to angularly orient the module with respect to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre Theodore Hellard, Titu Kumar Barua, Eric Serge Guerard, Yannick Jean Le Maner, Francois Pagliano
  • Patent number: 11828192
    Abstract: A lattice formed of entwined links in a cavity encased by the external skin of a blade and provided with parts of low mechanical strength referred to as breakable, which are capable of rupturing when sufficient loads are applied thereto during operation of the blade. This arrangement, which concentrates the ruptures at given locations, will leave the rest of the lattice intact and therefore will not hamper or will scarcely hamper its properties of heat evacuation by conduction or convection or pressure loss, if for example ventilation air passes through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurence Vial, Sylvain Pierre Votie, Denis Daniel Jean Boisseleau
  • Publication number: 20220220866
    Abstract: A tool for removing a fan disc from a module of a turbine engine including a rotor and a stator, the rotor including the fan disc, a drum and a sealing part secured to one another via bolts each including a screw and a nut, each screw passing through a retaining member having at least two lugs arranged around a head of the screw, the stator being delimited by a straightener having a flange, the tool including a frame; a plate including pins and two holes, each of the pins being configured to support the head of a screw, each hole being configured to receive an indexing finger; at least three supports including bearing surfaces configured to support the flange of the straightener; a visual marker configured to angularly orient the module with respect to the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre Theodore HELLARD, Titu Kumar BARUA, Eric Serge GUERARD, Yannick Jean LE MANER, Francois PAGLIANO
  • Patent number: 11384640
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade including an airfoil that extends from a platform. The platform may include a first portion of a nominal platform contour substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? as set forth in Table II. The Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? by a height of the airfoil defined along a Z? axis. The X? and Y? values of the first portion are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define contour lines of the first portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z? coordinate value. The contour lines may be joined smoothly with one another to form the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jalindar Appa Walunj, Sylvain Pierre, Prem Venugopal
  • Patent number: 11346225
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle has an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Jinmei Zhang, Dustin James Hall, Marvin Luther Neeley
  • Patent number: 11306735
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Brendon James Leary, Jason Adam Neville
  • Publication number: 20220112812
    Abstract: A lattice formed of entwined links in a cavity encased by the external skin of a blade and provided with parts of low mechanical strength referred to as breakable, which are capable of rupturing when sufficient loads are applied thereto during operation of the blade. This arrangement, which concentrates the ruptures at given locations, will leave the rest of the lattice intact and therefore will not hamper or will scarcely hamper its properties of heat evacuation by conduction or convection or pressure loss, if for example ventilation air passes through it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Laurence VIAL, Sylvain Pierre VOTIE, Denis Daniel Jean BOISSELEAU
  • Patent number: 11277878
    Abstract: Two devices can be connected for communication by a wireless connection, where those devices will function as master and slave devices with respect to that connection. A slave device to a connection can perform changes to the connection on behalf of an application, subsystem, or other such source on either the slave device or a master device. These changes can include changes to connection parameter values, or can include state changes such as to perform a disconnect action. Enabling the slave device to perform these actions can help to bypass any restrictions that would otherwise prevent these actions being performed from a master device to the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Gilles Luc Jean Francois Boccon-Gibod, Andrew Scott Branscomb, Irvin Owens, Hsiao-Kai Wang, Sylvain Pierre Christophe Rebaud, Samuel Cordes Vaughn, Zachary Travis Willms
  • Patent number: 11181009
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine including an annular channel designed to form a flow duct for a flow of gas between two turbine stages of the turbomachine. The channel is bounded by a radially inner annular wall and a radially outer annular wall. The walls are connected by hollow arms that extend radially, a support having a radially outer annular part that is located radially outside the outer annular wall of the annular channel, and a radially inner annular part that is located radially inside the inner annular wall of the annular channel. The outer and inner parts of the support are connected by connecting parts that extend radially and pass through one of the hollow arms of the annular channel. The connecting parts may be connected by a connecting partition having a frangible part that ruptures when the mechanical stresses in the connecting partition are above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Baptiste Hallouin, Alexandre Montpellaz, Sylvain Pierre Votie, Fabrice Iparaguirre, Yann Danis
  • Patent number: 11129226
    Abstract: Two devices can be connected for communication by a wireless connection, where those devices will function as master and slave devices with respect to that connection. A slave device to a connection can perform changes to the connection on behalf of an application, subsystem, or other such source on either the slave device or a master device. These changes can include changes to connection parameter values, or can include state changes such as to perform a disconnect action. Enabling the slave device to perform these actions can help to bypass any restrictions that would otherwise prevent these actions being performed from a master device to the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Luc Jean Francois Boccon-Gibod, Andrew Scott Branscomb, Irvin Owens, Hsiao-Kai Wang, Sylvain Pierre Christophe Rebaud, Samuel Cordes Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20210115944
    Abstract: The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Brendon James Leary, Jason Adam Neville
  • Publication number: 20210059013
    Abstract: Two devices can be connected for communication by a wireless connection, where those devices will function as master and slave devices with respect to that connection. A slave device to a connection can perform changes to the connection on behalf of an application, subsystem, or other such source on either the slave device or a master device. These changes can include changes to connection parameter values, or can include state changes such as to perform a disconnect action. Enabling the slave device to perform these actions can help to bypass any restrictions that would otherwise prevent these actions being performed from a master device to the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gilles Luc Jean Francois Boccon-Gibod, Andrew Scott Branscomb, Irvin Owens, Hsiao-Kai Wang, Sylvain Pierre Christophe Rebaud, Samuel Cordes Vaughn, Zachary Travis Willms
  • Publication number: 20210059001
    Abstract: Two devices can be connected for communication by a wireless connection, where those devices will function as master and slave devices with respect to that connection. A slave device to a connection can perform changes to the connection on behalf of an application, subsystem, or other such source on either the slave device or a master device. These changes can include changes to connection parameter values, or can include state changes such as to perform a disconnect action. Enabling the slave device to perform these actions can help to bypass any restrictions that would otherwise prevent these actions being performed from a master device to the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gilles Luc Jean Francois Boccon-Gibod, Andrew Scott Branscomb, Irvin Owens, Hsiao-Kai Wang, Sylvain Pierre Christophe Rebaud, Samuel Cordes Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20200408109
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine including an annular channel designed to form a flow duct for a flow of gas between two turbine stages of the turbomachine. The channel is bounded by a radially inner annular wall and a radially outer annular wall. The walls are connected by hollow arms that extend radially, a support having a radially outer annular part that is located radially outside the outer annular wall of the annular channel, and a radially inner annular part that is located radially inside the inner annular wall of the annular channel. The outer and inner parts of the support are connected by connecting parts that extend radially and pass through one of the hollow arms of the annular channel. The connecting parts may be connected by a connecting partition having a frangible part that ruptures when the mechanical stresses in the connecting partition are above a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Helicopter Engines
    Inventors: Baptiste Hallouin, Alexandre Montpellaz, Sylvain Pierre Votie, Fabrice Iparaguirre, Yann Danis
  • Patent number: 10808538
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade having an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melbourne James Myers, Sylvain Pierre, Michael Gordon Sherman, Luke C Sponseller, Zhirui Dong, Le Trong Tran
  • Publication number: 20200300100
    Abstract: A turbine component such as a turbine blade or a vane of a distributor, which includes a polycrystalline substrate containing grains, the substrate having at least one Ti3AlC2 phase and the mass fraction of the phase of the alloy is greater than 97%, with the average length of the grains is less than 50 ?m, the average width-to-length ratio is between 0.4 and 0.6, and the average mesh volume of the Ti3AlC2 phase is less than 152.4 ?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), SAFRAN
    Inventors: Pierre SALLOT, Veronique BRUNET, Jonathan CORMIER, Elodie Marthe Bernadette DROUELLE, Sylvain Pierre DUBOIS, Patrick VILLECHAIS
  • Patent number: 10782861
    Abstract: In embodiments of objects alignment and distribution layout, an object layout interface includes objects displayed for selection and manipulation. A layout algorithm receives a reposition input for a selected object in the object layout interface, and determines a distribution layout and/or an alignment layout of the objects. The layout algorithm positions the selected object equidistant between at least two of the objects or at a distance from a closest one of the objects, the distance being an equivalent distance of a space between the at least two objects. The space between the objects is displayed as positive space that visually indicates the equidistance between the objects. Alternatively or in addition, the layout algorithm positions the selected object in alignment with multiple objects, and an alignment indication, such as an edge line and/or a distance measurement, is displayed for each instance of the selected object being aligned with the multiple objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Christopher Travis, Tomas Krcha, Narciso Batacan Jaramillo, Talin Chris Wadsworth, Sylvain Pierre Galineau, Lawrence Hsu, Anirudh Sasikumar
  • Patent number: 10689993
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle having an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das, Stephen Walter Newman
  • Publication number: 20200165918
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade including an airfoil that extends from a platform. The platform may include a first portion of a nominal platform contour substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? as set forth in Table II. The Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X?, Y?, and Z? by a height of the airfoil defined along a Z? axis. The X? and Y? values of the first portion are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define contour lines of the first portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z? coordinate value. The contour lines may be joined smoothly with one another to form the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jalindar Appa Walunj, Sylvain Pierre, Prem Venugopal
  • Publication number: 20200157956
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle having an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das, Stephen Walter Newman