Patents by Inventor Sylvain SENTIS

Sylvain SENTIS 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: 11655044
    Abstract: An rear fairing for a pylon supporting an aircraft turbojet engine forms an aerodynamic surface covering the base of the pylon. The rear fairing is elongated in a longitudinal direction and includes a floor arranged opposite the hot gases exiting the turbojet engine and side walls constituting aerodynamic surfaces. The floor and the side walls include ceramic matrix composite materials made from preforms formed by layers of superimposed warp and weft yarns, the preforms have interlayer weaving yarns connecting the layers to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Bertrand Desjoyeaux, Sylvain Sentis, Arnaud Delehouze, François Taillard
  • Patent number: 10995038
    Abstract: A method for producing an acoustic attenuation panel from a composite material with a ceramic oxide matrix is provided that includes draping a plurality of plies having fibrous reinforcements including fibers of ceramic material in a mold to define a first skin, depositing blocks made of fugitive material on the first skin such that a space between two blocks is defined, and draping a second plurality of plies on a surface formed by the blocks such that a second skin is defined. Rounded corners of the blocks define radii for connecting the first and second skins with walls of a honeycomb core of the acoustic panel. The method further includes using a liquid medium to infiltrate the skins and spaces with a precursor of a ceramic phase, removing the liquid medium by evaporation or polymerization, and sintering to consolidate the ceramic oxide material and removal the fugitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Sylvain Sentis, Bertrand Desjoyeaux, Marc Versaevel, Frédéric Fosse
  • Patent number: 10906841
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a porous body made of a ceramic-matrix composite material for an acoustic attenuation panel and a method of manufacturing the porous body. The porous body includes a plurality of interwoven ceramic fibers, a metal oxide matrix, and a plurality of channels interwoven with the ceramic fibers and interconnected together. The channels define at least one cavity. In one form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber. In another form, at least one ceramic fiber and at least one channel are twisted together. In yet another form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber and twisted with the ceramic fiber. The present disclosure also concerns an acoustic attenuation panel including the porous body and an aircraft propulsion unit having such a panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Sylvain Sentis, Bertrand Desjoyeaux
  • Publication number: 20200010206
    Abstract: An rear fairing for a pylon supporting an aircraft turbojet engine forms an aerodynamic surface covering the base of the pylon. The rear fairing is elongated in a longitudinal direction and includes a floor arranged opposite the hot gases exiting the turbojet engine and side walls constituting aerodynamic surfaces. The floor and the side walls include ceramic matrix composite materials made from preforms formed by layers of superimposed warp and weft yarns, the preforms have interlayer weaving yarns connecting the layers to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Sylvain SENTIS, Arnaud DELEHOUZE, François TAILLARD
  • Patent number: 10415472
    Abstract: A device for fastening a downstream end of an air inlet on a fan casing of an aircraft turbojet engine nacelle is provided. The device includes an acoustic shroud, a first flange coupled to the fan casing, a second L-shaped flange having a base coupled to the acoustic shroud, and a collar linked to the first flange. The acoustic shroud extends from an upstream segment to a downstream segment which defines an inner skin and an outer skin that encloses an acoustic panel. The collar further includes a protrusion that extends from the outer skin to the downstream segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Bertrand Desjoyeaux, Simon Verger, Sylvain Sentis
  • Publication number: 20180230063
    Abstract: A method for producing an acoustic attenuation panel from a composite material with a ceramic oxide matrix is provided that includes draping a plurality of plies having fibrous reinforcements including fibers of ceramic material in a mold to define a first skin, depositing blocks made of fugitive material on the first skin such that a space between two blocks is defined, and draping a second plurality of plies on a surface formed by the blocks such that a second skin is defined. Rounded corners of the blocks define radii for connecting the first and second skins with walls of a honeycomb core of the acoustic panel. The method further includes using a liquid medium to infiltrate the skins and spaces with a precursor of a ceramic phase, removing the liquid medium by evaporation or polymerization, and sintering to consolidate the ceramic oxide material and removal the fugitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Sylvain SENTIS, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Marc VERSAEVEL, Frédéric Fosse
  • Patent number: 10022923
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of repairing a damaged portion of a perforated skin of a panel using a doubler made of composite material which is designed to be applied to the damaged portion of the perforated skin. The method includes at least one step in which a sealing film is applied to the damaged portion of the perforated skin in order to temporarily seal the perforations in the skin, and a step in which the doubler is produced over the previously deposited sealing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Sylvain Sentis, Philippe Prunin, Aristide Boudard
  • Publication number: 20180166058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an acoustic attenuation panel having two outer skins made from a composite material with a ceramic matrix containing a fibrous reinforcement. The skins are assembled on each side of a central honeycomb core having walls forming acoustic cavities produced by at least partial electrochemical conversion of aluminum into aluminum oxide. The method includes inserting a fugitive filler material into the acoustic cavities, leaving an annular space free in each cavity, on each side against the skin, extending around the cavity, and a step of sintering the composite material, in which the fugitive material is removed and the spaces around the cavities are filled with the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Arnaud DELEHOUZE, Sylvain SENTIS, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20180148381
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a porous body made of a ceramic-matrix composite material for an acoustic attenuation panel and a method of manufacturing the porous body. The porous body includes a plurality of interwoven ceramic fibers, a metal oxide matrix, and a plurality of channels interwoven with the ceramic fibers and interconnected together. The channels define at least one cavity. In one form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber. In another form, at least one ceramic fiber and at least one channel are twisted together. In yet another form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber and twisted with the ceramic fiber. The present disclosure also concerns an acoustic attenuation panel including the porous body and an aircraft propulsion unit having such a panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Arnaud DELEHOUZE, Sylvain SENTIS, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20170232693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of repairing a damaged portion of a perforated skin of a panel using a doubler made of composite material which is designed to be applied to the damaged portion of the perforated skin. The method includes at least one step in which a sealing film is applied to the damaged portion of the perforated skin in order to temporarily seal the perforations in the skin, and a step in which the doubler is produced over the previously deposited sealing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Arnaud DELEHOUZE, Sylvain SENTIS, Philippe PRUNIN, Aristide BOUDARD
  • Publication number: 20170184023
    Abstract: A device for fastening a downstream end of an air inlet on a fan casing of an aircraft turbojet engine nacelle is provided. The device includes an acoustic shroud, a first flange coupled to the fan casing, a second L-shaped flange having a base coupled to the acoustic shroud, and a collar linked to the first flange. The acoustic shroud extends from an upstream segment to a downstream segment which defines an inner skin and an outer skin that encloses an acoustic panel. The collar further includes a protrusion that extends from the outer skin to the downstream segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Simon VERGER, Sylvain SENTIS