Patents by Inventor Thibault RUF

Thibault RUF 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: 11131196
    Abstract: A leading-edge shield for a turbomachine blade includes a pressure-side wing and a suction-side wing. Both the pressure-side wing and suction-side wing extend heightwise from a bottom edge to a top edge and lengthwise from the leading edge to a respective rear edge. They are connected together via the leading edge. The rear edge of the suction-side wing presents at least one shaped segment that is shaped in such a manner that the length of the suction-side wing within this segment is shorter than the length of the suction-side wing at each end of this segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 11105210
    Abstract: The invention provides a blade (16) comprising a blade body (30) made of organic matrix composite material reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (32) made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (32) is assembled on the blade body (30) and the blade (16) includes bonding reinforcement (46) adhesively bonded on the leading edge shield (32) and on the blade body (16). The invention also provides a turbojet including a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 11015460
    Abstract: The invention relates to comprising a blade body (9) made of composite material having a polymer matrix reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (10) made of material having greater ability to withstand point impacts than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (10) is assembled on the blade body (9) by means of a first adhesive (16) and a second adhesive (17), both adhesives (16, 17) being deposited between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10). Both adhesives (16, 17) form respective continuous films between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Noël Mahieu, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10934851
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of turbomachine blades, and more specifically to a leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16), said leading-edge shield (32) having a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36), each extending along a height and along a length, the wings being connected together over their height, the pressure-side wing (34) presenting a greater length than the suction-side wing (36) over a first segment (S1) of the leading-edge shield (32), and an equal or smaller length than the suction-side wing (36) over a second segment (S2) of the leading-edge shield (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy Guivarc'h, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Gérald Diogo, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10883374
    Abstract: A blade including a blade body made of organic matrix composite material and a leading edge shield made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The blade includes a blade tip. The leading edge shield is assembled on the blade body and includes a pressure-side fin and a suction-side fin. The pressure-side fin includes a pressure-side tab and the suction-side fin includes a suction-side tab, the pressure-side tab and the suction-side tab are folded one on the other and being secured to each other so as to form a partial covering of the blade tip. A turbojet includes a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Jeremy Guivarc'H, Frederic Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Dominique Raulin, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10844725
    Abstract: A leading edge shield for a turbomachine blade extends heightwise from a bottom end to a top end, presents an outside face overlying a leading edge and an inside face for fastening to a blade body, and includes a pressure side wing, a suction side wing, and a central section joining together the pressure side wing and the suction side wing. Between the outside face and the inside face, the central section presents thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of the pressure side and suction side wings. The thickness of the central section increases with a gradient that is stable or increasing over a first segment from the bottom end of the leading-edge shield, but it presents a gradient that decreases beyond said first segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Thibault Ruf
  • Publication number: 20200270997
    Abstract: A leading edge shield for a turbomachine blade extends heightwise from a bottom end to a top end, presents an outside face overlying a leading edge and an inside face for fastening to a blade body, and includes a pressure side wing, a suction side wing, and a central section joining together the pressure side wing and the suction side wing. Between the outside face and the inside face, the central section presents thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of the pressure side and suction side wings. The thickness of the central section increases with a gradient that is stable or increasing over a first segment from the bottom end of the leading-edge shield, but it presents a gradient that decreases beyond said first segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, ALAIN JACQUES MICHEL BASSOT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, GILLES PIERRE-MARIE NOTARIANNI, THIBAULT RUF
  • Patent number: 10619486
    Abstract: A leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16) includes a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36). Each of the wings (34, 36) extends along a height (H) from a bottom edge (50) to a top edge (51) and along a length, from the leading edge to a respective rear edge, and are connected together over the leading edge. At least one of the wings from among the suction-side wing (36) and the pressure-side wing (34) presents a segment (S1), adjacent to the top edge (51) and extending over at least 10% of the height (H), wherein the rear edge (42) slopes towards the top edge (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard Pouzadoux, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Jean-Louis Romero, Thibault Ruf
  • Patent number: 10240463
    Abstract: A blade made of organic matrix composite material for a gas turbine aeroengine, includes an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a metal strip positioned on the leading edge of the airfoil, the metal strip having two flanges extending on either side of the leading edge over portions of the side faces of the airfoil forming a pressure side face and a suction side face so that the strip fits closely to the profile of the leading edge, the metal strip being fastened to the leading edge of the airfoil by at least one stitching thread; wherein the stitching thread has at least one external thread segment extending substantially transversely between a hole formed through a flange of the strip and a passage formed in a portion of the airfoil that has at least one face that is not covered by the metal strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Pierre-Marie Notarianni, Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Jérémy Guivarc'h, Thibault Ruf
  • Publication number: 20190024512
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of turbomachine blades, and more specifically to a leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16), said leading-edge shield (32) having a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36), each extending along a height and along a length, the wings being connected together over their height, the pressure-side wing (34) presenting a greater length than the suction-side wing (36) over a first segment (S1) of the leading-edge shield (32), and an equal or smaller length than the suction-side wing (36) over a second segment (S2) of the leading-edge shield (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Alain Jacques Michel BASSOT, Gérald DIOGO, Jean-Louis ROMERO, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20190010807
    Abstract: A leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16) includes a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36). Each of the wings (34, 36) extends along a height (H) from a bottom edge (50) to a top edge (51) and along a length, from the leading edge to a respective rear edge, and are connected together over the leading edge. At least one of the wings from among the suction-side wing (36) and the pressure-side wing (34) presents a segment (S1), adjacent to the top edge (51) and extending over at least 10% of the height (H), wherein the rear edge (42) slopes towards the top edge (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Alain Jacques Michel BASSOT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Jean-Louis ROMERO, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20190003312
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of turbomachine blades, and more specifically to a leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16), said leading-edge shield (32) including a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36). Each pressure-side wing (34) and suction-side wing (36) extends heightwise from a bottom edge (50) to a top edge (51) and lengthwise from the leading edge (18) to a rear edge (40, 42), and they are connected together via the leading edge (18), and wherein the rear edge (42) of the suction-side wing (36) presents at least one shaped segment (S1, S2) that is shaped in such a manner that the length of the suction-side wing (36) within this segment is shorter than the length (l2, l3, l21, l22, l31, l32) of the suction-side wing (36) at each end of this segment (S1, S2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Alain Jacques Michel BASSOT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Jean-Louis ROMERO, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20180274375
    Abstract: A blade including a blade body made of organic matrix composite material and a leading edge shield made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The blade includes a blade tip. The leading edge shield is assembled on the blade body and includes a pressure-side fin and a suction-side fin. The pressure-side fin includes a pressure-side tab and the suction-side fin includes a suction-side tab, the pressure-side tab and the suction-side tab are folded one on the other and being secured to each other so as to form a partial covering of the blade tip. A turbojet includes a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Pierre-Marie NOTARIANNI, Jeremy GUIVARC'H, Frederic Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Dominique RAULIN, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20180274374
    Abstract: The invention provides a blade (16) comprising a blade body (30) made of organic matrix composite material reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (32) made of a material that withstands point impacts better than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (32) is assembled on the blade body (30) and the blade (16) includes bonding reinforcement (46) adhesively bonded on the leading edge shield (32) and on the blade body (16). The invention also provides a turbojet including a fan including such blades, and also a method of fabricating such a blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Gilles Pierre-Marie NOTARIANNI, Frédéric Jean-Bernard POUZADOUX, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20180230825
    Abstract: The invention relates to comprising a blade body (9) made of composite material having a polymer matrix reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (10) made of material having greater ability to withstand point impacts than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (10) is assembled on the blade body (9) by means of a first adhesive (16) and a second adhesive (17), both adhesives (16, 17) being deposited between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10). Both adhesives (16, 17) form respective continuous films between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Matthieu Arnaud Gimat, Alain Jacques Michel BASSOT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Jean-Noël MAHIEU, Thibault RUF
  • Publication number: 20160312616
    Abstract: A blade made of organic matrix composite material for a gas turbine aeroengine, includes an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a metal strip positioned on the leading edge of the airfoil, the metal strip having two flanges extending on either side of the leading edge over portions of the side faces of the airfoil forming a pressure side face and a suction side face so that the strip fits closely to the profile of the leading edge, the metal strip being fastened to the leading edge of the airfoil by at least one stitching thread; wherein the stitching thread has at least one external thread segment extending substantially transversely between a hole formed through a flange of the strip and a passage formed in a portion of the airfoil that has at least one face that is not covered by the metal strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Gilles Pierre-Marie NOTARIANNI, Matthieu Arnaud GIMAT, Jérémy GUIVARC'H, Thibault RUF