Patents by Inventor Thierry Fachat

Thierry Fachat 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).

  • Publication number: 20230212953
    Abstract: The invention proposes an aeronautical turbine engine assembly comprising an upstream casing (55) to which guide blading (48a) is fastened, and a downstream casing (58) to which a sealing element (62) provided with an abradable material for rotor blading is fastened. This assembly further comprises a shroud ring (66) placed between the upstream casing and the downstream casing and fastening means (68) for detachably fastening the shroud ring. In order to be fastened to the upstream casing, the guide blading (48a) of the turbine engine is mounted on a downstream hook (480b) of the upstream casing, without being hooked onto the shroud ring (66), and the downstream casing (58) has an upstream hook with which the sealing element (62) is engaged in order to be fastened to the downstream casing, or the shroud ring has an upstream hook on which the sealing element (62) is mounted so as to be fastened to the downstream casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas MORLIERE, Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel BEAUQUIN, Thierry FACHAT, Alain Dominique GENDRAUD
  • Patent number: 9194240
    Abstract: A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, the damper including a peg having a substantially spherical portion at each of its two ends, and two hollow inserts for being received in tangential cavities that are provided facing each other in outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, each spherical portion of the peg coming to bear with point contact against the inside of one of the inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: SNECMA, HERAKLES
    Inventors: Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard, Thierry Fachat, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard, Clement Roussille
  • Patent number: 9188014
    Abstract: A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a rotor wheel of a turbine engine, the damper including a strip for inserting lengthwise in tangential cavities that are formed facing each other in the outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SNECMA, HERAKLES
    Inventors: Thierry Fachat, Jean-Luc Soupizon, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard
  • Patent number: 8662835
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle for a turbomachine, including inner and outer annular platforms connected together by vanes, the inner platform carrying annular elements of abradable material co-operating with annular wipers of a rotor of the turbomachine to form a labyrinth seal, these elements of abradable material being carried by annular sheet-metal sectors of substantially L-, S-, or C-shaped section that are fastened by brazing or welding at their outer peripheries to the inner platform and at their inner peripheries to the elements of abradable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Fachat, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Publication number: 20130052032
    Abstract: A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a rotor wheel of a turbine engine, the damper including a strip for inserting lengthwise in tangential cavities that are formed facing each other in the outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: HERAKLES, SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Fachat, Jean-Luc Soupizon, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard
  • Publication number: 20120328415
    Abstract: A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, the damper including a peg having a substantially spherical portion at each of its two ends, and two hollow inserts for being received in tangential cavities that are provided facing each other in outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, each spherical portion of the peg coming to bear with point contact against the inside of one of the inserts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: HERAKLES, SNECMA
    Inventors: Stephane Pierre ,Guillaume Blanchard, Thierry Fachat, Patrick Joseph ,Marie Girard, Clement Roussille
  • Publication number: 20110127352
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle for a turbomachine, including inner and outer annular platforms connected together by vanes, the inner platform carrying annular elements of abradable material co-operating with annular wipers of a rotor of the turbomachine to form a labyrinth seal, these elements of abradable material being carried by annular sheet-metal sectors of substantially L-, S-, or C-shaped section that are fastened by brazing or welding at their outer peripheries to the inner platform and at their inner peripheries to the elements of abradable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Fachat, Patrick Joseph Marie Girard, Jean-Luc Soupizon
  • Patent number: 7530788
    Abstract: A hollow turbomachine blade including an internal cooling passage, an open cavity situated at the free end of the blade and defined by an end wall and the side wall of at least one rim which extends between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blade, and at least one cooling channel connecting said internal cooling passage to said open cavity, said cooling channel opening out at the base of the rim and the wall of the rim forming an angle relative to said end wall that is obtuse, being strictly greater than 90°. An indentation may be formed in the wall of the rim at the outlet from said cooling channel. Said blade advantageously does not include a pressure rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Auguste Amedée Boury, Damien Bonneau, Thierry Fachat
  • Publication number: 20090092500
    Abstract: A hollow turbomachine blade including an internal cooling passage, an open cavity situated at the free end of the blade and defined by an end wall and the side wall of at least one rim which extends between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blade, and at least one cooling channel connecting said internal cooling passage to said open cavity, said cooling channel opening out at the base of the rim and the wall of the rim forming an angle relative to said end wall that is obtuse, being strictly greater than 90°. An indentation may be formed in the wall of the rim at the outlet from said cooling channel. Said blade advantageously does not include a pressure rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacques Auguste Amedee Boury, Damien Bonneau, Thierry Fachat
  • Patent number: 7360987
    Abstract: A method of assembling sectored elements of an annular stator of a high-pressure turbine of a turbomachine about a longitudinal axis of said turbine, in which method an angular distribution pattern is defined for distributing elements of the stator over a predetermined angular sector, said pattern being defined so as to prevent inter-sector zones of stator elements being in radial alignment, said zones being defined between two adjacent sectors of the same stator element, and so as to repeat said distribution pattern around the entire circumference of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Jerome Friedel, Alain Gendraud, Delphine Roussin
  • Patent number: 7309209
    Abstract: A device for tuning clearance at rotor blade tips in a gas turbine rotor, the device comprising at least one annular air flow duct that is mounted around the circumference of an annular casing of a stator of the turbine, the annular air flow duct being designed to discharge air onto the casing in order to modify the temperature thereof. A tubular air manifold is disposed around the air flow duct(s). There are also disposed an air feed tube to supply the tubular air manifold with air and an air pipe opening in the tubular air manifold and opening out into the air flow duct(s). The air pipe is provided with a balancing diaphragm for balancing the air flowing through the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Denis Amiot, Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Alain Gendraud, Delphine Roussin
  • Publication number: 20070264120
    Abstract: A device for tuning clearance at rotor blade tips in a gas turbine rotor, the device comprising at least one annular air flow duct that is mounted around the circumference of an annular casing of a stator of the turbine, the annular air flow duct being designed to discharge air onto the casing in order to modify the temperature thereof. A tubular air manifold is disposed around the air flow duct(s). There are also disposed an air feed tube to supply the tubular air manifold with air and an air pipe opening in the tubular air manifold and opening out into the air flow duct(s). The air pipe is provided with a balancing diaphragm for balancing the air flowing through the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Denis Amiot, Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Alain Gendraud, Delphine Roussin
  • Patent number: 7287955
    Abstract: A clearance control device for controlling clearance between rotary blade tips and a stationary bushing of a gas turbine having a casing that is provided with at least two annular ridges, the clearance control device including a circular tuning unit that includes air circulation means for circulating air, said means being made up of at least three ducts; air supply means for supplying air to the air flow ducts; and air discharge means for discharging air on the ridges in order to modify the temperature, the air discharge means for each duct being made up of at least one top row having a number N of perforations disposed facing one of the side faces of the ridges and of at least one bottom row having a number 2N of perforations disposed facing a connection radius that connects the ridges to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Denis Amiot, Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Alain Gendraud, Pascal Lefebvre, Delphine Roussin-Moynier
  • Publication number: 20050238477
    Abstract: A method of assembling sectored elements of an annular stator of a high-pressure turbine of a turbomachine about a longitudinal axis of said turbine, in which method an angular distribution pattern is defined for distributing elements of the stator over a predetermined angular sector, said pattern being defined so as to prevent inter-sector zones of stator elements being in radial alignment, said zones being defined between two adjacent sectors of the same stator element, and so as to repeat said distribution pattern around the entire circumference of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Jerome Friedel, Alain Gendraud, Delphine Roussin
  • Publication number: 20050158169
    Abstract: A clearance control device for controlling clearance between rotary blade tips and a stationary bushing of a gas turbine having a casing that is provided with at least two annular ridges, the clearance control device including a circular tuning unit that includes air circulation means for circulating air, said means being made up of at least three ducts; air supply means for supplying air to the air flow ducts; and air discharge means for discharging air on the ridges in order to modify the temperature, the air discharge means for each duct being made up of at least one top row having a number N of perforations disposed facing one of the side faces of the ridges and of at least one bottom row having a number 2N of perforations disposed facing a connection radius that connects the ridges to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Denis Amiot, Anne-Marie Arraitz, Thierry Fachat, Alain Gendraud, Pascal Lefebvre, Delphine Roussin-Moynier
  • Patent number: 6896038
    Abstract: An assembly for ventilating a stator ring having branched pipes that include feed pipes, distributors, and a plurality of manifolds adjacent to the stator ring and provided with drilled holes. The distributors connect the feed pipes to the plurality of manifolds, and the plurality of manifolds include pairs of half-shells, each of the half-shells including an end plate having an opening and a rim surrounding the end plate, and the half-shells in each of the pairs being joined to each other at the rims. The distributors include ducts mounted between adjacent ones of the plurality of manifolds and have open ends fitted into openings of the end plates and have abutment portions to the end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Arilla, Thierry Fachat
  • Publication number: 20020053837
    Abstract: The ventilation assembly designed to cool a stator ring (1) of a turbine machine, finishes on gas blower manifolds (3) composed of symmetric half-shells (7 and 8) attached by welding at their opposite edges and joined together by distributors (4) composed mainly of cylindrical coils acting as spacers placed between the manifolds (3) and welded to them. Finally, the flexible support means comprise rules (6) to complete the assembly of the manifolds to the ring (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Arilla, Thierry Fachat