Patents by Inventor Thierry FONTALBAT

Thierry FONTALBAT 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: 12024142
    Abstract: A system for cooling the brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, including: a compressor configured to generate a pressurized airflow, the compressor including at least one air outlet, and an air jet pump including: a pump tube including a first end connected to the air outlet and a second end, the pump tube being designed to carry the pressurized airflow between the first and second ends, and a plurality of injectors connected to the second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject the pressurized airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
  • Patent number: 11834158
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gears include at least one wheel, an electric taxiing system including an electric taxiing motor, brakes capable of slowing down or stopping the rotation of the wheel, and a cooling system for cooling the electric taxiing motor and the brakes. The cooling system includes ventilation means capable of mixing a first air flow originating from the brakes and a second air flow originating from outside the landing gear and of ventilating the electric taxiing motor with a mixture of the two air flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Loic Blanco, Christophe Cassagnet, Florent Challas, Quentin Galy, Eric Wissemer, Sylvain Jaber
  • Publication number: 20230349436
    Abstract: A ventilation system for mounting in an aircraft wheel along a central axis and including a rotor fitted with a plurality of blades and housed between a shroud support and a guard grid, the shroud support including a structural element juxtaposed with an aeraulic element, the structural element being made of metal and adapted to interlock into the wheel and support the rotor, the aeraulic element being made of plastic or resin and adapted to direct an air flow towards to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Patrice CAULE, Florent CHALLAS, Thierry FONTALBAT, Franck VERDIER, RĂ©mi ESTANOVE
  • Publication number: 20220024567
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gears include at least one wheel, an electric taxiing system including an electric taxiing motor, brakes capable of slowing down or stopping the rotation of the wheel, and a cooling system for cooling the electric taxiing motor and the brakes. The cooling system includes ventilation means capable of mixing a first air flow originating from the brakes and a second air flow originating from outside the landing gear and of ventilating the electric taxiing motor with a mixture of the two air flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Loic Blanco, Christophe Cassagnet, Florent Challas, Quentin Galy, Eric Wissemer, Sylvain Jaber
  • Publication number: 20210387606
    Abstract: A system for cooling the brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, including: a compressor configured to generate a pressurized airflow, the compressor including at least one air outlet, and an air jet pump including: a pump tube including a first end connected to the air outlet and a second end, the pump tube being designed to carry the pressurized airflow between the first and second ends, and a plurality of injectors connected to the second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject the pressurized airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Safran Electrical & Power
    Inventors: Thierry FONTALBAT, Florent CHALLAS, Fabien ORLANDINI
  • Patent number: 11067001
    Abstract: A helicopter turbomachine includes an electric starter motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a heat sink for cooling the electric motor, and a reversible ventilation wheel driven by the electric motor. The turbomachine also includes an overrunning clutch that transmits the torque from the electric motor to the drive shaft. The electric motor is configured such that, in the first direction of rotation, the motor rotates the drive shaft and the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direct direction, and, in the reverse direction of rotation, the motor rotates only the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direction opposite the direct direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
  • Patent number: 10724545
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric centrifugal compressor, in particular for a turbine engine or aircraft, including an electric motor, the stator of which is supported by a casing and the rotor of which includes a shaft mounted inside the casing, driving a centrifugal compressor impeller, the casing having a double skin and including two substantially cylindrical, coaxial skins extending around the engine and defining between them an annular section suitable for the circulation of a first cooling air flow, one inlet of which is located at a first longitudinal end of the shaft and an outlet of which is connected to a second longitudinal end of the shaft, which supports the centrifugal compressor impeller, wherein it includes means (J) for collecting a second air flow at the outlet of the centrifugal compressor impeller, means for channelling the second air flow along the shaft up to the first end, and means for discharging the second air flow out of the casing in order to prevent same from mixing with the f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Nicolas Stefanovic, Eric Wissemer, Jacques Deleris, Thierry Fontalbat
  • Publication number: 20200158021
    Abstract: A helicopter turbomachine includes an electric starter motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a heat sink for cooling the electric motor, and a reversible ventilation wheel driven by the electric motor. The turbomachine also includes an overrunning clutch that transmits the torque from the electric motor to the drive shaft. The electric motor is configured such that, in the first direction of rotation, the motor rotates the drive shaft and the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direct direction, and, in the reverse direction of rotation, the motor rotates only the ventilation wheel to generate an air flow through the heat sink in a direction opposite the direct direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Thierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
  • Publication number: 20190003488
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric centrifugal compressor, in particular for a turbine engine or aircraft, including an electric motor, the stator of which is supported by a casing and the rotor of which includes a shaft mounted inside the casing, driving a centrifugal compressor impeller, said, the casing having a double skin and including two substantially cylindrical, coaxial skins extending around the engine and defining between them an annular section suitable for the circulation of a first cooling air flow, one inlet of which is located at a first longitudinal end of the shaft and an outlet of which is connected to a second longitudinal end of the shaft, which supports the centrifugal compressor impeller, wherein it includes means (J) for collecting a second air flow at the outlet of the centrifugal compressor impeller, means for channelling the second air flow along the shaft up to the first end, and means for discharging the second air flow out of the casing in order to prevent same from mixing with
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nicolas STEFANOVIC, Eric WISSEMER, Jacques DELERIS, Thierry FONTALBAT