Patents by Inventor Thomas Michel FLAMME

Thomas Michel FLAMME 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: 11248468
    Abstract: Aviation turbine blade (10) extending in the radial direction from a blade root (14) as far as an upper partition wall (26), said blade (10) comprising a plurality of inner cavities (C1-C10) defining at least one cooling circuit, each of said inner cavities (C1-C10) being defined by walls among inner walls (40, 42), a lower surface wall (22), an upper surface wall (24), the blade root (14) and the upper partition wall (26), said blade (10) being characterized in that it comprises at least one reinforcing beam (50, 60) disposed inside one of the inner cavities (C3, C8), and connecting the blade root (14) to the upper partition wall (26), said reinforcing beam (50, 60) is not connected to the inner walls (40, 42), the lower surface wall (22) and the upper surface wall (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sylvain Paquin, Romain Pierre Cariou, Thomas Michel Flamme, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger
  • Patent number: 11236617
    Abstract: Blade for a turbine, comprising a blade root and an airfoil (13) extending radially outwards from the blade root (12), the airfoil (13) comprising a first internal cooling circuit including an intrados cavity (33, 36) extending radially along the intrados wall (16) and a first inner wall (47, 45) arranged between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18), an extrados cavity (34, 37) extending radially along the extrados wall (18) and a second inner wall (47, 43) arranged between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18). The first cooling circuit includes one inner through cavity (35, 38) defined between two through walls (59, 57, 55, 53) each extending between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18). The intrados cavity (33, 36), the extrados cavity (34, 37) and the inner through cavity (35, 38) are fluidly connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thomas Michel Flamme, Romain Pierre Cariou, Sylvain Paquin, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger
  • Patent number: 11073025
    Abstract: An aviation turbine blade (10) includes at least a first lower surface cavity (C2) and a first upper surface cavity (C3), each adjacent to a first through-cavity (C1) and a second through-cavity (C4), the first upper surface cavity (C3) being adjacent to the upper surface wall (24), the first lower surface cavity (C2) being adjacent to the lower surface wall (22), each of the first and second through-cavities (C1, C4) extending from the lower surface wall (22) as far as the upper surface wall (24), the second through-cavity (C4) including a first inner wall (P1) extending from the upper surface wall (24) as far as the first through-cavity (C1), and a second inner wall (P2) extending from the lower surface wall (22) as far as the first through-cavity (C1). The first (P1) and second (P2) inner walls are not connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sylvain Paquin, Romain Pierre Cariou, Thomas Michel Flamme, Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger
  • Patent number: 10844733
    Abstract: An aviation turbine blade extending in the radial direction and presenting a pressure side and a suction side, including a plurality of pressure side cavities extending radially at the pressure side of the blade, a plurality of suction side cavities extending radially at the suction side of the blade, and at least one central cavity located in the central portion of the blade and surrounded by pressure side cavities and by suction side cavities, the blade further including a plurality of cooling circuits, in which at least a first cooling circuit comprises: a first cavity and a second cavity, the first and second cavities communicating with each other at a radially inner end and at a radially outer end of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Adrien Bernard Vincent Rollinger, Romain Pierre Cariou, Thomas Michel Flamme, Sylvain Paquin
  • Publication number: 20200157948
    Abstract: An aviation turbine blade (10) includes at least a first lower surface cavity (C2) and a first upper surface cavity (C3), each adjacent to a first through-cavity (C1) and a second through-cavity (C4), the first upper surface cavity (C3) being adjacent to the upper surface wall (24), the first lower surface cavity (C2) being adjacent to the lower surface wall (22), each of said first and second through-cavities (C1, C4) extending from the lower surface wall (22) as far as the upper surface wall (24), the second through-cavity (C4) including a first inner wall (P1) extending from the upper surface wall (24) as far as the first through-cavity (C1), and a second inner wall (P2) extending from the lower surface wall (22) as far as the first through-cavity (C1). The first (P1) and second (P2) inner walls are not connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sylvain PAQUIN, Romain Pierre CARIOU, Thomas Michel FLAMME, Adrien Bernard Vincent ROLLINGER
  • Publication number: 20200149405
    Abstract: Blade for a turbine, comprising a blade root and an airfoil (13) extending radially outwards from the blade root (12), the airfoil (13) comprising a first internal cooling circuit including an intrados cavity (33, 36) extending radially along the intrados wall (16) and a first inner wall (47, 45) arranged between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18), an extrados cavity (34, 37) extending radially along the extrados wall (18) and a second inner wall (47, 43) arranged between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18). The first cooling circuit includes one inner through cavity (35, 38) defined between two through walls (59, 57, 55, 53) each extending between the intrados wall (16) and the extrados wall (18). The intrados cavity (33, 36), the extrados cavity (34, 37) and the inner through cavity (35, 38) are fluidly connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Thomas Michel FLAMME, Romain Pierre CARIOU, Sylvain PAQUIN, Adrien Bernard Vincent ROLLINGER
  • Publication number: 20200040741
    Abstract: Aviation turbine blade (10) extending in the radial direction from a blade root (14) as far as an upper partition wall (26), said blade (10) comprising a plurality of inner cavities (C1-C10) defining at least one cooling circuit, each of said inner cavities (C1-C10) being defined by walls among inner walls (40, 42), a lower surface wall (22), an upper surface wall (24), the blade root (14) and the upper partition wall (26), said blade (10) being characterized in that it comprises at least one reinforcing beam (50, 60) disposed inside one of the inner cavities (C3, C8), and connecting the blade root (14) to the upper partition wall (26), said reinforcing beam (50, 60) is not connected to the inner walls (40, 42), the lower surface wall (22) and the upper surface wall (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sylvain PAQUIN, Romain Pierre CARIOU, Thomas Michel FLAMME, Adrien Bernard Vincent ROLLINGER
  • Publication number: 20190211693
    Abstract: An aviation turbine blade extending in the radial direction and presenting a pressure side and a suction side, including a plurality of pressure side cavities extending radially at the pressure side of the blade, a plurality of suction side cavities extending radially at the suction side of the blade, and at least one central cavity located in the central portion of the blade and surrounded by pressure side cavities and by suction side cavities, the blade further including a plurality of cooling circuits, in which at least a first cooling circuit comprises: a first cavity and a second cavity, the first and second cavities communicating with each other at a radially inner end and at a radially outer end of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Adrien Bernard Vincent ROLLINGER, Romain Pierre CARIOU, Thomas Michel FLAMME, Sylvain PAQUIN