Patents by Inventor Vincent Peyron

Vincent Peyron 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: 11959439
    Abstract: A thrust reverser includes a diverter configured to divert at least a portion of an air flow from a nacelle and a cowl movable relative to an outer fixed structure of the thrust reverser. The thrust reverser further includes at least one rotatably hinged flap. The cowl configured to move from a closure position in which it provides aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle with the flap and covers the diverter. The flap is movable from a retracted position to an opening position in which it opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers the diverter. The flap obstructs a portion of an annular channel of the nacelle when in the opening position. The thrust reverser also includes a cable-pulley system for driving the flap. The cable-pulley system includes at least one cable associated with at least one pulley to connect the flap to the thrust reverser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Vincent Peyron
  • Patent number: 11883874
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape for an aircraft includes the steps of forming, shaping and assembling, by welding or brazing, a first corrugated skin and a second smooth skin in order to obtain channels. Each channel is delimited by a corrugation of the first skin and the second smooth skin so as to form a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape, wherein a fluid is configured to circulate in the channels and air is configured to circulate in contact with the second smooth skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout, Flavie Hubert-Choinard, Alexandra Dugardin
  • Patent number: 11772810
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage disposed in a longitudinal plane and two propulsion units disposed in a plane transverse to the longitudinal plane, on either side of the fuselage. A nacelle for use in the aircraft includes a proximal upper dial, a distal upper dial, a proximal lower dial, a distal lower dial, an upstream section, a middle section, a downstream section having a trailing edge, and at least one surface heat exchanger, called a cold source exchanger, between a heat transfer fluid and a cold air flow, integrated into a closed circuit in which the heat transfer fluid circulates, and disposed in any one of the proximal upper, distal upper and/or distal lower dials, and in the middle and/or downstream section(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout
  • Patent number: 11512638
    Abstract: A surface heat-exchanger for a turbojet engine nacelle between a fluid (C) to be cooled down and air (F) includes a circulation duct of the fluid (C) to be cooled down disposed in contact with air. The circulation duct includes a plurality of channels extending substantially in the same direction with a distance (D) between two adjacent channels between two and five times the width (L) of the channels, each channel having a wall with an area intended to be in contact with air and an area opposite to the area intended to be in contact with air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout
  • Publication number: 20220186684
    Abstract: A thrust reverser includes a diverter configured to divert at least a portion of an air flow from a nacelle and a cowl movable relative to an outer fixed structure of the thrust reverser. The thrust reverser further includes at least one rotatably hinged flap. The cowl configured to move from a closure position in which it provides aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle with the flap and covers the diverter. The flap is movable from a retracted position to an opening position in which it opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers the diverter. The flap obstructs a portion of an annular channel of the nacelle when in the opening position. The thrust reverser also includes a cable-pulley system for driving the flap. The cable-pulley system includes at least one cable associated with at least one pulley to connect the flap to the thrust reverser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Vincent PEYRON
  • Patent number: 11268443
    Abstract: A nacelle of a turbine engine has a substantially tubular structure and defines a secondary channel. The nacelle includes a shroud forming a trailing edge on a downstream end of the nacelle, the shroud being defined by at least one outer face subjected to an outside air flow and an inner face subjected to an inside air flow circulating in the secondary channel of the nacelle. The nacelle further includes a cooling device having at least one heat-exchange channel that extends into the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Patrick Gonidec, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout
  • Publication number: 20220025816
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling an aircraft turbojet engine includes a first heat-exchanger for exchanging heat between a heat-transfer fluid and a lubricant of the turbojet engine, a second heat-exchanger for exchanging heat between the heat-transfer fluid and air, and a circulation duct for circulating heat-transfer fluid in a closed circuit. The cooling system further includes at least one regulating device for regulating the heat drawn from the lubricant, controlled by a control module of the regulating device that is configured to receive information according to the various flight phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Julien CORBIN, David PEREIRA, Vincent PEYRON, Jean-Nicolas BOUCHOUT, Caroline DANG, Nicolas CHOUQUET
  • Publication number: 20220023931
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape for an aircraft includes the steps of forming, shaping and assembling, by welding or brazing, a first corrugated skin and a second smooth skin in order to obtain channels. Each channel is delimited by a corrugation of the first skin and the second smooth skin so as to form a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape, wherein a fluid is configured to circulate in the channels and air is configured to circulate in contact with the second smooth skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Jean-Nicolas BOUCHOUT, Flavie HUBERT-CHOINARD, Alexandra DUGARDIN
  • Patent number: 11230973
    Abstract: In a cooling system of an aircraft turbojet engine surrounded by a nacelle, a heat-transfer fluid is circulated that is less flammable than a lubricant (H) for the turbojet engine and liquid at temperatures between ?70° C. and +175° C., the heat-transfer fluid (C) being intended to circulate in a closed-circuit circulation duct including a first surface heat-exchanger between the heat-transfer fluid (C) and air (F), at the level of at least one of the outer fairing and the inner fairing of the nacelle, and a second surface heat-exchanger between the heat-transfer fluid (C) and the lubricant (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Jean-Nicolas Bouchout
  • Patent number: 11199158
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly with an engine provided with a cascade-type thrust reverser includes cascades of mobile deflection vanes connected to cascade rails with a slideway connection that allows the cascades of vanes a translational movement between a cruising-flight position and a reverse-thrust position. The thrust reverser allows the cascade rails to be positioned in a forward position, in which the engine, the cascade rails and the deflection vanes can be removed from the propulsion assembly without the cascade rails colliding with the mobile cowl of the reverser. Dismantling and assembly or reassembly methods allow maintenance operations to be carried out on the engine thus dismantled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre Caruel, Vincent Peyron
  • Publication number: 20200362758
    Abstract: In a cooling system of an aircraft turbojet engine surrounded by a nacelle, a heat-transfer fluid is circulated that is less flammable than a lubricant (H) for the turbojet engine and liquid at temperatures between ?70° C. and +175° C., the heat-transfer fluid (C) being intended to circulate in a closed-circuit circulation duct including a first surface heat-exchanger between the heat-transfer fluid (C) and air (F), at the level of at least one of the outer fairing and the inner fairing of the nacelle, and a second surface heat-exchanger between the heat-transfer fluid (C) and the lubricant (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Nicolas BOUCHOUT
  • Publication number: 20200318546
    Abstract: A surface heat-exchanger for a turbojet engine nacelle between a fluid (C) to be cooled down and air (F) includes a circulation duct of the fluid (C) to be cooled down disposed in contact with air. The circulation duct includes a plurality of channels extending substantially in the same direction with a distance (D) between two adjacent channels between two and five times the width (L) of the channels, each channel having a wall with an area intended to be in contact with air and an area opposite to the area intended to be in contact with air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Nicolas BOUCHOUT
  • Publication number: 20200317358
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage disposed in a longitudinal plane and two propulsion units disposed in a plane transverse to the longitudinal plane, on either side of the fuselage. A nacelle for use in the aircraft includes a proximal upper dial, a distal upper dial, a proximal lower dial, a distal lower dial, an upstream section, a middle section, a downstream section having a trailing edge, and at least one surface heat exchanger, called a cold source exchanger, between a heat transfer fluid and a cold air flow, integrated into a closed circuit in which the heat transfer fluid circulates, and disposed in any one of the proximal upper, distal upper and/or distal lower dials, and in the middle and/or downstream section(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Nicolas BOUCHOUT
  • Publication number: 20200277916
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly with an engine provided with a cascade-type thrust reverser includes cascades of mobile deflection vanes connected to cascade rails with a slideway connection that allows the cascades of vanes a translational movement between a cruising-flight position and a reverse-thrust position. The thrust reverser allows the cascade rails to be positioned in a forward position, in which the engine, the cascade rails and the deflection vanes can be removed from the propulsion assembly without the cascade rails colliding with the mobile cowl of the reverser. Dismantling and assembly or reassembly methods allow maintenance operations to be carried out on the engine thus dismantled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Pierre CARUEL, Vincent PEYRON
  • Patent number: 10745140
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for locking a first cowling and a second cowling of a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion assembly. The cowlings are mounted such that each cowl pivots around a longitudinal axis between a closed flight position and an open maintenance position. The locking device includes a telescopic connecting rod having at least one sliding shaft, a locking mechanism on a proximal end of a shaft on the second cowling, and a connecting rod support. The connecting rod support or the tubular element includes two walls each delimiting a hole, and the tubular element of the connecting rod or the connecting rod support has two support fingers which each extend longitudinally on a side of the tubular element into a hole. The holes engage with the support fingers when the cowlings are open and allow free movement of the support fingers in a closed-cowlings configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Serge Bunel, Pascal Soulier, Arnaud Bonny
  • Patent number: 10633103
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft is provided. The propulsion unit includes a stationary unit having at least one cowl pivotally mounted on an axis collinear with a longitudinal axis of the propulsion unit between an operating position or a maintenance position allowing access to the turbojet engine for regular maintenance operations and irregular maintenance operations. The maintenance position for irregular maintenance operations includes an opening angle of the cowl that is greater than the opening angle of the cowl to carry out regular maintenance operations. The propulsion unit further includes at least one cylinder and at least one safety connecting rod secured to the cowl and stationary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Emmanuel Lesteven, Vincent Peyron, Patrick Boileau
  • Publication number: 20190153947
    Abstract: A nacelle of a turbine engine has a substantially tubular structure and defines a secondary channel. The nacelle includes a shroud forming a trailing edge on a downstream end of the nacelle, the shroud being defined by at least one outer face subjected to an outside air flow and an inner face subjected to an inside air flow circulating in the secondary channel of the nacelle. The nacelle further includes a cooling device having at least one heat-exchange channel that extends into the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Patrick GONIDEC, Nicolas BOUCHOUT
  • Publication number: 20180079517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for locking a first cowling and a second cowling of a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion assembly. The cowlings are mounted such that each cowl pivots around a longitudinal axis between a closed flight position and an open maintenance position. The locking device includes a telescopic connecting rod having at least one sliding shaft, a locking mechanism on a proximal end of a shaft on the second cowling, and a connecting rod support. The connecting rod support or the tubular element includes two walls each delimiting a hole, and the tubular element of the connecting rod or the connecting rod support has two support fingers which each extend longitudinally on a side of the tubular element into a hole. The holes engage with the support fingers when the cowlings are open and allow free movement of the support fingers in a closed-cowlings configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Vincent PEYRON, Serge BUNEL, Pascal SOULIER, Arnaud BONNY
  • Publication number: 20170174353
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft is provided. The propulsion unit includes a stationary unit having at least one cowl pivotally mounted on an axis collinear with a longitudinal axis of the propulsion unit between an operating position or a maintenance position allowing access to the turbojet engine for regular maintenance operations and irregular maintenance operations. The maintenance position for irregular maintenance operations includes an opening angle of the cowl that is greater than the opening angle of the cowl to carry out regular maintenance operations. The propulsion unit further includes at least one cylinder and at least one safety connecting rod secured to the cowl and stationary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Joret, Emmanuel LESTEVEN, Vincent PEYRON, Patrick BOILEAU
  • Patent number: 9617955
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cascade thrust reverser providing that when a sliding cowl and a flap are in a direct jet position, a hook is held in engagement with another hook and the flap is immobilized inside of a housing of the sliding cowl by a stem of a telescopic connecting rod subjected to pre-stress generated by a compressed spring located in the body of the connecting rod. When the sliding cowl starts to slide from the direct jet position toward the reverse jet position, the hooks disengage each other and the stem engages with an extension in the body of the connecting rod, so that the flap is rotated from the direct jet position toward the reverse jet position due to the tensile force exerted by the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Vincent Peyron, Laurent Georges Valleroy, Franck Depoortere