Patents by Inventor Vivien Mickaël COURTIER

Vivien Mickaël COURTIER 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: 20240133300
    Abstract: Assembly for a turbomachine blade, comprising: a fastener (9) defining a pocket (10) for receiving a blade root (11), and comprising two flanks defining between them a passage leading into the pocket (10) and forming stops preventing the root (11) from exiting from the pocket (10) via the passage, a shim (26a, 26b) adapted to be received in the pocket (10) with the root (11), the shim (26a, 26b) having a first support surface (28a, 28b) to bear on the root (11) and a second support surface (30a, 30b) opposite the first support surface (28a, 28b) to bear against the fastener (9), the support surfaces being fixed relative to each other and oriented such that movement of the shim (26a, 26b) in the pocket (10) relative to the fastener (9) varies the value of force exerted by the shim (26a, 26b) on the root (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Christophe Paul JACQUEMARD, Vincent JOUDON
  • Patent number: 11933194
    Abstract: Fan or propeller vane (1) for an aircraft turbomachine, the vane being made from a composite material and comprising a blade (2) and a base (3), the base being formed by a longitudinal end (41) of a spar (4) which is formed by a fibrous reinforcement formed from threads woven in three dimensions and a portion (42) of which extends inside the blade (2), the blade (2) having an aerodynamic profile which is defined by a skin (5) which is formed by woven threads and which surrounds the portion of the spar, the spar (4) and the skin (5) being embedded in a polymerised resin, characterised in that the portion (42) of the spar comprises projecting longitudinal stiffening members (6) which together delimit spaces (8) for receiving longitudinal inserts (7) which are formed from a honeycomb material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vivien Mickael Courtier, Teddy Fixy, Clement Pierre Postec, Eddy Keomorakott Souryavongsa
  • Patent number: 11873076
    Abstract: An assembly including a propeller blade and a pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade. A root of the blade has a bulb and the pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade includes a cup having an upper opening; —a retaining ring, which extends around the bulb, is restricted at least in terms of axial movement towards the opening relative to the cup and has a bearing face to inhibit axial movement of the root towards the opening The pitch adjustment system being further includes a lower seat for the root to engage the cup, the seat and/or the retaining ring being mounted so as to be capable of axial translation relative to the cup by at least one clamping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon, Arnaud Langlois, Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Laurent Jablonski
  • Patent number: 11851157
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, including a cup having an annular wall extending about an axis intended to be a pitch setting axis of the blade, and a bottom wall configured so as to cooperate in a form-fitting manner with a free end of the root so that the cup is prevented from rotating relative to the root about the axis, and a locking ring that is configured so as to be mounted within the cup and to cooperate respectively with the root and the annular wall of the cup in order to ensure axial retention of the root in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Joudon, Clément Cottet, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Régis Eugène Henri Servant
  • Publication number: 20230383658
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine blade, the assembly comprising a fastener (9) defining a well (10) for receiving a blade root (7), and a clamping device (32) for clamping the blade root (7) against the fastener (9) when the blade root (7) is received in the well (10), wherein the clamping device (32) comprises: at least one clamping member (34; 36) suitable for bearing simultaneously on the blade root (7) and on the fastener (9) in the well (10) so as to exert a clamping force on the blade root (7), the clamping member (34; 36) defining a threaded hole, and a resilient layer (44) arranged to bear in the well on the blade root, a rod (38) comprising a thread engaging with the threaded hole so that a rotation of the rod (38) with respect to the clamping member causes a variation in the clamping force exerted by the clamping member on the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Christophe Paul JACQUEMARD, Vincent JOUDON
  • Patent number: 11821333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower vane of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made of composite material which comprises a fibrous reinforcement and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. The vane comprises a first rigidification insert which extends in a first direction and at least one second insert which is connected to the first in a second direction which is non-collinear with the first direction, the first insert projecting from the vane in order to be connected to a disc of a turbomachine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Clément Pierre Postec, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Vincent Joudon
  • Publication number: 20230348042
    Abstract: An unducted fan having variable pitch blades for an aircraft or wind propulsion system is described. The fan includes a hub provided with housings pivotally receiving vanes about radial axes, and an outer casing of the hub into which circular openings of the housings open. Each vane includes a root which is rotatably mounted in the associated housing, a radially oriented blade and a disc-shaped platform extending from the blade to an edge of the circular opening. The blade includes at least one skin which includes a free lower edge facing the side of the root, wherein the platform is attached to the free lower edge of the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent Joudon, Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Clément Pierre Postec
  • Publication number: 20230339600
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The system generally includes a cup having an annular wall extending about a pitch setting axis of the blade, the annular wall having a lower axial end enclosed by a bottom wall, and an upper axial end that is open and configured so as to enable a root of the blade to be mounted in the cup; and a locking ring that extends around the pitch setting axis and is configured to be mounted around the root, the locking ring being a double dog ring that comprises two annular rows of outer dogs constituting active and safety dogs, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Patent number: 11767098
    Abstract: A blade includes a fibrous reinforcement having a three-dimensional weave densified by a matrix, the fibrous reinforcement including, in a single woven piece, a root and an aerodynamic profile part extending along a longitudinal direction between the root part and a blade tip portion and along a transverse direction between a leading and a trailing edge portion. The profile part includes first and second suction side and pressure side faces. The fibrous reinforcement includes a separation forming a housing inside the fibrous reinforcement, a bladder filled with a shaping foam being present in the housing. The separation extends over a separation zone inside the profile part of the fibrous reinforcement comprised between the root part and the blade tip portion in the longitudinal direction and between the leading and the trailing edge portion in the transverse direction. The separation opens to the outside of the profile part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Dominique Gerhardt Mayhew, Adrien Louis Nicolas Laurenceau
  • Publication number: 20230294817
    Abstract: Disclosed is a variable pitch propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine. The blade includes an airfoil connected to a root, the root having a body housed in an annular barrel that extends around a pitch axis of the blade, the body including a free end opposite the airfoil; a shoulder towards the airfoil; and a bulb located between the free end and the shoulder. The bulb can have a cross-section, referred to as the middle section, that has a maximum value Sm, and the barrel can be affixed to the body and covers and matches at least a portion of the bulb and the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vincent JOUDON, Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Laurent JABLONSKI, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Publication number: 20230294816
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The assembly generally includes an un-ducted propeller blade of which the root has a bulbous portion; a system for setting the pitch of the blade about a pitch setting axis, the pitch setting system including a cup, configured to be placed inside the outer casing, has a flared open top end for axial insertion of the root and in which the root of the blade can be axially affixed by a locking member; and at least one radial retention prong in a radial space reserved between the wall of the cup and the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Thierry Georges Paul PAPIN
  • Publication number: 20230286649
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a propeller blade and its system for angularly adjusting the pitch of the blade including a bowl which is radially delimited by an annular wall (44)-extending about an axis for adjusting the pitch of the blade, the bowl having a bottom wall, a free lower end of the root being fitted axially into a complementary housing of the bottom wall in order to rotatably connect the bowl and the blade about the pitch-adjustment axis. The root of the blade comprises a first limiting face that engages with a first abutment face of the bowl to limit the rotation of the blade in the event of breakage of the lower end of the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Clement COTTET, Vivien Mickael COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Regis Eugene Henri SERVANT, Laurent JABLONSKI
  • Publication number: 20230286644
    Abstract: An assembly including a propeller blade and a pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade. A root of the blade has a bulb and the pitch adjustment system for setting the pitch of the blade includes a cup having an upper opening; a retaining ring, which extends around the bulb, is restricted at least in terms of axial movement towards the opening relative to the cup and has a bearing face to inhibit axial movement of the root towards the opening The pitch adjustment system being further includes a lower seat for the root to engage the cup, the seat and/or the retaining ring being mounted so as to be capable of axial translation relative to the cup by at least one clamping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Arnaud LANGLOIS, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT, Laurent JABLONSKI
  • Publication number: 20230286643
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, including a cup having an annular wall extending about an axis intended to be a pitch setting axis of the blade, and a bottom wall configured so as to cooperate in a form-fitting manner with a free end of the root so that the cup is prevented from rotating relative to the root about the axis, and a locking ring that is configured so as to be mounted within the cup and to cooperate respectively with the root and the annular wall of the cup in order to ensure axial retention of the root in the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Vincent JOUDON, Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Publication number: 20230257105
    Abstract: A system for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The system generally including a blade having an airfoil connected to a root; a cup having an annular wall extending about a pitch axis of the blade and a lower axial end enclosed by a bottom wall; a locking ring that extends around the root and inside the cup; a safety element that ensures the retention of the root relative to the cup. The at least one safety element can have a generally elongate shape and can pass through aligned holes in the bottom wall of the cup and in the free end of the root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Clément COTTET, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Vincent JOUDON, Régis Eugène Henri SERVANT
  • Publication number: 20230081843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite blade (5) for a turbine engine rotor, for example, an unducted propeller, comprising a skin (6) made of woven fibres forming the outer profile of the blade and an attachment (11) with cylindrical geometry in the direction of the span emerging from the blade root (9), which attachment is intended to retain the blade (5) on a hub of the rotor, characterised in that it further comprises a spar (16) having a hollow tube structure made of braided carbon fibres, fixed to the attachment (11) and extending inside the skin (6) over at least part of the span of the blade (5). The invention also relates to a propeller comprising said blade and to a method for manufacturing said blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vivien Mickael COURTIER, Anthony BINDER
  • Publication number: 20230044779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade (7) comprising: —a composite material structure (17), —a blade root fastening portion (9) further comprising a shoulder (10) extending into the recess from the wall—a base (18) arranged in the recess and comprising a support member configured to abut against the shoulder (10) of the blade root fastening portion (9) and a passage (39) formed in the support member, the sections (23) of the blade root portion (22) of the composite material structure extending through the passage (39), and—a blocking part (19) arranged in the recess between the two sections (23) of the blade root portion (22) such that each section of the blade root portion (23) is pressed against the support member by the blocking part (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Vincent JOUDON, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Clément Pierre POSTEC
  • Publication number: 20230027670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade comprising: - a structure made of composite material; - a blade root attachment part comprising a wall delimiting a cavity, a first opening formed in the wall and a second opening located under the blade root portion, the structure made of composite material extending through the first opening; - two locking parts configured to axially abut against a shoulder of the attachment part and to bear against the blade root portion; and - a cover for compressing the blade root portion against the locking parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Eddy Keomorakott SOURYAVONGSA, Anthony BINDER, Vivien Mickaël COURTIER
  • Patent number: 11499432
    Abstract: A method of altering the twisting relationship for the aerodynamic surface of a fan blade of a gas turbine engine, wherein the following steps are performed: establishing, for a portion of the aerodynamic surface of the fan blade, an alteration relationship defined by variation of a pitch angle of the blade as a function of radial height along the blade, the alteration relationship including alterations that are each defined by a height along with the radial height of the fan blade and by an amplitude; and applying the alteration relationship as established in this way to an initial twisting relationship of the fan blade so as to obtain an altered twisting relationship for the fan blade, the initial twisting relationship being defined by a polynomial for the radial height of the fan blade as a function of its pitch angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël Courtier, Adrien Louis Nicolas Laurenceau, Dominique Gerhadt Mayhew, Jonathan Evert Vlastuin
  • Publication number: 20220333493
    Abstract: Fibrous preform for a composite blade and also a composite blade formed by means of such a preform, a rotor and a rotating machine comprising such a blade, the preform comprising a first longitudinal section, configured to form a blade root, and a second longitudinal section, extending from the first longitudinal section, configured to form a portion of an airfoil, wherein the first longitudinal section has a first thickness at its upper end and wherein the second longitudinal section comprises at least one set-back zone having a thickness at least three times less than the first thickness, said set-back zone occupying at least 50% of the second longitudinal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Vivien Mickaël COURTIER, Dominique Gerhardt MAYHEW, Adrien Jacques Philippe FABRE, Adrien Louis Nicolas LAURENCEAU