Patents by Inventor Yves Ribaud

Yves Ribaud 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: 7610762
    Abstract: The engine comprises a low pressure stage (1) and a high pressure stage (2) with two independent rotors (3,4) and associated fixed fluid preparation members (9,10,13,14), combining “compressor” means (15,16) and “expander” means (17,18) and at least one combustion chamber (19,20) in a central volume defined axially by the rotors (3,4) and laterally by three substantially cylindrical, coaxial walls (22,23,24), defining in pairs an outer duct (25) connecting the outlet of the LP compressor (15) to the inlet of the HP compressor (16) and an inner duct (26) connecting the outlet of the HP compressor (16) to the inlet of a first combustion chamber (19), whose outlet supplies the HP expander (18) with gases produced by combustion guided to the inlet of the LP expander (17), whose outlet is in communication with the outside via at least one exhaust opening (41) for the combustion gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: ONERA
    Inventors: Yves Ribaud, Joel Guidez, Jean-Paul Breteau, Thierry Courvoisier, Olivier Dessornes, Clement Dumand
  • Publication number: 20080000238
    Abstract: The engine comprises a low pressure stage (1) and a high pressure stage (2) with two independent rotors (3,4) and associated fixed fluid preparation members (9,10,13,14), combining “compressor” means (15,16) and “expander” means (17,18) and at least one combustion chamber (19,20) in a central volume defined axially by the rotors (3,4) and laterally by three substantially cylindrical, coaxial walls (22,23,24), defining in pairs an outer duct (25) connecting the outlet of the LP compressor (15) to the inlet of the HP compressor (16) and an inner duct (26) connecting the outlet of the HP compressor (16) to the inlet of a first combustion chamber (19), whose outlet supplies the HP expander (18) with gases produced by combustion guided to the inlet of the LP expander (17), whose outlet is in communication with the outside via at least one exhaust opening (41) for the combustion gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Yves Ribaud, Joel Guidez, Jean-Paul Breteau, Thierry Courvoisier, Olivier Dessornes, Clement Dumand
  • Patent number: 6712588
    Abstract: A radial turbine with a novel inlet and a outlet is combined with a centrifugal compressor, also having novel inlet and outlet, so as to obtain a turbocompressor unit wherein the respective inlets and/or exhausts of which are improved. The combination of above improves the overall efficiency of the turbocompressor unit. In addition, the combination limits the axial bulk of such a unit at the cost of a limited increase both in the cross section and the weight and structural complexity of the turbocompressor unit. Such a turbomachine: a radial turbine with an optional centrifugal compressor can be produced using two-microelectronic dimensional machining techniques of the microelectronic type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales)
    Inventor: Yves Ribaud