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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7608301 | Process for forming a protective coating containing aluminium and zirconium on a metal This relates to an improvement to the process of aluminization or activated cementation in which a donor cement containing the aluminium is attacked at high temperature and in a neutral or reducing atmosphere by a gaseous ammonium halide to form a gaseous aluminium ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7341380 | Installation layout for two coaxial shaft lines In an assembly with two concentric shafts, the internal shaft projecting beyond the external shaft, a seal support sleeve placed between the shafts has a conical shape and bears on a spacer mounted on the external shaft between an assembly nut of the forward end of ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335616 | Target for vaporizing under an electron beam, a method of fabricating it, a thermal barrier and a coating obtained from a target, and a mechanical part including such a coating The invention relates to a composite target in the form of a bar made of ceramic powders and designed to be evaporated under an electron beam, the target comprising zirconia and at least one zirconia stabilizer. In characteristic manner, said target is wherein said ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325307 | Installation for shaping a hollow blade A hollow blade is shaped by superplastic inflation of a blank made up of welded-together sheets. A die comprising two hollow shapes clamping the outline of the blank is placed inside an autoclave-forming enclosure in order to subject the blank to superplastic inflat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318466 | Lost wax casting method A method of manufacture of a multilayer ceramic shell mould out of a master pattern includes the steps of dipping the master pattern in a first slip containing ceramic particles and a binder, depositing sand particles to form a contact layer, dipping the master patt... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311493 | Metal sheet, including means for fixing it to a support and a gasket seal The metal sheet of the invention includes means for fixing it to a support and a seal gasket laid out along these means. The fixing means comprise at least one lumen provided on the metal sheet by punching, with a cavity for receiving a head of a fixing component co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296397 | Ventilation system for a convergent divergent exhaust nozzle The invention relates to a ventilation system for a convergent divergent exhaust nozzle in a bypass turbojet comprising an afterburn chamber surrounded by an annular passage through which circulates a stream of cooling air, a convergent divergent axisymmetric nozzle... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287383 | Afterburner arrangement The invention relates to a burner ring for turbofan jet engines. The ring includes an upstream annular envelope which forms a channel which is open axially in the downstream direction, and a manifold for injecting fuel into the channel. The ring includes multiple se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264441 | Hybrid cycle high pressure compressor and turbine engine including such a compressor The invention relates to a hybrid cycle HP compressor (104) for a turbine engine, comprising in particular a first rotor wheel (16), a first rectifier (118) and a second rotor wheel (20), as well as a separation slot (22) fitted be... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241961 | TIG welding method A TIG welding method of welding a first part with a first wall and an end edge to a second part with a second wall and an edge along a junction surface between said edges and along which the first wall forms a salient angle with the second wall. The TIG welding elec... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241112 | Turbomachine blade, in particular a fan blade, and its method of manufacture The composite turbomachine blade of the present invention comprises a preform made of yarns or fibers woven in three dimensions and a binder maintaining the relative disposition between the yarns of the preform. Said preform is made up of warp yarns and of weft yarn... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234920 | Turbine casing having refractory hooks and obtained by a powder metallurgy method A turbine stator casing comprising a jacket and fastener hooks for fastening a turbine distributor nozzle, the hooks projecting from the inside face of the jacket, said jacket being made of a first alloy by hot isostatic compression using metal powder, said fastener... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7185499 | Device for passive control of the thermal expansion of the extension casing of a turbo-jet engine The invention relates to a device for passive control of the thermal expansion of the extension casing of a turbo-jet engine, said extension casing surrounding the casing of the high pressure compressor of the turbo-jet engine, and including a flange for attachment ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180243 | Plasma accelerator with closed electron drift The closed electron drift plasma accelerator comprises an annular ionization chamber, an acceleration chamber on the same axis as the ionization chamber, an annular anode, a hollow cathode, a first DC voltage source, an annular gas manifold, a magnetic circuit, and ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168913 | Twin-spool turbojet with means for driving ancillary machines A turbojet includes a differential gear with a first planetary pinion driven by the shaft of the high pressure spool and a second planetary pinion driven by the shaft of the low pressure spool. The planetary pinions drive satellite pinions mounted in a cage by which... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162859 | Variable cycle propulsion system with gas tapping for a supersonic airplane, and a method of operation A variable cycle propulsion system for a supersonic airplane, the system comprising at least one engine having means for producing exhaust gas and a gas exhaust nozzle for generating thrust for supersonic flight speeds, and at least one separate auxiliary propulsion... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160352 | Powder material for an abradable seal A powder material for forming an abradable coating, the material comprising a metal powder based for the most part on aluminum and containing manganese or calcium. The material is applicable to seals of a turbomachine. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143877 | Fusible link comprising damper and backstop A link including a rod with a connection member at each end with an axis passing through both connection members. The rod includes a fusible zone as a narrow section lying between a first rod portion connected to a first connection member and a second rod portion co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140175 | Throttle control device in particular for turbine aero engine test bench The invention concerns a throttle control device for an aircraft turbine engine. It comprises a control assembly acting on the native command of the turbine engine (MT1–MT3) as a function of a manual input defined by a pilot control element (1... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121792 | Nozzle vane with two slopes A nozzle vane for a rotary disk of a turbomachine, the vane comprising pressure side and suction side surfaces extending radially between a base and a tip and longitudinally between a leading edge and a trailing edge, with a plurality of vane sections having centers... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112041 | Device for pivotally guiding variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine A device for guiding pivoting of variable-pitch vanes in a turbomachine, each vane having a pivot formed by a cylindrical axial shank which is guided in a cylindrical chimney of the casing and in a cylindrical orifice of a stationary element which surrounds the outs... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108224 | Aircraft engine rear suspension with thrust recovery A suspension of the turbo fan engine to an aircraft pylon, includes a fitting arranged to be attached to a pylon, a lever fastened in its central portion to the fitting via a linking device with a pivot pin. Two thrust rods are each connected by an end to the lever ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100869 | Turboprop carrier structure and an assembly including such a carrier structure The carrier structure of the invention is used for carrying a turboprop and it is designed to be mounted beneath and/or in front of an airplane wing. In characteristic manner, the carrier structure comprises: a top portion comprisi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086649 | Gasket with two concentric lips A gasket, sliding about the axis of rotation of a part to be brought closer to or to be spaced apart from another part with which it provides tightness through a pair of lips provided on a ring. The gasket includes a portion of the ring capable of bending to modify ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080974 | Retention capacity of a blade having an asymmetrical hammerhead fastener, with the help of platform stiffeners The invention relates to a bladed disk for a turbomachine, the disk including blades which extend into a conical stream and which are held in a peripheral groove of said disk by hammerhead type fasteners, each of said blades further including a platform whose radial... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074506 | Method of forming a ceramic coating on a substrate by electron-beam physical vapor deposition A composite target is placed in a chamber. The target is in the form of a bar made of ceramic powder and it presents composition that is not uniform in the longitudinal direction. At least one substrate is introduced into the chamber in order to have formed thereon ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055304 | De-icing device for turbojet inlet guide wheel vane, vane provided with such a de-icing device, and aircraft engine equipped with such vanes The de-icing device is intended for the vane (10) of the inlet guide wheel (4) of a turbojet (2), comprising a fixed part (12) arranged on the upstream side and a mobile flap (18) arranged on the downstream side, in which said fixe... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025562 | Device for cooling turbine disks A turbine disk cooling device fed with cooling air from an orifice through an annular support platform for a fixed vane of a low-pressure turbine is disposed between an upstream flange and a downstream flange of the support platform. The device includes upstream and... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017350 | Combustion chamber having a flexible connection between a chamber end wall and a chamber side wall The invention relates to an annular combustion chamber for a turbomachine of axis X, in which the chamber end wall is fixed to inner and outer side walls by means of a plurality of radially-inner attachment fittings and by means of a plurality of radially-outer atta... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004189 | Lubrication cutoff device A connector in a network of lubrication pipes is provided with a valve that automatically closes off the connector whenever one of the pipes is withdrawn following an incident. Lubricant leaks are thus avoided. The valve plug is cylindrical-conical and it is fitted ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988692 | Rear fastening device for aircraft engine A rear attachment suspension or device of a turbo engine to an aircraft pylon includes an upper brace fitted with a pylon fastening device and hinged by second ball joint connections, first and second rocker bars transversal to the longitudinal axis of the engine on... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988369 | Combustion chamber sealing ring, and a combustion chamber including such a ring The present invention provides a fixing or sealing ring for maximizing cooling at the end of a combustion chamber wall. For this purpose, the ring is constituted by a sleeve which is fixed around the end of a wall of the combustion chamber by means of a plurality of... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6973771 | Diffuser for terrestrial or aviation gas turbine A diffuser for a gas turbine engine, said diffuser being disposed between a last stage of a turbine and an exhaust casing, and comprising an outer annular wall and an inner annular wall together defining an annular passage for fluid that diverges in the flow directi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966189 | System for sealing the secondary flow at the inlet to a nozzle of a turbomachine having a post-combustion chamber A turbomachine comprising, downstream from the turbine, a post-combustion chamber defined by a thermal protection lining inside a casing defining an annular channel for a secondary flow, an annular diaphragm secured at the downstream end of said channel, said nozzle... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964169 | Long life nozzle flap for aircraft turbojets The invention proposes a long life nozzle flap for aircraft turbojets. This flap is remarkable in that it is composed of a hollow tapered body (10) flattened in the transverse direction along straight geometric generating lines (11), the body (10 | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959551 | Aeromechanical injection system with a primary anti-return swirler An injection system for a turbomachine combustion chamber, the system comprising a fuel injection nozzle for vaporizing fuel in the combustion chamber and a mixer/deflector assembly coaxial with the injection nozzle and serving to mix fuel and oxidizer and to diffus... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948370 | Method of measuring the adhesion of a coating to a substrate A method of measuring the adhesion of a coating to a substrate, wherein the measurement is done in air and wherein an ultrasound transducer is applied to the substrate by means of a thin film of gel, and a quality factor is calculated, given by the ratio between the... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942893 | Densifying hollow porous substrates by chemical vapor infiltration A porous substrate having a concave inside face and an outside face is disposed in an enclosure, and reactive gas is introduced into the enclosure to densify the substrate. At least a portion of the gas is divided into two non-zero fractions. The first fraction of t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938407 | Bleed-off device in a bypass turbojet This object is achieved by the bleed-off means comprising means for tapping air from the primary duct which are arranged upstream of the intermediate casing and means for evacuating the air tapped into the secondary duct downstream of the support arms, these means c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935098 | Turbomachine nozzle with noise reduction A nozzle comprising an inner barrel, a centerbody disposed inside the inner barrel so as to define a first channel for a primary flow, and an outer barrel surrounding the inner barrel so as to define a second annular channel for a secondary flow, the free end of the... | 08/30/2005 |
