IP Library Granted Patent US 7,507,072
Granted Patent B2
US 7,507,072 · App. 11/229,676 · Granted Mar 24, 2009

Turbine module for a gas-turbine engine with rotor that includes a monoblock body

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Patent No.
US 7,507,072
App. No.
11/229,676
Granted
Mar 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine module for a gas-turbine engine with a turbine rotor includes four disks at least supporting blades at their periphery. Two of the disks form a monoblock body. The monoblock body includes two lateral inter-disk ferrules, the ferrules being bolted on the disks of the two rotors adjacent to the monoblock body.

Claims (15)

1. A turbine module for a gas-turbine engine with a turbine rotor composed of four disks at least, including a first disk, a second disk adjacent to said first disk, a third disk adjacent to said second disk and a forth disk adjacent to said third disk, said four disks supporting blades on their periphery, said second and third disks forming a monoblock body, wherein said monoblock body includes two lateral inter-disk ferrules, including a first lateral inter-disk ferrule and a second lateral inter-disk ferrule, wherein said first lateral inter-disk ferrule is bolted to said first disk, and said second lateral inter-disk ferrule is bolted to said forth disk.

2. A module according to claim 1 , further comprising a first inter-stage ring between said first disk and the monoblock body, and a second inter-stage ring between the monoblock body and said forth disk.

3. A module according to claim 2 , wherein said first and second inter-stage rings also form an axial end-stop for the mobile blades.

4. A module according to claim 2 , wherein said first and second rings each form a passage for cooling air with said first and second inter-disk ferrules respectively.

5. A turbine module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least annular distributors between turbine stages, where said annular distributors include a plurality of elements in the form of a ring sector in which a first part supports fixed blades located radially to the axis of the turbine, and a second part which forms a seal with tips of the turbine rotor blades, and where said elements in the form of a ring sector are held inside a casing by latching devices.

6. A module according to claim 5 , further comprising an axial hook attached to the casing or to said element, that engages with a pair of axial hooks attached respectively to said element or the casing.

7. A module according to one of claims 5 and 6 , further comprising, on an upstream part of said element, a ring sector.

8. A module according to claim 7 , further comprising an axial hook on the casing, which fits together with a pair of axial hooks attached to said element in the form of a ring sector, in such a way that a downstream end of a ring sector for sealing of the rotor placed upstream is held between said axial hooks.

9. A turbine module according to claim 1 , wherein said first lateral inter-disk ferrule is welded to said second disk, and said second lateral inter-disk ferrule is welded to said third disk.

10. A turbine module according to claim 9 , wherein said monoblock body includes a monoblock ferule between said second and third disks, and

wherein said monoblock ferule, said first and second lateral inter-disk ferrules, said second disk and said third disk form a single block welded together.

11. A turbine module according to claim 10 , wherein said monoblock ferule includes at least one sealing lip oriented transversally with respect to an axis of said gas-turbine engine and facing a distributor of said gas-turbine engine.

12. A turbine module according to claim 10 , wherein said monoblock ferule includes two sealing lips oriented transversally with respect to an axis of said gas-turbine engine and facing a distributor of said gas-turbine engine.

13. A turbine module according to claim 10 , wherein said monoblock body includes two welding zones, a first welding zone between said second disk and said monoblock ferule and a second welding zone between said monoblock ferule and said third disk.

14. A turbine module according to claim 13 , wherein said monoblock ferule includes two sealing lips oriented transversally with respect to an axis of said gas-turbine engine and facing a distributor of said gas-turbine engine, and wherein said two sealing lips are positioned between said first and second welding zones.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →