IP Library Granted Patent US 7,661,926
Granted Patent B2
US 7,661,926 · App. 11/492,015 · Granted Feb 16, 2010

Turbomachine blade

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Patent No.
US 7,661,926
App. No.
11/492,015
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbomachine blade presenting a free end having an end wall from which there projects a rim, the rim including a first fraction starting from the trailing edge of the blade and running along the suction side of the blade to a connection zone, and a second fraction of closed outline connected to the first fraction at the region of the connection zone. The second fraction extends the first fraction, running along the suction side of the blade, along the leading edge of the blade, and then returning to the connection zone.

Claims (12)

1. A turbomachine blade presenting a free end having an end wall from which there projects a rim, wherein said rim comprises a first fraction starting from the trailing edge of the blade and running along the suction side of the blade to a connection zone, and a second fraction of closed outline connected to the first fraction at the region of said connection zone, wherein said second fraction extends the first fraction, running along the suction side of the blade, along the leading edge of the blade, and then returning to the connection zone, and wherein the distance between the connection zone and the leading edge measured along the suction side is shorter than the distance between the connection zone and the trailing edge measured along the suction side.

2. A blade according to claim 1 , wherein said second fraction of the rim comprises a suction-side segment running along the suction side of the blade, a leading segment running along the leading edge of the blade, and a connection segment extending from the leading edge or the pressure side of the blade, to said connection zone situated on the suction side of the blade.

3. A blade according to claim 2 , wherein said first fraction of the rim, said suction-side segment and said leading segment run along the periphery of the end wall of the blade.

4. A blade according to claim 2 , wherein said second fraction of the rim further comprises, between the leading segment and the connection segment, a pressure-side segment running along a portion of the pressure side of the blade.

5. A blade according to claim 4 , wherein said first fraction of the rim, said suction-side segment, said leading segment and said pressure-side segment, run along the periphery of the end wall of the blade.

6. A blade according to claim 2 , wherein the connection segment is curved.

7. A blade according to claim 2 , wherein the junction zone between the connection segment and the first fraction of the rim is curved.

8. A blade according to claim 2 , wherein the connection segment and the first fraction of the rim together form a curve that is convex towards the suction side of the blade.

9. A blade according to claim 1 of a turbojet turbine.

10. A turbine including a blade according to claim 1 .

11. A turbomachine including a blade according to claim 1 .

12. A turbomachine blade presenting a free end having an end wall from which there projects a rim, wherein said rim comprises a first fraction starting from the trailing edge of the blade and running along the suction side of the blade to a connection zone, and a second fraction of closed outline connected to the first fraction at the region of said connection zone, wherein said second fraction extends the first fraction, running along the suction side of the blade, along the leading edge of the blade, and then returning to the connection zone, so that the pressure-side gas, which flows along the rim, flows along a portion of said second fraction extending between the leading edge and the connection zone, and then along said first fraction, and wherein the distance between the connection zone and the leading edge measured along the suction side is shorter than the distance between the connection zone and the trailing edge measured along the suction side.

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 →