IP Library Granted Patent US 7,670,106
Granted Patent B2
US 7,670,106 · App. 11/492,781 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Bushing for a variable-pitch vane pivot in a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 7,670,106
App. No.
11/492,781
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bushing for a variable-pitch vane pivot in a turbomachine, the bushing being for mounting in a recess in a ring of the turbomachine, the recess being of a shape that is substantially complementary to the shape of the bushing, the bushing comprising a body that is substantially tubular having a longitudinal axis, and at least three branches extending radially outwards relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body, and axially over the full height of said tubular body, said branches being distributed in substantially equidistant manner around the circumference of the tubular body.

Claims (5)

1. A turbomachine comprising a ring including a plurality of recesses each for receiving a guide pivot of a variable-pitch vane, the ring further including a plurality of bushings, each mounted in one of said recesses, each of said recesses being of a shape that is substantially complementary to the shape of the bushing, each bushing comprising a body that is substantially tubular having a longitudinal axis, and further comprising at least three branches extending radially outwards relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body, and axially over the full height of said tubular body, said branches being distributed in substantially equidistant manner around the circumference of the tubular body,

wherein each branch is in the form of a tubular branch of cross-section that is substantially oval.

2. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein walls of the branches are deformable, each wall of the branches pressing against walls of the recess in the ring in which the bushing is mounted.

3. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein each bushing has at least four branches distributed in substantially equidistant manner around the circumference of the tubular body.

4. A turbomachine according to claim 1 wherein each bushing is made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from that of the ring in which the bushings are mounted.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2006
From: BOURU, MICHEL, ANDRE'
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 018317/0044 →