IP Library Granted Patent US 7,640,752
Granted Patent B2
US 7,640,752 · App. 11/527,498 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Device for guiding an element in an orifice in a wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber

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Patent No.
US 7,640,752
App. No.
11/527,498
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Device for guiding an element in an orifice in a wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber, including a ring and a bush, the ring being traversed axially by the element and including an external annular rim guided transversely in an internal annular channel of the bush, the ring and the bush delimiting around the element a cylindrical annular passage opening into the chamber, air circulation being provided in the ring and/or in the bush and distributed about their axis so as to establish an air circulation in the cylindrical passage from the outside of the combustion chamber toward the inside.

Claims (14)

1. A device for guiding an element in an orifice in a wall of a turbomachine combustion chamber, comprising a ring and a bush which are substantially coaxial and mounted one inside the other, the ring being intended to be traversed axially by the element and comprising an external annular rim guided transversely in an internal annular channel of the bush intended to be fastened to the edge of the orifice in the wall of the combustion chamber, the ring and the bush delimiting around the element a cylindrical annular passage opening into the chamber, wherein the device comprises an air circulation circuit formed in the ring and/or in the bush and distributed about their axis so as to establish an air circulation in the cylindrical passage from the outside of the combustion chamber toward the inside,

wherein said ring comprises a frustoconical part connected to the ring between the external annular rim of the ring and an internal cylindrical surface situated between said frustoconical part and said element, and

wherein the air circulation circuit comprises axial splines formed in said internal cylindrical surface of the ring, said splines being regularly distributed around the axis of the ring.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bush comprises a cylindrical wall externally delimiting the cylindrical passage formed around the element outside the combustion chamber, and wherein the air circulation circuit comprises through orifices formed in this cylindrical wall of the bush and regularly distributed about the axis of the bush.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the orifices of the cylindrical wall of the bush extend radially with respect to the axis of the bush.

4. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the orifices of the cylindrical wall of the bush are inclined with respect to the axis of the bush.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the air circulation circuit comprises through orifices formed in the annular rim of the ring, these orifices being regularly distributed about the axis of the ring and opening into the cylindrical annular passage.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the air circulation circuit comprises radial grooves formed in a transverse annular surface of the channel of the bush and/or in a transverse annular surface of the rim of the ring, these grooves being regularly distributed about the axis of the bush and of the ring.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the grooves open at one of their ends into the cylindrical annular passage and at the other of their ends outside the chamber.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bush is fastened to the wall of the chamber by brazing or welding.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the element guided in the orifice in the wall of the chamber is a spark igniter.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the element guided in the orifice in the wall of the chamber is a starting injector.

11. A turbomachine combustion chamber which comprises at least one device as claimed in claim 1 .

12. An aircraft turbojet comprising at least one device as claimed in claim 1 .

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 27, 2006
From: GAUTIER, CLAUDE; SANDELIS, DENIS JEAN MAURICE
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 018354/0661 →