IP Library Granted Patent US 7,757,495
Granted Patent B2
US 7,757,495 · App. 11/670,571 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Turbine engine annular combustion chamber with alternate fixings

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,757,495
App. No.
11/670,571
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine engine annular combustion chamber includes inner and outer longitudinal walls connected upstream by a transverse chamber bottom and including a single-piece cowling covering the chamber bottom. Each of the longitudinal walls is inserted between corresponding flanges of the chamber bottom and of the cowling. The longitudinal walls, the chamber bottom and the cowling are assembled together by a plurality of first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom alternating with a plurality of second fixings distinct from the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.

Claims (22)

1. A turbine engine annular combustion chamber made up of inner and outer longitudinal walls connected upstream by a transverse chamber bottom and comprising a single-piece cowling covering said chamber bottom, the longitudinal walls each being inserted between corresponding flanges of the chamber bottom and of the cowling, wherein the longitudinal walls, the chamber bottom and the cowling are assembled together by a plurality of first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom alternating with a plurality of second fixings distinct from the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling, and

wherein said first fixings clamp only said longitudinal walls to said chamber bottom, and said second fixings clamp only said longitudinal walls to said cowling.

2. A chamber according to claim 1 , comprising as many first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom as second fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.

3. A chamber according to claim 2 , wherein the first fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom are situated opposite the second fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the cowling, and the second fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the cowling are situated opposite the first fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom.

4. A chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the flanges of the chamber bottom comprise notches made in the region of the second fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.

5. A chamber according to claim 4 , wherein the flanges of the cowling comprise notches made in the region of the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom.

6. A chamber according to claim 5 , wherein each of said first and second fixings includes a bolt and a nut.

7. A chamber according to claim 6 , wherein each of the notches on said chamber bottom and on said cowling has sufficient dimensions to allow passage of the bolt and nut of said first and second fixings.

8. A turbine engine comprising an annular combustion chamber according to claim 1 .

9. A chamber according to claim 1 , wherein each of said first fixings is adjacent and between two of said second fixings and each of said second fixings is adjacent and between two of said first fixings.

10. A turbine engine annular combustion chamber made up of inner and outer longitudinal walls connected upstream by a transverse chamber bottom and comprising a single-piece cowling covering said chamber bottom, the longitudinal walls each being inserted between corresponding flanges of the chamber bottom and of the cowling, wherein the longitudinal walls, the chamber bottom and the cowling are assembled together by a plurality of first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom alternating with a plurality of second fixings distinct from the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling,

wherein the first fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom are situated opposite the second fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the cowling, and the second fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the cowling are situated opposite the first fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom.

11. A turbine engine annular combustion chamber made up of inner and outer longitudinal walls connected upstream by a transverse chamber bottom and comprising a single-piece cowling covering said chamber bottom, the longitudinal walls each being inserted between corresponding flanges of the chamber bottom and of the cowling, wherein the longitudinal walls, the chamber bottom and the cowling are assembled together by a plurality of first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom alternating with a plurality of second fixings distinct from the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling, and

wherein each of said first fixings passes through only said longitudinal walls and said chamber bottom, and wherein each of said second fixings passes through only said longitudinal walls and said cowling.

12. A chamber according to claim 11 , comprising as many first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom as second fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.

13. A chamber according to claim 12 , wherein the first fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom are situated opposite the second fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the cowling, and the second fixings between the inner longitudinal wall and the cowling are situated opposite the first fixings between the outer longitudinal wall and the chamber bottom.

14. A chamber according to claim 11 , wherein the flanges of the chamber bottom comprise notches made in the region of the second fixings between the longitudinal walls and the cowling.

15. A chamber according to claim 14 , wherein the flanges of the cowling comprise notches made in the region of the first fixings between the longitudinal walls and the chamber bottom.

16. A chamber according to claim 15 , wherein each of said first and second fixings includes a bolt and a nut.

17. A chamber according to claim 16 , wherein each of the notches on said chamber bottom and on said cowling has sufficient dimensions to allow passage of the bolt and nut of said first and second fixings.

18. A turbine engine comprising an annular combustion chamber according to claim 11 .

19. A chamber according to claim 11 , wherein each of said first fixings is adjacent and between two of said second fixings and each of said second fixings is adjacent and between two of said first fixings.

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 →