IP Library Granted Patent US 7,959,410
Granted Patent B2
US 7,959,410 · App. 11/742,834 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Assembly for an aircraft engine compressor comprising blades with hammer attachment with inclined root

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Patent No.
US 7,959,410
App. No.
11/742,834
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disk/blade assembly for an aircraft engine compressor is disclosed. The assembly includes a disk and a plurality of blades with hammer attachment. Each blade includes a blade root provided with an upstream bearing surface situated on a leading edge side of the airfoil and a downstream bearing surface situated on a trailing edge side of this airfoil. The disk is provided with a circumferential groove in which the blade root of each of the blades is held by the bearing surfaces. For each of the blades, the downstream bearing surface is offset circumferentially from the upstream bearing surface in a given direction of offset, corresponding to the direction of offset between the trailing edge and the leading edge of the airfoil.

Claims (13)

1. A disk/blade assembly for an aircraft engine compressor comprising:

a disk; and

a plurality of blades with hammer attachment mounted on said disk, each blade comprising successively, in an inward radial direction, an airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge offset circumferentially from said leading edge in a given direction of offset, a platform, a stilt, and a blade root provided with an upstream bearing surface situated on a leading edge side of the airfoil and a downstream bearing surface situated on a trailing edge side of this airfoil,

wherein the disk is provided with a circumferential groove in which said blade root of each of said plurality of blades is held by said bearing surfaces resting against the circumferential groove,

wherein, for each blade of said plurality of blades, the downstream bearing surface is offset circumferentially from the upstream bearing surface in said given direction of offset,

wherein, for each blade of said plurality of blades, the blade root includes two opposite circumferential end surfaces arranged on either side of said bearing surfaces, the circumferential end surfaces each includes a substantially concave shape.

2. The disk/blade assembly for a compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each blade of said plurality of blades is designed so that, in a view taken from above relative to said blade, a main direction in which said blade root extends, from its upstream bearing surface to its downstream bearing surface, is offset from a central axis of said disk by an angle A lying between 0.5 and 10°.

3. The disk/blade assembly for a compressor as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said angle A is approximately 3°.

4. The disk/blade assembly for a compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of blades is designed so that, in a view taken from above relative to said blade, a baric center of said upstream and downstream bearing surfaces of the blade root, considered in this view, forms a central center of symmetry for said upstream and downstream bearing surfaces.

5. An aircraft engine compressor, fitted with at least one disk/blade assembly as claimed in claim 1 .

6. An aircraft engine comprising at least one compressor as claimed in claim 5 .

7. The disk/blade assembly for a compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circumferential groove has a shape of a C opening radially outward.

8. The disk/blade assembly for a compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the platform of each blade of the plurality of blades is curved in the circumferential direction.

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 May 1, 2007
From: AUBIN, STEPHAN YVES; JULLIOT, STEPHAN
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 019232/0976 →