IP Library Granted Patent US 8,133,018
Granted Patent B2
US 8,133,018 · App. 12/038,604 · Granted Mar 13, 2012

High-pressure turbine of a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 8,133,018
App. No.
12/038,604
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-pressure turbine of a turbomachine, including at least one upstream guide vane element and an impeller mounted so as to rotate inside ring sectors attached to an annular support which is suspended from an outer casing, the upstream guide vane element including, at its radially inner end, a mechanism for attachment to an inner casing and, at its radially outer end, a mechanism for pressing axially on a fixed element of the turbine that is suspended from the outer casing independently of the annular support for attachment of the ring sectors.

Claims (8)

1. A turbomachine comprising a high-pressure turbine comprising at least one upstream guide vane element formed of an annular array of fixed stator blades and an impeller mounted so as to rotate downstream of the upstream guide vane element and inside an assembly of ring sectors placed circumferentially end-to-end and supported by an annular support suspended from an outer casing, the upstream guide vane element comprising, at a radially inner end, means for attachment to an inner casing, and, at a radially outer end means for pressing axially on a fixed element that is suspended from the outer casing independently of the annular support of the ring sectors, wherein said fixed element comprises, on a radially inner portion, an annular groove oriented axially in an upstream direction and designed to receive a cylindrical rim of an outer wall of a combustion chamber arranged upstream of the upstream guide vane element, and wherein said annular groove comprises at least one lateral cylindrical surface in abutment against a cylindrical surface of said cylindrical rim for centering the outer wall of the combustion chamber relative to a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine.

2. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed element is an annular metal sheet which extends radially between the upstream guide vane element and the outer casing.

3. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the annular metal sheet comprises, at its radially outer end, an annular flange for attachment to the outer casing.

4. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the annular metal sheet comprises, at its radially inner end, a radial annular endpiece for pressing on the upstream guide vane element.

5. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a radially outer portion of the annular metal sheet comprises orifices evenly distributed about its axis of revolution for the passage of ventilation air.

6. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upstream guide vane element comprises a radial annular rim extending outward and forming means for pressing axially on the fixed element of the turbine.

7. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the radial rim comprises a cylindrical rib for pressing axially on the fixed element of the turbine.

8. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the radial rim is situated substantially level with leading edges of the blades of the upstream guide vane element.

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 Feb 27, 2008
From: DAKOWSKI, MATHIEU; DORIN, CLAIRE; GENDRAUD, ALAIN DOMINIQUE; PHILIPPOT, VINCENT
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 020570/0923 →