IP Library Granted Patent US 8,100,635
Granted Patent B2
US 8,100,635 · App. 12/254,518 · Granted Jan 24, 2012

Control of clearance at blade tips in a high-pressure turbine of a turbine engine

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Patent No.
US 8,100,635
App. No.
12/254,518
Granted
Jan 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine stage in a turbine engine, including a wheel with blades rotating inside a sealing ring held by a casing of the turbine, and an annular thermal protection sheet mounted between the casing and the sealing ring is disclosed. The annular thermal protection sheet is formed by a plurality of curved plates mounted end-to-end and attached by pins to the casing.

Claims (15)

1. A turbine stage in a turbine engine, including a wheel with blades rotating inside a sealing ring held by a casing, and an annular thermal protection sheet mounted between the casing and the sealing ring, wherein the annular thermal protection sheet is formed by a plurality of curved plates mounted end-to-end and attached by pins to the casing.

2. The turbine stage according to claim 1 , wherein the pins are crimped in orifices of the casing.

3. The turbine stage according to claim 2 , wherein the pins include an end outside the casing, which end is crimped on a washer threaded onto the end of the pin and applied to the radially external face of the casing.

4. The turbine stage according to claim 3 , wherein the washer is chamfered at its internal periphery and attached by at least one welding point to the casing.

5. The turbine stage according to claim 1 , wherein the pins are engaged in orifices of the curved plates and include, at their radially internal end, an annular edge supporting the edges of the orifices of the curved plates.

6. The turbine stage according to claim 5 , wherein each curved plate is attached to the casing by three pins, of which one goes into a central orifice in the middle of the curved plate and the other two go into orifices at the ends of the curved plate.

7. The turbine stage according to claim 6 , wherein the central orifice at the middle of the curved plate has a dimension corresponding to the transverse dimension of the pin, and the orifice at each end of the plate has a dimension greater than the transverse dimension of the pin, for a sliding assembly of the plate on the pin in the circumferential direction.

8. The turbine stage according to claim 7 , wherein one end of each plate forms a joint cover by which the corresponding end of the adjacent plate is connected, which joint cover comprises the orifice for passage of the attachment pin.

9. The turbine stage according to claim 5 , wherein the radially internal portion of each pin is mounted in or forms a spacer maintaining the annular end edge of the pin at a determined distance from the casing.

10. The turbine stage according to claim 1 , wherein the curved plates comprise bosses projecting on their radially external face and forming punctiform or quasi-punctiform contacts on the casing.

11. A turbine engine, including a turbine stage according to claim 1 .

12. Curved plates intended to form an annular thermal protection sheet in a turbine stage according to claim 1 , wherein the curved plates include orifices for assembling attachment pins, in which each curved plate includes a central orifice at its middle and an orifice at each of its ends for assembling attachment pins, in which the central orifice of the middle of each curved plate has a dimension corresponding to the transverse dimension of an attachment pin, and the orifices of the ends of each plate have a dimension greater than the transverse dimension of a pin.

13. The curved plates according to claim 12 , wherein an end of each plate forms or comprises a joint cover by which it can be connected to the corresponding end of an adjacent plate, in which the joint cover comprises the orifice for passage of an attachment pin.

14. The curved plates according to claim 13 , wherein each joint cover is attached by welding to the end of the corresponding plate.

15. The curved plates according to claim 14 , wherein they comprise bosses projecting from their external face.

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 Oct 21, 2008
From: DAKOWSKI, MATHIEU; DORIN, CLAIRE; GENDRAUD, ALAIN DOMINIQUE; POMMIER, NICOLAS
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 021711/0929 →