IP Library Granted Patent US 8,870,531
Granted Patent B2
US 8,870,531 · App. 12/636,041 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Turbomachine rotor having blades of composite material provided with metal labyrinth teeth

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Patent No.
US 8,870,531
App. No.
12/636,041
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a turbine machine rotor having blades of composite material, the rotor comprising an assembly disk, a plurality of composite material blades mounted on the assembly disk via their roots and each provided at its free end with a platform, and a metal shroud positioned on the blade platforms concentrically around the assembly disk and including labyrinth teeth that project radially outwards in order to abrade an abradable material carried by a casing surrounding the rotor, the casing being held stationary both axially and circumferentially relative to the blade platforms and being suitable for moving radially outwards in operation relative to the blade platforms.

Claims (11)

1. A turbine machine rotor having composite material blades, wherein the rotor comprises:

an assembly disk;

a plurality of composite material blades mounted on the assembly disk via their roots and each provided at its free end with a platform;

a metal shroud positioned on the blade platforms concentrically around the assembly disk and including labyrinth teeth that project radially outwards in order to abrade an abradable material carried by a casing surrounding the rotor, the metal shroud being held stationary both axially and circumferentially relative to the blade platforms and being suitable for moving radially outwards in operation relative to the blade platforms; and

at least one pin passing through a first orifice provided in the metal shroud and a second orifice provided in the platform of at least one blade in a direction that is substantially radial, the pin being fastened to the metal shroud and being suitable for moving radially relative to the blade platforms so as to prevent the metal shroud from moving axially and circumferentially relative to the blade platforms while allowing the metal shroud to move radially relative to the blade platforms,

wherein the at least one pin is substantially L-shaped in radial section perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the disk.

2. A rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pin passes through the second orifice at a junction between two adjacent blade platforms.

3. A rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pin is welded to the shroud.

4. A rotor according to claim 1 , having a plurality of pins regularly distributed around the shroud.

5. A rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the platform of each blade presents a rim projecting radially outwards, the shroud having a circumferential groove that is inwardly open and in which the rim of each blade platform is received so as to guide the shroud during its radial movement relative to the blade platforms.

6. A turbomachine including at least one rotor according to 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 Dec 14, 2009
From: BLANCHARD, STEPHANE PIERRE GUILLAUME; MATEO, JULIEN; OTIN, STEPHANE
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 023647/0576 →