IP Library Granted Patent US 8,794,922
Granted Patent B2
US 8,794,922 · App. 13/185,754 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 8,794,922
App. No.
13/185,754
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine. The assembly comprises a bevel gear, a compressor shaft trunnion arranged coaxially inside the bevel gear, torque transmission means between the compressor shaft trunnion and the bevel gear, a lock nut for preventing the bevel gear from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion, the lock nut being suitable for being screwed onto the bevel gear and including a shoulder projecting radially outwards and suitable for coming into axial abutment firstly upstream against a stop nut screwed onto an upstream end of the compressor shaft trunnion, and secondly downstream against a bearing surface of the compressor shaft trunnion, and an anti-rotation pin for preventing the lock nut from rotating.

Claims (14)

1. An assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine, the assembly comprising:

a bevel gear centered on a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine;

a compressor shaft trunnion disposed coaxially inside the bevel gear;

torque transmission means between the compressor shaft trunnion and the bevel gear;

a lock nut for preventing the bevel gear from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion, the lock nut being suitable for being screwed into the bevel gear on its inside and including a shoulder that projects radially outwards and that is suitable for coming into axial abutment firstly upstream against a stop nut screwed onto an upstream end of the compressor shaft trunnion, and secondly downstream against a bearing surface of said compressor shaft trunnion; and

an anti-rotation pin mounted inside the compressor shaft trunnion to prevent the lock nut from rotating.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising means for preventing the anti-rotation pin from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion.

3. An assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the anti-rotation pin includes a shoulder projecting radially outwards and suitable for being positioned radially inside at least one groove formed in the compressor shaft trunnion in such a manner as to block the anti-rotation pin from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion.

4. An assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the compressor shaft trunnion includes an upstream groove and a downstream groove suitable for receiving the shoulder of the anti-rotation pin, the upstream groove being positioned in such a manner as to receive the shoulder when the anti-rotation pin is in a position for preventing the lock nut from rotating, and the downstream groove being positioned downstream from the upstream groove in such a manner as to receive the shoulder when the anti-rotation pin is in a position in which it is disengaged relative to the lock nut.

5. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-rotation pin includes at least one finger at an upstream end, the finger being suitable for co-operating in a tangential direction with notches formed at a downstream end of the lock nut.

6. An assembly according to claim 1 , further including means for preventing the stop nut from rotating.

7. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bevel gear includes a groove opening to the inside and suitable for receiving a tool for preventing said bevel gear from moving axially.

8. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the compressor shaft trunnion includes a flange suitable for co-operating with an extractor tool for extracting said compressor shaft trunnion.

9. A turbomachine including an assembly between a high-pressure compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox according to claim 1 .

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 →