IP Library Granted Patent US 9,022,744
Granted Patent B2
US 9,022,744 · App. 13/528,312 · Granted May 5, 2015

Turbine engine blade

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Patent No.
US 9,022,744
App. No.
13/528,312
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine engine blade having a plurality of blade sections stacked along a radial axis between a root and a tip. Each section extends along a longitudinal axis between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and along a tangential axis between a pressure-side face and a suction-side face. Each section presents a camber line, a deviation defined for each section as the difference between an angle between the tangent to the camber line at the leading edge and the longitudinal axis, and an angle between the tangent to the camber line at the trailing edge and the longitudinal axis. The minimum deviation is at the root of the blade, and the maximum deviation is present at sections situated in the range 0.3H to 0.8H, where H is the height of the blade measured from its root to its tip.

Claims (13)

1. A turbine engine blade comprising:

a plurality of blade sections stacked along a radial axis between a root and a tip,

each blade section extending along a longitudinal axis between a leading edge and a trailing edge and along a tangential axis between a pressure-side face and a suction-side face,

each section presenting a camber line formed by a midline between the pressure-side face and the suction-side face,

a deviation being defined for each section as being the difference between an angle β 1 between the tangent to the camber line at the leading edge and the longitudinal axis, and an angle β 2 between the tangent to the camber line at the trailing edge and the longitudinal axis, the angle β 2 being greater than the angle β 1 ,

the blade presenting a height H measured from its root to its tip, and the angles β 1 and β 2 being measured on the pressure side of the blade counterclockwise from the longitudinal axis towards the tangent to the camber line,

wherein the deviation is at a minimum at the root of the blade, presents a maximum value for sections of the blade situated between 0.3 H and 0.8 H, and decreases continuously from said maximum value to the tip of the blade, and

wherein the value of the deviation at the tip of the blade is at least 5° greater than the value of the deviation at the root of the blade.

2. A turbine engine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the deviation presents the maximum value for blade sections lying in the range 0.3 H to 0.5 H.

3. A turbine engine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the deviation presents the maximum value for blade sections lying in the range 0.6 H to 0.9 H.

4. A turbine engine blade according to claim 3 , wherein the deviation diminishes by at least 10° between a blade section situated at 0.9 H and the tip of the blade.

5. A turbine engine rotor wheel including a plurality of blades according to claim 1 .

6. A turbine engine including at least one rotor wheel according to claim 5 .

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 Sep 20, 2012
From: ROYAN, RENAUD GABRIEL CONSTANT; MARTET, RENAUD; GUIMBARD, JEAN-MICHEL
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 028996/0878 →