IP Library Granted Patent US 9,540,935
Granted Patent B2
US 9,540,935 · App. 13/983,241 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Fan rotor and associated turbojet engine

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Patent No.
US 9,540,935
App. No.
13/983,241
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fan rotor including a disk carrying blades including roots engaged in slots in the disk, a frustoconical cap mounted on the disk upstream from the blades, and a retaining mechanism axially retaining the blades on the disk and including a ring mounted in an annular groove of the disk and forming an abutment for the roots of the blades, the ring being festooned or crenellated and co-operating with a festooned radial annular bead of the annular groove of the disk, and a mechanism preventing the ring from moving in rotation, which includes an annulus carrying at least one axial tooth inserted in hollow portions of the bead of the disk and of the ring, the annulus being fastened by bolts on an upstream radial face of the disk.

Claims (11)

1. A fan rotor comprising:

a disk carrying blades including roots engaged in substantially axial slots in an outer periphery of the disk;

a substantially frustoconical cap mounted on the disk upstream from the blades;

retaining means for axially retaining the blades on the disk and comprising a ring mounted in an annular groove of the disk and forming an abutment for the roots of the blades, the ring being festooned or crenellated and co-operating with a festooned radial annular bead of the annular groove of the disk; and

means for preventing the ring from moving in rotation, which means comprises an annulus carrying at least one axial tooth inserted in hollow portions of the bead of the disk and of the ring, the annulus being fastened by bolts on an upstream radial face of the disk;

wherein the annulus includes lugs extending radially inwards and including holes passing axial bolts for fastening the annulus on the disk, the cap being fastened on the disk by axial bolts passing through the holes in some of the lugs of the annulus, and

further comprising an indexing peg mounted in aligned holes in the annulus and in the disk and including an upstream head received in a blind hole in an inner radial bead of the cap.

2. A fan rotor according to claim 1 , wherein, in its middle portion, the cap includes an inner annular bead including both blind axial holes formed therein that open out downstream and that serve as housings for heads of the bolts for fastening the annulus on the disk, and through axial holes for passing bolts for fastening the cap on the disk.

3. A fan rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the inner radial bead of the cap includes two through axial holes that are tapped for passing extractor screws.

4. A fan rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the cap is made of light metal, or of aluminum, and the annulus is made of metal that withstands being torn away, or high alloy steel.

5. A turbojet, comprising a fan 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 Aug 6, 2013
From: PERDRIGEON, CHRISTOPHE; JABLONSKI, LAURENT; JOLY, PHILIPPE GERARD EDMOND
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 030949/0414 →