IP Library Granted Patent US 10,138,734
Granted Patent B2
US 10,138,734 · App. 14/774,417 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Turbine ring for a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 10,138,734
App. No.
14/774,417
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine engine turbine ring, in particular for a helicopter, in which vibratory behavior is reduced. The turbine ring includes an essentially cylindrical support, and one or more sectors forming a circle configured to define a segment of an air passage, each sector being fastened to the support by an attachment device, wherein the attachment device includes a hook portion belonging to the support and projecting towards the sector, and a hook portion belonging to the sector and projecting towards the support, the hook portions of the support and of the sector being configured to co-operate in order to fasten the sector to the support, the ring further includes a damper device provided within the attachment device and stressed radially between a portion of the sector and a portion of the support so as to damp relative movements between the sector and the support.

Claims (21)

1. A turbine ring comprising:

a cylindrical support; and

one or more sectors forming a circle configured to define a segment of an air passage, each sector being fastened to the support by an attachment device;

wherein the attachment device comprises a hook portion belonging to the support and projecting towards the sector, and a hook portion belonging to the sector and projecting towards the support, the hook portions of the support and of the sector being configured to co-operate in order to fasten the sector to the support;

a damper device provided within the attachment device and stressed radially between a portion of the sector and a portion of the support so as to damp relative movements between the sector and the support; and

wherein the damper device comes into contact in alternation, in the circumferential direction, with an inner surface of the support and with an outer surface of the hook portion of the sector.

2. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device comprises a flexible blade.

3. A ring according to claim 2 , when said flexible blade is an element made of sheet metal.

4. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device is stressed radially between said portion of the sector and said portion of the support over its entire length.

5. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device is received at least in part in a groove formed in a portion of the sector.

6. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device enfolds at least a distal portion of the hook portion of the support.

7. A ring according to claim 6 , wherein the damper device is configured so as to maintain permanently, firstly at least one pressure zone on an outer surface of the hook portion of the support and a pressure zone on its inner surface, and secondly at least one of a pressure zone on the inner surface of the hook portion of the sector or a pressure zone on an outer surface of the sector.

8. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device enfolds at least a distal portion of the hook portion of the sector.

9. A ring according to claim 1 , wherein the damper device is divided into a plurality of sections that follow one another all along the circumference of the circle formed by the sector(s), a section preferably being associated with each sector.

10. A turbine engine including at least one ring according to claim 1 .

11. A turbine ring comprising:

a cylindrical support; and

one or more sectors forming a circle configured to define a segment of an air passage, each sector being fastened to the support by an attachment device;

wherein the attachment device comprises a hook portion belonging to the support and projecting towards the sector, and a hook portion belonging to the sector and projecting towards the support, the hook portions of the support and of the sector being configured to co-operate in order to fasten the sector to the support;

a damper device provided within the attachment device and stressed radially between a portion of the sector and a portion of the support so as to damp relative movements between the sector and the support; and

wherein the damper device is configured so as to maintain permanently, firstly at least a pressure zone on an outer surface of the hook portion of the support or a pressure zone on an inner surface of the hook portion of the support, and secondly at least one of a pressure zone on an inner surface of the hook portion of the sector or a pressure zone on an outer surface of the sector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2018
From: TURBOMECA
To: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046127/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2015
From: JAUREGUIBERRY, CAROLE; SILVA, MANUEL
To: TURBOMECA
Reel/Frame 036533/0599 →