IP Library Granted Patent US 9,890,652
Granted Patent B2
US 9,890,652 · App. 14/869,312 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Turbine wheel for a turbine engine

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Patent No.
US 9,890,652
App. No.
14/869,312
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating assembly for a turbine engine, comprising a disc having an outer periphery having alternating slots and teeth, blades radially extending from the disc and roots of which are axially engaged in the slots, with spaces called slot cavities being provided between the roots of the blades and the slots, platforms laterally extending from the blades and circumferentially arranged end-to-end, so as to form spaces called inter-blade cavities, and a downstream annular shroud, comprising an outer annular sealing lip opposite the downstream ends of the platforms. The downstream shroud further comprises an intermediate annular sealing lip opposite the downstream faces of the teeth of the disc, radially between the slot cavities and the inter-blade cavities.

Claims (16)

1. A rotating assembly for a turbine engine comprising:

a disc having an outer periphery having alternating slots and teeth, which extend from an upstream face to a downstream face of the disc,

blades radially extending from the disc and roots of which are axially engaged into the slots and radially held by the teeth of the disc, with said roots being fir-tree roots, with radially outer holding stage and a radially inner holding stage in a form-fitting manner with respectively an outer face and an inner face of the flanks of the teeth of the disc, with outer slot cavities being provided between said outer face and the outer holding stage of the blade roots and inner slot cavities being provided between said inner face and the holding inner stage of the blade roots, and extending from the upstream face to the downstream face of the disc,

platforms laterally extending from the blades and circumferentially arranged end to end, with respect to each other, so as to form inter-blade cavities, radially between the teeth of the disc and the platforms,

downstream of the disc, a downstream annular shroud, with said downstream annular shroud comprising an outer annular sealing lip located opposite the downstream ends of the platforms and an inner annular sealing lip located opposite the downstream face of the disc and radially between the outer and inner slot cavities,

wherein the downstream annular shroud further comprises an intermediate annular sealing lip located opposite the downstream faces of the teeth of the disk and the blade roots, and radially between the outer slot cavities and the inter-blade cavities.

2. The rotating assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the disc is a high-pressure turbine disc of a turbine engine.

3. The rotating assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an upstream annular shroud is arranged upstream of the disc and axially holds the roots of the blades in the slots.

4. The rotating assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the platforms comprise, at upstream and downstream ends thereof, radial walls which extend inwards and partially partition axial ends of the inter-blades cavities, with the outer annular sealing lip of the downstream shroud annular being arranged opposite the downstream radial walls of the platforms.

5. The rotating assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising means for transferring cooling air to the outer periphery of the downstream face of the disc by supplying with air said inner and outer slot cavities of the disc.

6. The rotating assembly according to claim 3 , wherein

the upstream shroud comprises an annular sealing lip located opposite the downstream faces of the teeth of the disk and the blade roots, and radially between the outer slot cavities and the inter-blade cavities,

the intermediate annular sealing lip of the downstream shroud is radially located outside the outer slot cavities, and

the inner annular sealing lip of the downstream shroud is radially located between the outer slot cavities and the inner slot cavities,

wherein the rotating assembly further comprises means for transferring cooling air to the outer periphery of the downstream face of the disc by supplying with air said inner and outer slot cavities of the disc, the cooling air transferring means being adapted to transfer such air to the outer periphery of the downstream face of the disc, on each side of the upstream annular shroud and supply the outer and inner slot cavities.

7. A turbine engine, comprising a rotating assembly 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 Sep 29, 2015
From: JUDET, MAURICE GUY; AUZILLON, PIERRE GUILLAUME; SIMON, MATTHIEU
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 036684/0140 →