IP Library Granted Patent US 10,072,508
Granted Patent B2
US 10,072,508 · App. 14/979,641 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Turbomachine rotor with optimised bearing surfaces

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Patent No.
US 10,072,508
App. No.
14/979,641
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a turbomachine rotor including a disk and at least one blade wherein the root comprises a bulb accommodated into a groove associated with the disk, wherein the bulb includes a slot that opens up radially inwards at its lower face, and in that the rotor includes a retaining part extending partly into the groove projecting radially outwards from the bottom face of the groove, of which a radially outer end of the retaining part fits into the slot of the bulb and bears radially inwards on the inner wall of the slot of the bulb.

Claims (13)

1. A turbomachine rotor comprising a disk and at least one blade, wherein the root of the blade comprises a bulb accommodated into an associated groove of the disk,

the groove comprising a radially inner bottom face and two faces overhanging the bottom face, that are inclined relative to a median plane of the groove,

the bulb comprising two radially outer upper faces located facing the overhanging faces of the groove, that are inclined relative to a main plane of the bulb and that are bearing radially outwards on said overhanging faces, and comprising a lower face located radially facing and at a distance from the bottom face of the groove,

wherein the bulb comprises a slot that opens up radially inwards at the lower face of the bulb, and the rotor comprises a retaining part extending partly into the groove projecting radially outwards from the bottom face of the groove, of which a radially outer end of the retaining part fits into the slot of the bulb and bears radially inwards on the inner wall of the slot of the bulb,

wherein the slot of the bulb and the retaining part are parallel to an axial direction of the groove of the disk, and

wherein the disk comprises a slot that opens up radially outwards at the bottom face of the groove, inside which a radially inner end of the retaining part fits, bearing radially outwards on an inner wall of said slot, and

wherein the slot formed in the disk comprises a bottom face parallel to and located at a distance from the bottom face of the groove and two inclined faces that are inclined relative to the median plane of the groove and that extend from the ends of the bottom face of the slot to the bottom face of the groove.

2. A rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the slot of the bulb comprises a bottom face parallel to and located at a distance from the lower face of the bulb and two inclined faces that are inclined relative to the median plane of the groove and that extend from the ends of the bottom face of the groove to the lower face of the bulb.

3. A rotor according to claim 2 , wherein the outer radial end of the retaining part comprises bearing faces located facing inclined faces of the slot of the bulb, that are bearing radially inwards on said inclined faces.

4. A rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the radially inner end of the retaining part comprises bearing faces facing the inclined faces of the slot formed in the disk, that are bearing radially inwards on said inclined faces of the slot.

5. A rotor according to claim 1 , further comprising means of adjusting the radial position of the retaining part relative to the disk.

6. Rotor according to claim 5 , wherein said means of adjusting comprises at least one element to compensate for radial clearance formed between the retaining part and a facing face of the slot formed in the disk.

7. Aircraft turbomachine comprising a rotor according to claim 1 , provided with at least one disk with blades connected to the disk.

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 Jun 16, 2016
From: BEAUJARD, ANTOINE JEAN-PHILIPPE
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 038932/0128 →