IP Library Granted Patent US 10,557,415
Granted Patent B2
US 10,557,415 · App. 15/088,525 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Turbo-engine including two separate ventilation flows

Inventors: Tewfik Boudebiza (Paris, FR); Gilles Alain Charier (La Grande Paroisse, FR); Augustin Marc Michel Curlier (Boissise la Bertrand, FR); Jean-Christophe Duffet (Saint-Mande, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F02C7/18F01D25/24F02C3/067F02C3/10F02K3/072F05D2220/32F05D2260/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,557,415
App. No.
15/088,525
Filed
Apr 1, 2016
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3741
USPC
60/39.83
Abstract

A non-faired propeller turbo-engine includes a gas generator and a propulsion unit that is separated from the gas generator by an intermediate housing. The turbo-engine includes a housing and a radially internal ferrule that are coaxial and are connected by hollow radial arms. The housing of the turbo-engine also defines, in part, a gas flow duct of a secondary gas flow. Each radial arm is hollow and is traversed by at least one service of the turbo-engine. Additionally, at least one arm is traversed by a ventilation gas circulation duct from the secondary gas flow and which leads to at least one component from among a power turbine and a mechanical transmission of said propulsion unit.

Claims (17)

1. A turbo-engine with non-faired propellers comprising:

a gas generator;

a propulsion unit which is separated from the gas generator by an intermediate housing; and

a housing and a radially internal ferrule which are coaxial and define a gas flow duct of a primary gas flow, and which are connected by hollow radial arms, said housing also defining in part a gas flow duct of a secondary gas flow,

wherein each of the hollow radial arms is hollow and is traversed by at least one service duct of the turbo-engine, and

wherein at least one of the hollow radial arms is traversed by a ventilation gas circulation duct from the secondary gas flow and which leads to at least one component from among a power turbine and a mechanical transmission of said propulsion unit.

2. The turbo-engine according to claim 1 , wherein a radially internal end of the ventilation gas circulation duct leads to at least one distribution box.

3. The turbo-engine according to claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of injectors of ventilation gas towards said component of the propulsion unit which are connected to the distribution box.

4. The turbo-engine according to claim 3 , wherein the injectors are included directly in the distribution box.

5. The turbo-engine according to claim 2 , wherein said distribution box forms an annular element wherein each ventilation gas circulation duct leads.

6. The turbo-engine according to claim 2 , wherein the turbo-engine includes a plurality of distribution boxes distributed about the main axis (A) of the turbo-engine, and at least one ventilation gas circulation duct leads into each of the plurality of distribution boxes.

7. The turbo-engine according to claim 6 , wherein a radially external end of the ventilation gas circulation duct leads to a flow jet of the secondary gas flow and the radially internal end of the ventilation gas circulation duct leads to at least one distribution box of the ventilation gas flow.

8. The turbo-engine according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the two radial ends of the ventilation gas circulation duct is oriented essentially radially with respect to the main axis A of the turbo-engine.

9. The turbo-engine according to claim 7 , further comprising means for securing each radial end of the ventilation gas circulation duct to the ferrule or to the associated housing enabling movement of said radial end of the ventilation gas circulation duct with respect to the ferrule or with respect to the associated housing along the main axis of said radial end of the ventilation gas circulation duct.

10. The turbo-engine according to claim 9 , wherein each of the housing and the internal ferrule includes a stop ring situated radially facing and at a distance from the radial end of the ventilation gas circulation duct which is associated with said ferrule or the housing, and against which ring, the radial end of the ventilation gas circulation duct is suitable for coming into abutment radially.

11. The turbo-engine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the hollow radial arms includes a structural arm connecting the ferrule and the housing with one another, which is traversed radially by the at least one service duct associated with the gas generator and a double skin at least partially covering the structural arm, which defines a volume situated downstream from the structural arm and through which at least the ventilation gas circulation duct is arranged.

12. The turbo-engine according to claim 11 , wherein said double skin has an aerodynamic cross-section.

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: BOUDEBIZA, TEWFIK; CHARIER, GILLES ALAIN; CURLIER, AUGUSTIN MARC MICHEL; DUFFET, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 038929/0990 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 52900 · Apr 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160290236A1 · Oct 6, 2016
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