IP Library Granted Patent US 10,519,980
Granted Patent B2
US 10,519,980 · App. 15/105,359 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Turbomachine component or collection of components and associated turbomachine

Inventors: Vianney Christophe Marie Maniere (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Matthieu Jean Luc Vollebregt (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Gaetan Jean Marie Loupy (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Paul Henri Joseph Mauclair (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F04D29/667F04D29/321F04D29/542F04D29/681
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Patent No.
US 10,519,980
App. No.
15/105,359
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbomachine component or collection of components includes a first blade and a second blade and a platform from which the blades extend. The platform, between the pressure face of the first blade and the suction face of the second blade, has a non-axisymmetric surface defining a plurality of fins of substantially triangular section extending downstream of a leading edge of each of the blades. Each fin is associated with a leading position and a trailing position on the surface, between which positions the fin extends, such that the leading position is situated at between 5% and 35% length relative to a chord of the blade extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the blade. The further a fin is from the suction face of the second blade, the further the leading position of the fin is axially from the leading edge of the blades.

Claims (22)

1. A part or set of parts of a turbomachine comprising:

at least first and second blades, and a platform from which the first and second blades extend, wherein

the platform has, between an intrados of the first blade and an extrados of the second blade, a non-axisymmetric surface defining fins with a substantially triangular section extending downstream of a leading edge of each of the first and second blades, every fin being associated with a leading position and a trailing position on the surface between which the fin extends, such that:

the leading position is located at between 5% and 35% of a relative length of a chord of the first or second blade extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the first or second blade;

the larger the distance between a fin and the extrados of the second blade, the more the leading position of said fin is axially separated from the leading edge of the first and second blades.

2. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein every fin has a width in the range of 5% to 20% of a distance between the intrados of the first blade and the extrados of the second blade.

3. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein every fin has a height to width ratio in the range of 0.3 to 1.3.

4. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein every fin has a height in the range of 1 mm to 25 mm.

5. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein every fin has a height that increases along the fin from the leading position to the trailing position.

6. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein every fin has a track corresponding to a median-camber line of the first and second blades.

7. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing position associated with every fin is located at between 50% and 105% of the relative length of said blade chord.

8. The part or set of parts according to claim 7 , wherein the leading and trailing positions associated with every fin are each located at a distance from the extrados of the second blade in the range of 10% to 55% of a distance between the intrados of the first blade and the extrados of the second blade.

9. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein said fins comprise only two or three fins side by side.

10. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein the surface is limited by a first and a second end plane, the surface being defined by at least one class C1 construction curve representing a value of a radius of said surface as a function of a position between the intrados of the first blade and the extrados of the second blade along a plane substantially parallel to the end planes positioned between the leading position and the trailing position of every fin.

11. The part or set of parts according to claim 1 , wherein the platform has an annular shape along which are regularly positioned a plurality of blades including said at least first and second blades.

12. The part or set of parts according to claim 11 , wherein the platform has the same nonaxisymmetric surface between each consecutive pair of blades.

13. The part or set of parts according to claim 12 , being a bladed disk or a compressor stator stage.

14. A turbomachine comprising a part or set of parts comprising:

at least first and second blades, and a platform from which the first and second blades extend, wherein

the platform has, between an intrados of the first blade and an extrados of the second blade, a non-axisymmetric surface defining fins with a substantially triangular section extending downstream of a leading edge of each of the first and second blades, every fin being associated with a leading position and a trailing position on the surface between which the fin extends, such that:

the leading position is located at between 5% and 35% of a relative length of a chord of the first or second blade extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the first or second blade;

the larger the distance between a fin and the extrados of the second blade, the more the leading position of said fin is axially separated from the leading edge of the first and second blades.

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, 2016
From: MANIERE, VIANNEY CHRISTOPHE MARIE; VOLLEBREGT, MATTHIEU JEAN LUC; LOUPY, GAETAN JEAN MARIE; MAUCLAIR, PAUL HENRI JOSEPH
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 039895/0229 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 13 62927 · Dec 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170009781A1 · Jan 12, 2017
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