IP Library Granted Patent US 10,655,629
Granted Patent B2
US 10,655,629 · App. 15/840,613 · Granted May 19, 2020

Variable vane apparatus

Inventor: Jong Goo Kim (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
F04D27/002F04D17/10F04D29/30F04D29/462F05D2250/411F05D2260/53F05D2260/72
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Patent No.
US 10,655,629
App. No.
15/840,613
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a variable vane apparatus including: a housing portion; a plurality of vane gear portions configured to rotate and provided on the housing portion to be spaced apart from one another; a plurality of variable vane portions connected to the plurality of vane gear portions; a drive gear portion configured to transfer power to the plurality of vane gear portions; and a connection gear portion arranged between the plurality of vane gear portions and configured to transfer power amongst the plurality of vane gear portions.

Claims (28)

1. A variable vane apparatus comprising:

a housing portion;

a plurality of vane gear portions configured to rotate and provided on the housing portion to be spaced apart from one another;

a plurality of variable vane portions connected to the plurality of vane gear portions;

a drive gear portion configured to transfer power to the plurality of vane gear portions; and

a connection gear portion arranged between the plurality of vane gear portions and configured to transfer power amongst the plurality of vane gear portions,

wherein the drive gear portion is arranged between adjacent vane gear portions of the plurality of vane gear portions.

2. The variable vane apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing portion has a circular ring shape.

3. The variable vane apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of vane gear portions, the plurality of variable vane portions, and the connection gear portion are arranged in a circumferential direction of the housing portion.

4. The variable vane apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of vane gear portions, the drive gear portion, and the connection gear portion are provided at a rear surface side of the housing portion.

5. The variable vane apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of vane gear portions is provided on the housing portion via a vane gear rotary shaft.

6. The variable vane apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of variable vane portions is provided at a front surface side of the housing portion, and are connected to the vane gear rotary shaft.

7. The variable vane apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a drive portion configured to transfer power to the drive gear portion.

8. The variable vane apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of vane gear portions has a circular shape and the connection gear portion has a circular shape.

9. A variable vane apparatus comprising:

a housing portion;

a plurality of variable vanes provided on a first surface of the housing portion and comprising:

a first variable vane;

a second variable vane; and

a plurality of vane gears provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the housing portion and comprising:

a first vane gear connected to the first variable vane via a first gear rotary shaft;

a second vane gear connected to the second variable vane via a second gear rotary shaft; and

a third vane gear connected to the third variable vane via a third gear rotary shaft;

a drive gear connected to the first and second vane gears and configured to transfer power to the first and second vane gears; and

a connection gear arranged between the second and third vane gears and configured to transfer power from the second vane gear to the third vane gear,

wherein the drive gear is arranged between the first vane gear and the second vane gear.

10. The variable vane apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of vane gears, the plurality of variable vanes, and the connection gear are arranged in a circumferential direction of the housing portion.

11. The variable vane apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first vane gear, the second vane gear, the connection gear and the third vane gear simultaneously rotate in response to rotation of the drive gear.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046366/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2017
From: KIM, JONG GOO
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044862/0181 →