IP Library Granted Patent US 11,286,796
Granted Patent B2
US 11,286,796 · App. 16/406,294 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Cooled attachment sleeve for a ceramic matrix composite rotor blade

Inventor: Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, CT)
Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
F01D5/3092F01D5/3007F01D5/3084F01D11/006B33Y80/00F05D2240/57F05D2300/10F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 11,286,796
App. No.
16/406,294
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor disk assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk with a multiple of blade slots, the rotor disk defined about an axis; a sleeve received within each of the multiple of blade slots; and a ceramic matrix composite rotor blade received within each of the multiple of sleeves.

Claims (26)

1. A rotor blade assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a ceramic matrix composite rotor blade comprising a root, wherein a platform extends from the root and an airfoil extends from the platform; and

a sleeve received at least partially around the root, wherein the sleeve comprises an upstream circumferential extension and a downstream circumferential extension with respect to a rotation thereof, the downstream circumferential extension of one sleeve overlaps the upstream circumferential extension of an adjacent sleeve.

2. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is manufactured of a metal alloy.

3. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is additively manufactured of a metal alloy.

4. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a multiple of passages through the sleeve.

5. The assembly as recited in claim 4 , further comprising a single inlet to the multiple of passages.

6. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a first sleeve portion and a second sleeve portion that are located only adjacent a shoulder portion of the root.

7. The assembly as recited in claim 6 , the assembly further comprising a rotor disk with a multiple of blade slots, the ceramic matrix composite rotor blade received in a respective blade slot of the multiple of blade slots, wherein the first sleeve portion and the second sleeve portion are respectively sandwiched between an outer surface of the blade root and an inner surface of the respective blade slot.

8. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , comprising a multiple of sleeves and a multiple of ceramic matrix composite rotor blades, wherein each respective one of the multiple of sleeves surrounds the entire root of each of the respective ceramic matrix composite rotor blades.

9. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the platform is displaced from the sleeve.

10. The assembly as recited in claim 1 , the assembly further comprising a rotor disk, wherein the platform is displaced from a rim of the rotor disk.

11. A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a rotor disk with a multiple of blade slots, the rotor disk defined about an axis;

a sleeve received within each of the multiple of blade slots, each sleeve comprises a multiple of passages through the sleeve, wherein each sleeve comprises an upstream circumferential extension and a downstream circumferential extension with respect to a rotation of the rotor disk, the downstream circumferential extension of one sleeve overlaps the upstream circumferential extension of an adjacent sleeve to shield a rim of the rotor disk; and

a root of a ceramic matrix composite rotor blade received within at least one of the multiple of sleeves, wherein a platform extends from the root and an airfoil extends from the platform.

12. The assembly as recited in claim 11 , wherein the multiple of passages are generally parallel to the axis.

13. The assembly as recited in claim 12 , further comprising a single inlet to the multiple of passages.

14. The assembly as recited in claim 11 , wherein the sleeve comprises a first sleeve portion and a second sleeve portion that are located only at a contact region between the root and the blade slot.

15. A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

a rotor disk with a multiple of blade slots, the rotor disk defined about an axis;

a multiple of sleeves, each of the multiple of sleeves received within each one of the multiple of blade slots, wherein each sleeve comprises an upstream circumferential extension and a downstream circumferential extension with respect to a rotation of the rotor disk, one of the upstream circumferential extension and the downstream circumferential extension overlaps the associated one of an adjacent upstream circumferential extension or the downstream circumferential extension of an adjacent sleeve of the multiple of sleeves to shield a rim of the rotor disk; and

a multiple of ceramic matrix composite rotor blades, a root of each of the ceramic matrix composite rotor blades received within one of the multiple of sleeves, a platform extends from the root and an airfoil extends from the platform.

16. The assembly as recited in claim 15 , further comprising a multiple of passages through each sleeve.

17. The assembly as recited in claim 16 , wherein the multiple of passages are generally parallel to the axis.

18. The assembly as recited in claim 17 , further comprising a single inlet to the multiple of passages.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING ON THE ADDRESS 10 FARM SPRINGD ROAD FARMINGTONCONNECTICUT 06032 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057190 FRAME 0719. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE ADDRESS 10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD FARMINGTON CONNECTICUT 06032. Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057226/0390 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057190/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2019
From: MCCAFFREY, MICHAEL G.
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049113/0469 →