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Granted Patent B2
US 11,661,884 · App. 16/749,467 · Granted May 30, 2023

Liquid lubricant jet with limited flow rate

Inventor: Dhafer Ghribi (Moissy Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01P11/08F01D25/18F01D25/20F01P3/12F05D2260/98
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Patent No.
US 11,661,884
App. No.
16/749,467
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A jet for lubricating a piece of a turbomachine for an aircraft such as an airplane, including a circulation duct for flowing a pressurised fluid, includes a first duct chamber, a second duct chamber, a first nozzle for passing between the first duct chamber and the second duct chamber, the first nozzle having a fixed minimum passage cross-section, and a second nozzle for passing from the second chamber to the outlet port formed by the second nozzle, the second nozzle including a fixed minimum passage cross-section. The ratio of the cross-section of the first nozzle to the cross-section of the second nozzle is between 0.16 and 3.61.

Claims (30)

1. A lubricating jet for lubricating a piece of a turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising a circulation duct for flowing a pressurized fluid up to an outlet port of the jet, comprising:

a first duct chamber,

a second duct chamber,

a first nozzle for the pressurized fluid passing between the first duct chamber and the second duct chamber, the first nozzle having a first fixed minimum passage cross-section lower than a cross-section of the second duct chamber,

a second nozzle for the pressurized fluid passing from the second chamber to the outlet port formed by the second nozzle, the second nozzle comprising a second fixed minimum passage cross-section,

wherein the first chamber and the second chamber each comprise only one liquid inlet and one liquid outlet and the first nozzle forms the outlet of the first chamber and the inlet of the second chamber, the second nozzle forms the outlet of the second chamber, the liquid inlet of the first chamber to be connected to a hydraulic piping of liquid lubricant, and

wherein the first fixed minimum passage cross-section and the second fixed minimum passage cross-section each have a value such that a ratio of the second fixed minimum passage cross-section of the second nozzle to the first fixed minimum passage cross-section of the first nozzle is between 0.16 and 3.61.

2. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 , wherein the first duct chamber is open to the second duct chamber through the first nozzle.

3. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 , wherein the circulation duct comprises a fixed continuous volume from the first duct chamber to the outlet port of the second nozzle.

4. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least the first fixed minimum passage cross-section and/or the second fixed minimum passage cross-section have a diameter between 0.60 mm and 0.85 mm.

5. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 , wherein the first fixed minimum passage cross-section of the first nozzle is cylindrical comprising a first minimum diameter and the second fixed minimum passage cross-section of the second nozzle is cylindrical comprising a second minimum diameter and the first minimum diameter and the second minimum diameter each have a value such that a minimum diameters ratio that is equal to a ratio of the minimum diameter of the second nozzle to the minimum diameter of the first nozzle is between 0.4 and 1.9.

6. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first fixed minimum passage cross-section of the first nozzle is cylindrical comprising a first minimum diameter and the second fixed minimum passage cross-section of the second nozzle is cylindrical comprising a second minimum diameter and the first minimum diameter and the second minimum diameter each have a value such that a minimum diameters ratio that is equal to a ratio of the minimum diameter of the second nozzle to the minimum diameter of the first nozzle is between 0.8 and 1.2.

7. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle is divergent and the second nozzle is convergent.

8. The lubricating jet according to claim 1 , wherein the aircraft is an airplane.

9. A twin-spool turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising:

a gas generator comprising a high pressure spool which comprises a high pressure shaft,

an accessory gearbox comprising a movement inlet mechanically connected to the high pressure shaft,

a lubricating group comprising a lubricant pump driven by the accessory gearbox such that a flow rate of the lubricant pump is proportional to a rotational speed of the high pressure shaft, the lubricant pump feeding a lubricating jet according to claim 1 ,

a gear train located in the accessory gearbox or outside the accessory gearbox, and lubricated at least partly by the jet, wherein a flow rate of lubricating liquid provided by the pump to the jet is between 2 litres per hour and 30 litres per hour.

10. A lubricating jet for lubricating a piece of a turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising a circulation duct for flowing a pressurized fluid up to an outlet port of the jet, comprising:

a first duct chamber,

a second duct chamber,

a first nozzle for the pressurized fluid passing between the first duct chamber and the second duct chamber, the first nozzle having a first fixed minimum passage cross-section lower than a cross-section of the second duct chamber,

a second nozzle for the pressurized fluid passing from the second chamber to the outlet port formed by the second nozzle, the second nozzle comprising a second fixed minimum passage cross-section,

a first body comprising the first duct chamber and the first nozzle,

a second body comprising the second duct chamber and the second nozzle, the second body being mounted to the first body,

a seal located between the second body and the first body,

wherein the first fixed minimum passage cross-section and the second fixed minimum passage cross-section each have a value such that a ratio of the second fixed minimum passage cross-section of the second nozzle to the first fixed minimum passage cross-section of the first nozzle is between 0.16 and 3.61.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2020
From: GHRIBI, DHAFER
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 052014/0604 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1900574 · Jan 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200277889A1 · Sep 3, 2020