IP Library Granted Patent US 12,305,592
Granted Patent B2
US 12,305,592 · App. 17/903,359 · Granted May 20, 2025

Method for manufacturing a structure with cellular cores for a turbojet nacelle

Inventors: Bertrand Léon Marie Desjoyeaux (Moissy Cramayel, FR); Marc Versaevel (Moissy Cramayel, FR); Mathieu François Eric Preau (Moissy Cramayel, FR); Laurent Moreau (Moissy Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: Safran Nacelles
F02K1/827B64D33/02B64D2033/0206F05D2250/283F05D2260/963F05D2300/121F05D2300/603
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Patent No.
US 12,305,592
App. No.
17/903,359
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an alveolar core structure includes at least one cell including a secondary duct having a first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet. The method also includes a fastening step in which adhesive tapes transverse to the longitudinal direction of said first plate are applied on a first longitudinal plate. The secondary duct in the form of a flattened element is fastened, on the first plate, by gluing at its sound wave inlet. A second plate is applied. A step of deploying the first and second plates so as to form the peripheral wall of the cells and so that the flattened element is deployed.

Claims (34)

1. A method for manufacturing an alveolar core structure for an acoustic attenuation panel, the alveolar core structure including a plurality of adjoining acoustic cells which form the alveolar core, each acoustic cell extending along a main axis (A) corresponding to an axis of propagation of a sound wave, from a front end up to a rear end, and being delimited by a peripheral wall defining a primary duct for circulating the sound wave, at least one cell including a secondary duct for circulating the sound wave, the secondary duct comprising a secondary duct wall, having a first end proximal to the front end of the cell, the first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet located near the rear end of the cell, the method comprising:

a fastening step in which:

adhesive tapes parallel to each other and transverse to a longitudinal direction of said first plate are applied, on a first longitudinal plate, so as to form nodal areas,

the secondary duct in the form of a flattened element is fastened, on the first plate between two nodal areas, by gluing at the sound wave inlet, and

a second plate is applied and fastened by gluing to the nodal areas, and to the flattened element at the sound wave inlet; and

a deployment step in which the first and second plates are moved away from one another so as to form the peripheral wall of the cells and so that the flattened element is deployed to form the secondary duct, wherein the secondary duct is glued along an entire perimeter to the walls of the cell delimited by the two nodal areas between the first plate and the second plate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening step is repeated by alternating positions of the nodal areas, so as to obtain several superimposed layers of flattened elements between first and second plates, before the deployment step.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the flattened element is shaped as two flattened secondary ducts, linked by their respective sound wave inlet.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of cutting, transversely to the longitudinal direction of the first and second plates, so as to separate the flattened element to form two distinct assemblies, one including a first secondary duct and the other including a second secondary duct.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the cutting step is carried out by machining after the deployment step.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the cutting step is carried out before the deployment step.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the flattened element has one of a flattened conical and a frustoconical shape so that the secondary duct has the one of a conical and a frustoconical shape.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second plates have folds intended to delimit edges to obtain polygonal acoustic cells during the deployment step.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the flattened element has folds intended to delimit edges to obtain one of a polygonal conical and a frustoconical-shaped secondary duct.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a constituent material of the first and second plates is an aluminum alloy.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a constituent material of the first and second plates is a composite material.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the composite material includes fibers selected from the group consisting of glass fibers and aramid, and the constituent material of the secondary duct is a thermoplastic material.

13. An alveolar core structure obtained according to the method of claim 1 , comprising at least one acoustic cell extending along a main axis corresponding to an axis of propagation of a sound wave, from a front end up to a rear end, and being delimited by a peripheral wall defining a primary duct for circulating the sound wave, the cell including a secondary duct for circulating the sound wave, the secondary duct comprising a secondary duct wall, having a first end proximal to the front end of the cell, the first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet located near the rear end of the cell.

14. The alveolar core structure according to claim 13 , wherein the sound wave outlet of the secondary duct has a diameter smaller than that of the sound wave inlet.

15. The alveolar core structure according to claim 13 , wherein the sound wave outlet of a secondary circuit is disposed at a distal end of the secondary duct.

16. The alveolar core structure according to claim 13 , wherein the sound wave outlet of a secondary circuit is disposed in the wall of the secondary duct, in its rear half, that is to say proximal to the rear end of the cell.

17. The alveolar core structure according to claim 13 , wherein the sound wave outlet of a secondary circuit is circular in shape.

18. A method for manufacturing an alveolar core structure for an acoustic attenuation panel, the alveolar core structure including a plurality of adjoining acoustic cells which form the alveolar core, each acoustic cell extending along a main axis (A) corresponding to an axis of propagation of a sound wave, from a front end up to a rear end, and being delimited by a peripheral wall defining a primary duct for circulating the sound wave, at least one cell including a secondary duct for circulating the sound wave, the secondary duct comprising a secondary duct wall, having a first end proximal to the front end of the cell, the first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet located near the rear end of the cell, the method comprising:

a fastening step in which:

adhesive tapes parallel to each other and transverse to a longitudinal direction of said first plate are applied, on a first longitudinal plate, so as to form nodal areas,

the secondary duct in the form of a flattened element is fastened, on the first plate between two nodal areas, by gluing at the sound wave inlet, the flattened element having folds intended to delimit edges to obtain one of a polygonal conical and a frustoconical-shaped secondary duct;

a second plate is applied and fastened by gluing to the nodal areas, and to the flattened element at the sound wave inlet; and

a deployment step in which the first and second plates are moved away from one another so as to form the peripheral wall of the cells and so that the flattened element is deployed to form the secondary duct.

19. A method for manufacturing an alveolar core structure for an acoustic attenuation panel, the alveolar core structure including a plurality of adjoining acoustic cells which form the alveolar core, each acoustic cell extending along a main axis (A) corresponding to an axis of propagation of a sound wave, from a front end up to a rear end, and being delimited by a peripheral wall defining a primary duct for circulating the sound wave, at least one cell including a secondary duct for circulating the sound wave, the secondary duct comprising a secondary duct wall, having a first end proximal to the front end of the cell, the first end defining a sound wave inlet, and an opposite second end, the secondary duct comprising a sound wave outlet located near the rear end of the cell, the method comprising:

a fastening step in which:

adhesive tapes parallel to each other and transverse to a longitudinal direction of said first plate are applied, on a first longitudinal plate, so as to form nodal areas,

the secondary duct in the form of a flattened element is fastened, on the first plate between two nodal areas, by gluing at the sound wave inlet, the flattened element having folds intended to delimit edges to obtain one of a polygonal conical and a frustoconical-shaped secondary duct;

a second plate is applied and fastened by gluing to the nodal areas, and to the flattened element at the sound wave inlet; and

a deployment step in which the first and second plates are moved away from one another so as to form the peripheral wall of the cells and so that the flattened element is deployed to form the secondary duct, wherein the secondary duct is glued along an entire perimeter to the walls of the cell delimited by the two nodal areas between the first plate and the second plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: DESJOYEAUX, BERTRAND LÉON MARIE; VERSAEVEL, MARC; PREAU, MATHIEU FRANÇOIS ERIC; MOREAU, LAURENT
To: SAFRAN NACELLES
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 2002198 · Mar 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTFR2021050363 · Mar 3, 2021
Related Publication 20230003176A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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