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US 12,276,209 · App. 17/922,288 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Mounting of a sealing ring on an aeronautical turbine engine

Inventors: Simon Nicolas Morliere (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Nicolas Jean-Marc Marcel Beauquin (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Thierry Fachat (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Alain Dominique Gendraud (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01D9/042F01D11/005F01D11/122F01D25/243F05D2240/11
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Patent No.
US 12,276,209
App. No.
17/922,288
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention proposes an aeronautical turbine engine assembly comprising an upstream casing ( 55 ) to which guide blading ( 48 a ) is fastened, and a downstream casing ( 58 ) to which a sealing element ( 62 ) provided with an abradable material for rotor blading is fastened. This assembly further comprises a shroud ring ( 66 ) placed between the upstream casing and the downstream casing and fastening means ( 68 ) for detachably fastening the shroud ring. In order to be fastened to the upstream casing, the guide blading ( 48 a ) of the turbine engine is mounted on a downstream hook ( 480 b ) of the upstream casing, without being hooked onto the shroud ring ( 66 ), and the downstream casing ( 58 ) has an upstream hook with which the sealing element ( 62 ) is engaged in order to be fastened to the downstream casing, or the shroud ring has an upstream hook on which the sealing element ( 62 ) is mounted so as to be fastened to the downstream casing.

Claims (92)

1. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein:

if the downstream casing has said upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

then the shroud ring is devoid of the upstream hook intended for said fastening of the sealing element to the downstream casing.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on an upstream hook of the upstream casing located more upstream than the downstream hook of the upstream casing.

3. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein, for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing, the sealing element is furthermore mounted on a downstream hook of the downstream casing located more downstream than the upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted.

4. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein:

the sealing element comprises an upstream edge defining a protuberance projecting in the upstream direction with respect to the abradable material, and

the upstream hook of the shroud ring has a circumferential edge which has a radially outer wall and a radially inner wall between which the upstream edge of the sealing element is engaged.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the radially outer wall of the circumferential edge is axial and a radially inner edge of the downstream casing abuts against it.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein:

on either side of the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing each have a radial edge through which, as said removable fastening means, bolts for detachably fastening the shroud ring pass, and

the shroud ring is in the form of a radial ring which is extended radially inward, beyond said radial edges of the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and beyond said circumferential edge, up to an end inserted axially between the distributor and the sealing element.

7. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein:

the sealing element is circumferentially formed of several sectorized portions around said axis,

the upstream edges of two circumferentially successive sectorized portions of the sealing element are circumferentially connected with each other by sealing tabs.

8. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein, being devoid of the upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted, the shroud ring has a circumferential edge which is axial and against which a radially inner edge of the downstream casing abuts.

9. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein the shroud ring has a radially inner end on either side whereof extend:

upstream, an axial stop of the distributor, abutting against a radial surface of the shroud ring,

downstream, an upstream end protuberance of the sealing element projecting in the upstream direction with respect to the abradable material.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein:

the sealing element is circumferentially formed of several sectorized portions around said axis,

the upstream end protuberances of two circumferentially successive sectorized portions of the sealing element are circumferentially connected with each other by sealing tabs.

11. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein:

the sealing element comprises an upstream edge defining a protuberance projecting in the upstream direction with respect to the abradable material,

the upstream hook of the shroud ring has a circumferential edge which has a radially outer wall and a radially inner wall between which the upstream edge of the sealing element is engaged,

on either side of the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing each have a radial edge through which, as said removable fastening means, bolts for detachably fastening the shroud ring pass, and

the shroud ring is in the form of a radial ring which is extended radially inward, beyond said radial edges of the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and beyond said circumferential edge, up to an end inserted axially between the distributor and the sealing element.

12. An assembly for an aeronautical turbine engine extending about an axis and comprising:

an upstream casing disposed around the axis and to which a guide blading of a distributor is fastened, the upstream casing being followed axially, in the downstream direction, by

a downstream casing disposed around the axis, whereon a sealing element provided with an abradable material intended to be facing a mobile guide blading of the aeronautical turbine engine configured to rotate about the axis is mounted,

the assembly further comprising:

a shroud ring inserted, about the axis, between the upstream casing and the downstream casing, and

removable fastening means for fastening the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the downstream casing together, detachably,

for said fastening thereof to the upstream casing, the distributor is mounted on a downstream hook of the upstream casing, without being hooked to the shroud ring, and:

either the shroud ring has an upstream hook for coupling the sealing element for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

or the downstream casing has an upstream hook whereon the sealing element is mounted for said fastening thereof to the downstream casing,

wherein:

upstream seals and downstream seals are disposed between the shroud ring and respectively, upstream, the distributor and, downstream, the sealing element, and,

radially externally with respect to said upstream seals and downstream seals, the shroud ring has at least one ventilation circuit connecting

an upstream volume defined between the shroud ring, the upstream casing and the distributor and which is isolated, by the upstream seals, from a jet of fluid wherein, radially internally with respect to said upstream seals and downstream seals, a portion of the distributor and a portion of the mobile guide blading extend, and

a downstream volume defined between the shroud ring, the downstream casing and the sealing ring and which is isolated from said jet of fluid by the downstream seals.

13. The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the shroud ring has a radially inner end on either side whereof extend:

upstream, an axial stop of the distributor, abutting against a radial surface of the shroud ring,

downstream, an upstream end protuberance of the sealing element projecting in the upstream direction with respect to the abradable material,

the sealing element is circumferentially formed of several sectorized portions around said axis, and

the upstream end protuberances of two circumferentially successive sectorized portions of the sealing element are circumferentially connected with each other by sealing tabs.

14. An aeronautical turbine engine comprising the assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: MORLIERE, SIMON NICOLAS; BEAUQUIN, NICOLAS JEAN-MARC MARCEL; FACHAT, THIERRY; GENDRAUD, ALAIN DOMINIQUE
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 063222/0506 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2004336 · Apr 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230212953A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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