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Granted Patent B2
US 12,196,157 · App. 18/250,964 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Turbomachine turbine assembly

Inventors: Eric Conete (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Benoit Carrere (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Thomas Vandellos (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
F02K1/80
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Patent No.
US 12,196,157
App. No.
18/250,964
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbomachine turbine assembly having a longitudinal axis and including an exhaust casing, an ejection cone arranged downstream of the exhaust casing, the ejection cone having an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air stream and an acoustic box arranged radially inside said outer annular wall. The acoustic box can include a radially inner annular wall and a connection member interposed longitudinally between the exhaust casing and the inner annular wall of the ejection cone. The connection member can be fastened to the exhaust casing and to the inner annular wall. The upstream end of the outer annular wall can be connected to the connection member with a degree of freedom in the radial direction and a degree of freedom in the longitudinal direction.

Claims (24)

1. A turbomachine turbine assembly with a longitudinal axis, the assembly comprising:

an exhaust casing;

an ejection cone arranged downstream of the exhaust casing, the ejection cone comprising:

an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air stream; and

an acoustic box arranged radially inside said outer annular wall, the acoustic box having a radially inner annular wall; and

a connection member interposed longitudinally between the exhaust casing and the inner annular wall of the ejection cone, the connection member comprising a first annular part and a second annular part, wherein the first annular part and the second annular part are fastened to each other at their respective upstream ends,

the second annular part of the connection member being fastened at its downstream end to the exhaust casing and to the inner annular wall,

wherein the upstream end of the outer annular wall is operably coupled to a downstream end of the first annular part of the connection member with a degree of freedom in the radial direction and a degree of freedom in the longitudinal direction.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second annular part of the connection member comprises an outer annular wall including at its downstream end a connecting portion that is elastically deformable in the radial direction and in the longitudinal direction.

3. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting portion comprises a plurality of circumferential tabs, each tab having a first circumferential end connected to the outer annular wall of the connection member and an opposite second circumferential end which is free and which is rigidly fastened at the upstream end of the outer annular wall of the ejection cone.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the free end of each tab is convexly rounded and is configured to be fitted in a recess with a concavely rounded shape of the outer annular wall of the connection member.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection member comprises a plurality of elastically deformable lugs spaced apart circumferentially from each other and operably coupled at the upstream end of the inner annular wall of the acoustic box.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the upstream end of the outer annular wall of the cone is applied radially over an outer radial face of the connection member.

7. A turbine comprising an assembly according to claim 1 .

8. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein each tab comprises a body elongated in the circumferential direction delimiting with the outer annular wall a slot enabling the deformation of the tab.

9. A turbomachine turbine assembly with a longitudinal axis, the assembly comprising:

an exhaust casing;

an ejection cone arranged downstream of the exhaust casing, the ejection cone comprising:

an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air stream; and

an acoustic box arranged radially inside said outer annular wall, the acoustic box having a radially inner annular wall; and

a connection member interposed longitudinally between the exhaust casing and the inner annular wall of the ejection cone, the connection member being fastened to the exhaust casing and to the inner annular wall,

wherein the upstream end of the outer annular wall is operably coupled to the connection member with a degree of freedom in the radial direction and a degree of freedom in the longitudinal direction,

wherein the connection member comprises an outer annular wall including at its downstream end a connecting portion that is elastically deformable in the radial direction and in the longitudinal direction, and

wherein the connecting portion comprises a plurality of circumferential tabs, each tab having a first circumferential end connected to the outer annular wall of the connection member and an opposite second circumferential end which is free and which is rigidly fastened at the upstream end of the outer annular wall of the ejection cone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2023
From: CONETE, ERIC; CARRERE, BENOIT; VANDELLOS, THOMAS
To: SAFRAN CERAMICS
Reel/Frame 063472/0398 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2011139 · Oct 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230407816A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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