IP Library Granted Patent US 10,590,803
Granted Patent B2
US 10,590,803 · App. 15/558,856 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Turbine ring assembly made from ceramic matrix composite material

Inventors: Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen (Moissy-cramayel, FR); Gaël Frédéric Claude Cyrille Evain (Moissy-cramayel, FR); David Mathieu Paul Marsal (Moissy-cramayel, FR); Thierry Guy Xavier Tesson (Moissy-cramayel, FR)
Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES; SAFRAN CERAMICS
F01D25/246F01D11/122F01D25/28F01D9/04F01D11/025F01D11/18F05D2220/30F05D2230/64F05D2230/642F05D2240/11F05D2250/75F05D2300/10F05D2300/50212F05D2300/6033
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,590,803
App. No.
15/558,856
Filed
Sep 15, 2017
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3747
USPC
415/173.1
Abstract

A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors made as a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material and being for mounting on a metal ring support structure, the ring support structure having two tabs extending radially towards a gas flow passage, each ring sector having a first portion forming an annular base with a radially inside face defining the inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which there extend two tab-forming portions, the ring sectors having a section that is substantially π shaped. The tabs of each ring sector fit axially over the tabs of the ring support structure with contact between the tabs of the ring support structure and the tabs of each ring sector when cold. The tabs of each ring sector are held to the ring support structure by pegs passing through holes formed in the tabs of each ring sector.

Claims (12)

1. A turbine ring assembly comprising a metal ring support structure and a plurality of ring sectors, each ring sector being made as a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material and being mounted on the metal ring support structure, the ring support structure having tabs extending radially towards a gas flow passage, each ring sector having a first portion forming an annular base with a radially inside face defining an inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which there extend two adjacent tabs, the ring sectors having a cross-section that is substantially π-shaped, wherein the tabs of each ring sector fit axially over the tabs of the ring support structure with contact between the tabs of the ring support structure and the tabs of each ring sector when cold, said tabs of each ring sector being held to the ring support structure by pegs passing through holes formed in the tabs of each ring sector and received in the tabs of the ring support structure, the holes in the tabs of each ring sector presenting a size greater than the diameter of the pegs so as to provide clearance when cold between the ring sector and the ring support structure, and

wherein all of the tabs of the ring support structure that receive said pegs are provided between the two adjacent tabs of the ring sector.

2. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one tab of each ring sector includes at least one oblong hole elongate in a circumferential direction of the turbine ring assembly so as to form clearance between the ring sector and the ring support structure.

3. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one tab of each ring sector includes at least one oblong hole elongate in a radial direction of the turbine ring assembly so as to form clearance between the ring sector and the ring support structure.

4. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the tabs of each ring sector includes at least one oblong hole elongate in a radial direction of the turbine ring assembly and at least two oblong holes elongate in a circumferential direction of the turbine ring assembly so as to form clearance between the ring sector and the ring support structure.

5. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein one tab of each ring sector includes at least two oblong holes elongate in a circumferential direction of the turbine ring assembly, and wherein the other tab of each ring sector includes at least one oblong hole elongate in a radial direction of the turbine ring assembly so as to form clearance between the ring sector and the ring support structure.

6. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each peg has a head at an end opposite from its end received in the tab of the ring support structure.

7. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pegs are received in blind holes formed in the ring support structure.

8. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the inside face of each ring sector is covered in an abradable coating.

9. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pegs are made of metal.

10. A turbine engine including a turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 .

11. A turbine ring assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the two tabs of the ring support structure are separated by an empty space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2017
From: QUENNEHEN, LUCIEN HENRI JACQUES; EVAIN, GAËL FRÉDÉRIC CLAUDE CYRILLE; MARSAL, DAVID MATHIEU PAUL; TESSON, THIERRY GUY XAVIER
To: SNECMA; HERAKLES
Reel/Frame 044355/0362 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 52145 · Mar 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180073398A1 · Mar 15, 2018
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