IP Library Granted Patent US 10,604,235
Granted Patent B2
US 10,604,235 · App. 15/673,322 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Pitch change module for turbine engine and corresponding turbine engine

Inventors: Sébastien Emile Philippe Tajan (Sucy en Brie, FR); Gilles Alain Marie Charier (La Grande Paroisse, FR); Clément Cottet (Melun, FR); Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre (Montrouge, FR); Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon (Ballainvilliers, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
B64C11/32B64C11/30F01D7/00F01D25/16B64D2027/005F05D2220/323F05D2260/79Y02T50/66
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Patent No.
US 10,604,235
App. No.
15/673,322
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to turbine engine module ( 1 ) including a case ( 9 ) rotating around a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying a propeller having a plurality of blades, a stationary case ( 15 ) comprising a cylindrical wall ( 16 ) extending between an inner wall ( 17 ) and an outer wall ( 18 ) of the rotating case ( 9 ), and a system ( 26 ) for changing the pitch of the blades ( 14 ) of the propeller. The wall ( 16 ) is connected downstream to a first frustoconical wall ( 42 ) and upstream to a second frustoconical wall ( 41 ), a first rolling bearing ( 19 ) being inserted respectively downstream directly between a radially outer face ( 21 ) of the inner wall ( 17 ) and a radially inner face ( 23 ) of the first frustoconical wall, and a second rolling bearing ( 19 ′) inserted downstream directly between the radially outer face ( 21 ) of the inner wall ( 17 ) and an inner face ( 43 ) of the second frustoconical wall ( 41 ).

Claims (16)

1. A turbine engine module with longitudinal axis, the module including:

a case comprising a propeller provided with a plurality of blades, the case configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis;

a stationary case comprising a cylindrical wall extending between an inner wall and an outer wall of the case; and

a system ( 26 ) for changing the pitch of the blades of the propeller comprising a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the propeller and a control means acting on the connecting mechanism,

the cylindrical wall of the stationary case connected downstream to a first frustoconical wall and upstream to a second frustoconical wall, a first rolling bearing disposed between a radially outer face of the inner wall of the and a radially inner face of the first frustoconical wall, and a second rolling bearing disposed between the radially outer face of the inner wall of the case and an inner face of the second frustoconical wall.

2. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second frustoconical walls respectively flare in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.

3. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the second rolling bearing has a diameter larger than the inner diameter of the cylindrical wall of the stationary case and the inner wall of the case.

4. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the first rolling bearing has a diameter larger than the inner diameter of the cylindrical wall of the stationary case and the inner wall of the case.

5. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the pitch change system is arranged axially between the first and second frustoconical walls and radially between the cylindrical wall of the stationary case and the outer wall of the case.

6. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the control means is mounted non-structurally and separately from the stationary case, the control means comprising a stationary body secured to the outer face of the cylindrical wall and a movable body translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the stationary body.

7. The module according to claim 6 , wherein the movable body comprises a connecting ring provided with connection interfaces with the stationary case and secured to the outer face of the cylindrical wall of the stationary case.

8. The module according to claim 1 , wherein a load transfer bearing is arranged between the connecting mechanism and the control means.

9. The module according to claim 3 , wherein the pitch change system comprises an anti-rotation device fastened on the movable body and on the stationary body of the control means, the anti-rotation device comprising a cross-piece extending above the movable body and the stationary body.

10. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the control means comprises an actuator, the movable body of which slides around the cylindrical wall of the stationary case.

11. The module according to claim 1 , wherein the propeller is an upstream propeller of a pair of despun propellers.

12. A turbine engine comprising at least one module according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2017
From: TAJAN, SEBASTIEN EMILE PHILIPPE; CHARIER, GILLES ALAIN MARIE; COTTET, CLEMENT; FABRE, ADRIEN JACQUES PHILIPPE; PERDRIGEON, CHRISTOPHE MARCEL LUCIEN
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 043800/0122 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 16 57684 · Aug 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180043990A1 · Feb 15, 2018