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Granted Patent B2
US 10,619,493 · App. 15/569,134 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Blade equipped with platforms comprising a retaining leg

Inventors: Thomas Alain De Gaillard (Moissy-cramayel, FR); Caroline Jacqueline Denise Berdou (Moissy-cramayel, FR); Alexandre Bernard Marie Boisson (Moissy-cramayel, FR); Matthieu Arnaud Gimat (Moissy-cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01D5/225B29B11/16F01D5/26F01D5/282F01D5/3007B29C70/48B29K2307/04B29L2031/08F05D2220/36F05D2230/53F05D2240/30F05D2300/6034Y02T50/672Y02T50/673
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Patent No.
US 10,619,493
App. No.
15/569,134
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A preform for a turbine engine blade, the preform being obtained by three-dimensional weaving and comprising a first longitudinal segment ( 31 ) suitable for forming at least a portion of a blade root, a second longitudinal segment ( 32 ) extending the first longitudinal segment ( 31 ) upwards, and suitable for forming at least a portion of a stilt portion, a third longitudinal segment ( 33 ) extending the second longitudinal segment ( 32 ) upwards, and suitable for forming an airfoil portion, a first transverse segment ( 34 ) extending transversely from the junction between the second and third longitudinal segments ( 32, 33 ), and suitable for forming a first platform, and a first oblique segment ( 36 ) extending from the junction between the first and second longitudinal segments ( 31, 32 ) to the first transverse segment ( 34 ), and suitable for forming a retaining leg ( 26 ) for the first platform.

Claims (26)

1. A preform for a turbine engine blade, comprising:

a first longitudinal segment configured to form at least a portion of a blade root;

a second longitudinal segment extending the first longitudinal segment upwards, and configured to form at least a portion of a stilt portion;

a third longitudinal segment extending the second longitudinal segment upwards, and configured to form an airfoil portion;

a first transverse segment extending transversely from a junction between the second and third longitudinal segments, and configured to form a first platform; and

a first oblique segment, extending from a junction between the first and second longitudinal segments to the first transverse segment, and configured to form a retaining leg for the first platform, a gap being provided between the first oblique segment and the second longitudinal segment,

wherein the preform is obtained in a single-piece manner by three-dimensional weaving.

2. The preform according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the first oblique segment runs along a distal end of the first transverse segment.

3. The preform according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the first oblique segment is attached to the first transverse segment.

4. The preform according to claim 1 , wherein the first longitudinal segment includes a length that is constant from an upstream end to a downstream end of the preform; and

wherein the length of the second longitudinal segment increases going from the upstream end of the preform to its downstream end.

5. The preform according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second transverse segment extending transversely from the junction between the second and third longitudinal segments, level with and going away from the first transverse segment, being configured to form a second platform; and

a second oblique segment extending from the junction between the first and second longitudinal segments to the second transverse segment, and intended to form a retaining leg for the second platform.

6. The preform according to claim 1 , further comprising an interface provided at the junction between the second and third longitudinal segments on its surface opposite from the first transverse segment.

7. The preform according to claim 6 , wherein the interface is a fitted metal strip.

8. A turbine engine blade comprising:

a blade root;

a stilt portion extending upwards from the blade root;

an airfoil portion extending upwards from a stilt portion;

a platform extending transversely to the airfoil portion from a junction between the stilt portion and the airfoil portion; and

a retaining leg extending between the root or the stilt portion at one end and the platform at the other end,

wherein the turbine engine blade is made in single-piece manner out of composite material by means of the preform according to claim 1 , said preform being shaped in a mold and embedded in a matrix.

9. The turbine engine blade according to claim 8 , wherein the matrix is organic.

10. A bladed wheel for a turbine engine comprising a plurality of blades according to claim 8 .

11. A turbine engine comprising at least one compressor, at least one combustion chamber, at least one turbine, and at least one blade according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2017
From: DE GAILLARD, THOMAS ALAIN; BERDOU, CAROLINE JACQUELINE DENISE; BOISSON, ALEXANDRE BERNARD MARIE; GIMAT, MATTHIEU ARNAUD
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 043946/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 53851 · Apr 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180100400A1 · Apr 12, 2018
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