IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,025,182
Granted Patent B2
US 12,025,182 · App. 17/906,930 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Fused soft and hard bearing rings

Inventors: Michel Gilbert Roland Brault (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Olivier Formica (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Patrice Jean-Marc Rosset (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F16C33/583F01D25/164F16C19/54F16C27/045F16C33/586F05D2240/54F16C2360/23
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Patent No.
US 12,025,182
App. No.
17/906,930
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An enclosure for a turbomachine includes a turbomachine drive shaft rotating about a longitudinal axis (X) by means of two roller bearings, an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing, each having an inner ring carried by the drive shaft. The two bearings share a single integral outer ring that has an upstream end and a downstream end connected to one another by a section of studs. The single outer ring is carried by an upstream base plate and a downstream base plate of a bearing support configured to be attached to a stationary structure of the turbomachine.

Claims (11)

1. An enclosure for a turbomachine comprising a turbomachine drive shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis (X) by means of two rolling bearings, comprising an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing, each bearing comprising an internal ring carried by the drive shaft, wherein

the two bearings share a single monobloc external ring, said single monobloc external ring comprising an upstream end and a downstream end, the upstream end and the downstream end being connected to each other by a section of studs, the single monobloc external ring further being carried by an upstream base plate and a downstream base plate of a bearing support configured to be attached to a stationary structure of the turbomachine.

2. The enclosure according to the preceding claim 1 , wherein the upstream end of the single monobloc external ring has a radially external surface shrunk onto a radially internal surface of the upstream base plate.

3. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the upstream end of the single monobloc external ring cooperates with the upstream base plate of the bearing support, so as to provide a centering function for the single external ring.

4. The enclosure according to claim 3 , wherein the single monobloc external ring is axially blocked by a stop annulus or by bolting the upstream end of the single monobloc external ring with the upstream base plate of the bearing support.

5. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein a support ring of a damping fluid film is arranged radially between the downstream end of the single monobloc external ring and the base plate of downstream bearing support, the support ring and the downstream end forming a chamber configured to receive the damping fluid.

6. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein a distance (dP) separating the upstream bearing from a downstream end of the enclosure is between 250 and 300 mm.

7. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing support has an upstream wall carrying the upstream base plate and a downstream wall carrying the downstream base plate, the upstream and downstream walls being connected to a wall of the enclosure by an external flange cooperating with a first flange of the wall of the enclosure.

8. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the downstream end of the single monobloc external ring is retained axially, downstream, by a retaining plate, and upstream by an upstream retention arranged on the downstream base plate.

9. The enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is formed at least partly by an exhaust casing.

10. An aircraft turbomachine comprising at least one enclosure according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2022
From: BRAULT, MICHEL GILBERT ROLAND; BECOULET, JULIEN FABIEN PATRICK; FORMICA, OLIVIER; ROSSET, PATRICE JEAN-MARC; TAN-KIM, ALEXANDRE JEAN-MARIE
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 061170/0108 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2003072 · Mar 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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