IP Library Granted Patent US 12,331,659
Granted Patent B2
US 12,331,659 · App. 18/699,150 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Turbine blade of a turbine engine with self-generated interlock contact force in operation

Inventors: Patrick Joseph Marie Girard (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Didier René André Escure (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Matthieu Arnaud Gimat (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Sébastien Serge Francis Congratel (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Arthur De Castro (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES; SAFRAN CERAMICS
F01D5/3084F01D5/141F01D9/041F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 12,331,659
App. No.
18/699,150
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Blade of a turbomachine turbine including a airfoil extending along a first direction between an internal end and an external end, a base secured to said internal end, and a root secured to said external end and extending, along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, between an upstream edge and a downstream edge and, along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, between first and second lateral edges, the first side edge having, in a plane including the second and third directions, a shape complementary to that of the second lateral edge. The first lateral edge includes a first portion extending from the upstream edge, and a second portion externally protruding along the third direction at an acute angle with the first portion.

Claims (21)

1. A turbomachine blade, the blade comprising an airfoil extending along a first direction between a first internal end and a second internal end, a blade base secured to the first internal end of the airfoil, and a root secured to the second internal end of the airfoil, the root including a platform delimited along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction by an upstream edge and a downstream edge and delimited along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and to the second direction by a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, the first lateral edge having, in a plane comprising the second and third directions, a shape complementary to the shape of the second lateral edge,

the first lateral edge comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending from the upstream edge to the second portion, the second portion externally protruding along the third direction, the second portion comprising a first part and a second part, the first part comprising a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the first segment forming a first acute angle with the first portion, the second segment connected to the first segment and extends parallel to the first portion and the second part of the second portion, the third segment connected to the second segment and the second part of the second portion, the third segment extending parallel to the first segment, and the second part of the second portion extending from the downstream edge to the third segment of the first part of the second portion,

wherein the second lateral edge comprises a third portion extending from the upstream edge, and a fourth portion internally protruding along the third direction at a second acute angle with the third portion.

2. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein said downstream edge extends parallel to said upstream edge and has a length, along the third direction, identical to that of said upstream edge, said downstream edge including a first end and a second end and said upstream edge including a first end and a second end, the first end of said downstream edge being located, along the third direction, between the first and second ends of said upstream edge, the second end of said upstream edge being located, along the third direction, between the first and second ends of said downstream edge.

3. The blade according to claim 2 , wherein the first portion of the first lateral edge extends from said upstream edge between an upstream end of the first portion secured to said upstream edge and a downstream end of the first portion.

4. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the blade is made of ceramic matrix composite material.

5. The blade according to claim 1 , wherein the blade is a blade for a moving bladed wheel of a turbomachine turbine.

6. A turbomachine turbine comprising a moving bladed wheel mounted in rotation about a central axis, the bladed wheel comprising an annular ring of blades according to claim 1 .

7. A turbomachine comprising a turbine according to claim 6 .

8. An aircraft comprising at least one turbomachine according to claim 7 .

9. A turbomachine blade, the blade comprising an airfoil extending along a first direction between a first internal end and a second internal end, a blade base secured to the first internal end of the airfoil, and a root secured to the second internal end of the airfoil, the root including a platform delimited along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction by an upstream edge and a downstream edge and delimited along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and to the second direction by a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, the first lateral edge having, in a plane comprising the second and third directions, a shape complementary to the shape of the second lateral edge,

the first lateral edge comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending from the upstream edge to the second portion, the second portion externally protruding along the third direction, the second portion comprising a first part and a second part, the first part comprising a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the first segment forming a first acute angle with the first portion, the second segment connected to the first segment and extends parallel to the first portion and the second part of the second portion, the third segment connected to the second segment and the second part of the second portion, the third segment extending parallel to the first segment, and the second part of the second portion extending from the downstream edge to the third segment of the first part of the second portion.

10. The blade according to claim 9 , wherein said downstream edge extends parallel to said upstream edge and has a length, along the third direction, identical to that of said upstream edge.

11. The blade according to claim 10 , wherein the downstream edge including a first end and a second end and said upstream edge including a first end and a second end, the first end of said downstream edge being located, along the third direction, between the first and second ends of said upstream edge, the second end of said upstream edge being located, along the third direction, between the first and second ends of said downstream edge.

12. The blade according to claim 9 , wherein the second lateral edge comprises a third portion extending from the upstream edge, and a fourth portion externally protruding along the third direction at a second acute angle with the third portion.

13. The blade according to claim 11 , wherein the first portion of the first lateral edge extends from said upstream edge between an upstream end of the first portion secured to said upstream edge and a downstream end of the first portion.

14. The blade according to claim 9 , wherein the blade is made of ceramic matrix composite material.

15. The blade according to claim 9 , wherein the blade is a blade for a moving bladed wheel of a turbomachine turbine.

16. A turbomachine turbine comprising a moving bladed wheel mounted in rotation about a central axis, the bladed wheel comprising an annular ring of blades according to claim 9 .

17. A turbomachine comprising a turbine according to claim 16 .

18. An aircraft comprising at least one turbomachine according to claim 17 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: GIRARD, PATRICK JOSEPH MARIE; ESCURE, DIDIER RENÉ ANDRÉ; GIMAT, MATTHIEU ARNAUD; CONGRATEL, SÉBASTIEN SERGE FRANCIS; DE CASTRO, ARTHUR
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES; SAFRAN CERAMICS
Reel/Frame 067060/0654 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2110651 · Oct 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240263560A1 · Aug 8, 2024
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