B64C11/306

Unison ring assembly

A unison ring assembly comprises a backing plate, and a plurality of pocket-forming portions. The backing plate is formed as an annular disc, with the annular disc being planar in a radial plane of the unison ring assembly. The plurality of pocket-forming portions are equi-spaced circumferentially around the axis of the unison ring assembly, and each of the plurality of pocket-forming portions is attached to the backing plate to form a corresponding radially extending pocket.

Unison ring system for counter rotating propellers
09963221 · 2018-05-08 · ·

Unison ring system includes first unison ring portion, second unison ring portion, and bearing. Second unison ring portion is co-axial with first unison ring portion. First unison ring portion includes first unison ring and first bearing location portion and second unison ring portion includes second unison ring and second bearing location portion. First bearing location portion is co-axial with first unison ring and projects axially from first unison ring, while second bearing location portion is co-axial with second unison ring and projects axially from second unison ring. First bearing location portion includes outwardly opening groove, and second bearing location portion includes inwardly opening groove. First unison ring portion and second unison ring portion positioned with first bearing location portion being concentric with second bearing location portion defining annular cavity there between. Bearing is accommodated in annular cavity, with axial length of annular cavity being greater than axial length of bearing.

Bearing with lubrication means and system for changing the pitch of the blades of a turboprop propeller of an aircraft equipped with said bearing

A bearing, such as a rolling bearing, is mounted on a support mobile in translation and includes a lubrication mechanism. The lubrication mechanism includes at least one pipe delivering a lubricant, linked to a lubricant supply source, and at least partially engaging in the support mobile in translation to deliver the lubricant from the mobile support along an internal channel to the bearing, passing through an inner ring of the bearing.

Turbine engine having a pair of propellers for an aircraft

An engine includes systems for changing the pitch of propeller blades, a system for an upstream propeller including a linear actuator and a transmission mechanism connecting the actuator to the blades to transform the sliding of the actuator into a rotation of the blades, the upstream propeller including a rotatable housing rigidly connected to a rotatable shaft supported in a static housing of the turbine engine by an upstream bearing and by a downstream bearing. The rotatable housing of the upstream propeller includes a support rigidly connected to the rotatable housing and surrounding the static housing. The actuator is annular and fixed outside to the support, the transfer mechanism includes connecting rods and rotatable radial arms traversing the gaseous flow path, and the downstream bearing is radially located between the static housing and the support.

PITCH CHANGE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO A CONTROL MEANS AND CORRESPONDING TURBINE ENGINE

A system is configured to change the pitch of blades of at least one turbine engine propeller provided with multiple blades. The system includes a control means acting on a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the propeller. The control means includes a stationary body and a movable body translatable along a longitudinal axis (X) relative to the stationary body and defining two chambers. A fluid supply means is configured to be connected to a fluid supply source and to supply the chambers. The fluid supply means includes at least one channel. The channel is arranged and extends along an axis (Q) parallel to the longitudinal axis in an overthickness of a wall of the stationary body, the overthickness extending radially inside relative to the longitudinal axis.

PITCH-CHANGE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR ADJUSTING BLADE PITCH AND CORRESPONDING TURBINE ENGINE

A system changes the pitch of blades of at least one turbine engine propeller provided with a plurality of blades. The system includes a link mechanism connected to the propeller blades at a first interface, and a control means acting on the link mechanism and having a body movable in translation along a longitudinal axis. A load transfer module is arranged between the link mechanism and the control means. The load transfer module is connected to the link mechanism at a second interface. The system further includes means for adjusting the setting of the blades, the adjustment means having first adjustment elements configured to adjust an axial position of the second interface along the axis. The adjustment means also includes second adjustment elements configured so as to adjust an axial distance along the axis between the first interface and the second interface.

System for changing the pitch of the blades of a propeller
09884675 · 2018-02-06 · ·

A system includes a linear-displacement fluidic actuator coaxial with the propeller, and a transmission device connecting the actuator to the blades that are to be controlled. The transmission device includes at least two radial arms arranged symmetrically with respect to the actuator and connected, on the inside, to a translationally mobile part of the actuator and, on the outside, to a translationally movable rotary transmission ring which is connected to the pivot pins of the blades by intermediate connecting mechanisms that convert the translational movement of the rotary ring brought about by the actuator into a rotation of the blades of the propeller.

Device for supplying oil under pressure to a linear actuator of a turbine engine
09708053 · 2017-07-18 · ·

A device for supplying oil under pressure to a linear actuator of a turbine engine, in which the actuator includes an internal fixed portion and an external movable portion and a regulating device for regulating and supplying oil to chambers of the actuator, is provided. The regulating device is mounted radially outside the movable portion of the actuator, and the fixed portion of the actuator includes on its upstream end portion oil passage channels of which the outlets open radially outwards. The device further includes an oil distribution ring which is mounted on the upstream end portion of the fixed portion and which includes internal conduits of which the inlets communicate with the outlets of the channels of the fixed portion and the outlets open axially downstream and are connected to the regulating device.

ASSEMBLY FOR TURBINE MACHINE WITH OPEN ROTOR CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELLERS, COMPRISING A SMALL DUCT FOR THE PASSAGE OF ANCILLARIES

The invention relates to an assembly (60) for an aircraft turbine machine comprising a receiver for a pair of open rotor contra-rotating propellers, the assembly comprising a duct (52), ancillaries routed inside the duct, an attachment case (54), attachment means (62) of the duct on an annular installation portion (64) of the case (54).

According to the invention, the attachment means (62) in an assembled configuration include: a split ring (66) fitted with internal projections (71) housed inside orifices (72) in the duct; a radial loading surface (68) of the ring made on the portion (64) the surface (68) being tapered and narrowing along a first axial direction, and being in contact with a peripheral surface (70) of the complementary shaped tapered split ring; means (80) of axially loading the ring along the first direction, these means (80) being blocked in the axial direction on the portion (64).

Redundant Aircraft Propulsion System Using Co-rotating Propellers Joined By Tip Connectors

Multiple propeller blades may be joined by tip connectors to form a closed propeller apparatus. The tip connectors may create continuous structure between adjacent tips of a first propeller and a second propeller. Use of the tip connectors may reduce vortices created near the tips of the propeller blades, which cause drag and slow the rotation of the propeller blades. The tip connectors may also reduce noise caused by rotation of propeller blades. Further, the tip connectors reduce or eliminate deflection of the propeller blades by creating a support structure to counteract forces that would otherwise cause deflection of the propeller blades, thereby improving propeller blade loading. In some embodiments, the tip connectors may be formed of a malleable material and/or include one or more joints that enable at least one of the propellers to modify a pitch of blades of the propeller.