B64C11/38

HYDRAULIC LINE ROUTING PLATE
20190162078 · 2019-05-30 ·

A routing plate assembly is provided and includes a gearbox having an aft surface, first and second hydraulic components, a routing plate comprising a forward side affixable to the aft surface of the gearbox, an aft side to which the first and second hydraulic components are affixable and a body. The body is formed to define interfacial pathways by which the gearbox and the first and second hydraulic components are communicative.

HYDRAULIC LINE ROUTING PLATE
20190162078 · 2019-05-30 ·

A routing plate assembly is provided and includes a gearbox having an aft surface, first and second hydraulic components, a routing plate comprising a forward side affixable to the aft surface of the gearbox, an aft side to which the first and second hydraulic components are affixable and a body. The body is formed to define interfacial pathways by which the gearbox and the first and second hydraulic components are communicative.

CONTROLLING RATE OF ROTOR FEATHER BY SYSTEM SECONDARY TO PRIMARY BLADE ANGLE CONTROL SYSTEM
20240217649 · 2024-07-04 · ·

The rotor control system includes a main control valve having an inlet for receiving liquid and an outlet for issuing liquid to a rotor pitch change actuator. The rotor control unit is configured to control flow of liquid from the inlet to the outlet to modify pitch angle of rotor blades. A feathering system with a first conduit connected in fluid communication with the outlet of the main control valve, a second conduit for fluid communication with the rotor pitch change actuator, and a drain conduit. The feathering system has a normal operation mode for supplying liquid from the main control valve to the rotor pitch change actuator by allowing flow through the feathering system from the first conduit to the second conduit. The feathering system has a feathering mode for controlling drainage from the rotor pitch change actuator to the drain conduit.

Device for supplying hydraulic fluid to a ram and mechanism for controlling the pitch of the blades of a turbine engine propeller comprising the ram

A hydraulic ram comprising a fixed support, a cylinder that is movable in translation relative to the support, a piston secured inside the cylinder delimiting two chambers with the cylinder and a device for supplying the chambers with hydraulic fluid upstream from the fixed support. The ram is characterized by the fact that the supply device comprises telescopic channels, each telescopic channel comprising two tubular elements sliding one into the other, a first tubular element being rigidly connected to the fixed support at one end and the second tubular element being rigidly connected to the cylinder at at least two points separated from each other along a generatrix of the cylinder. The invention is applicable to controlling the pitch of the blades of a turbine engine propeller.

Device for supplying hydraulic fluid to a ram and mechanism for controlling the pitch of the blades of a turbine engine propeller comprising the ram

A hydraulic ram comprising a fixed support, a cylinder that is movable in translation relative to the support, a piston secured inside the cylinder delimiting two chambers with the cylinder and a device for supplying the chambers with hydraulic fluid upstream from the fixed support. The ram is characterized by the fact that the supply device comprises telescopic channels, each telescopic channel comprising two tubular elements sliding one into the other, a first tubular element being rigidly connected to the fixed support at one end and the second tubular element being rigidly connected to the cylinder at at least two points separated from each other along a generatrix of the cylinder. The invention is applicable to controlling the pitch of the blades of a turbine engine propeller.

OIL TRANSFER FOR A CONTROL SYSTEM REGULATING THE PROPELLER PITCH OF A TURBINE ENGINE

Oil transfer tube for a system to control the regulation of a turbine engine propeller pitch, in particular of an aircraft, the tube being intended to be mounted coaxially inside a tubular shaft of the propeller, the tube having an elongated shape and including a first male longitudinal end part intended to be inserted in a female housing of a stator casing equipped with an oil supply circuit of the tube, and a second male longitudinal end part around which is intended to be mounted a hydrodynamic bearing to guide the tube in the shaft, wherein the first end part includes a free annular end with a convex rounded cross-section intended to bear axially against an annular bottom of said housing, and in that said second end part comprises an outer axial annular bearing surface of an inner ring of the bearing, the annular bearing surface presenting in cross-section a convex curved shape.

OIL TRANSFER FOR A CONTROL SYSTEM REGULATING THE PROPELLER PITCH OF A TURBINE ENGINE

Oil transfer tube for a system to control the regulation of a turbine engine propeller pitch, in particular of an aircraft, the tube being intended to be mounted coaxially inside a tubular shaft of the propeller, the tube having an elongated shape and including a first male longitudinal end part intended to be inserted in a female housing of a stator casing equipped with an oil supply circuit of the tube, and a second male longitudinal end part around which is intended to be mounted a hydrodynamic bearing to guide the tube in the shaft, wherein the first end part includes a free annular end with a convex rounded cross-section intended to bear axially against an annular bottom of said housing, and in that said second end part comprises an outer axial annular bearing surface of an inner ring of the bearing, the annular bearing surface presenting in cross-section a convex curved shape.

PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT
20190092453 · 2019-03-28 ·

The present disclosure describes a propeller control unit for controlling the blade pitch of a propeller. The unit includes an electrohydraulic servo valve (EHSV) and is connected to a propeller actuator that adjusts the blade pitch of a propeller. The EHSV operates to allow pressurized fluid to flow from a pressurized fluid source to the actuator to adjust the blade pitch of the propeller in a flight pitch range and a ground pitch range, to allow pressurized fluid to flow from the source to the actuator to adjust the blade pitch of the propeller in a flight pitch range but not a ground pitch range, and to block the flow of pressurized fluid from the source to the actuator and drain pressurized fluid from the actuator to prevent adjustment of the blade pitch of the propeller in the flight pitch range or the ground pitch range.

PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT
20190092453 · 2019-03-28 ·

The present disclosure describes a propeller control unit for controlling the blade pitch of a propeller. The unit includes an electrohydraulic servo valve (EHSV) and is connected to a propeller actuator that adjusts the blade pitch of a propeller. The EHSV operates to allow pressurized fluid to flow from a pressurized fluid source to the actuator to adjust the blade pitch of the propeller in a flight pitch range and a ground pitch range, to allow pressurized fluid to flow from the source to the actuator to adjust the blade pitch of the propeller in a flight pitch range but not a ground pitch range, and to block the flow of pressurized fluid from the source to the actuator and drain pressurized fluid from the actuator to prevent adjustment of the blade pitch of the propeller in the flight pitch range or the ground pitch range.

PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM COMPRISING AN IMPROVED ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTUATOR
20240239474 · 2024-07-18 · ·

The present invention relates to a pitch change mechanism for a turbine engine propeller (10) comprising: an electric machine (29) fixedly mounted on a stator portion of the turbine engine and comprising an actuator shaft (21); an axial piston hydraulic pump (20) suitable for pressurising a hydraulic fluid, the hydraulic pump comprising a body (22) driven by the propeller (10); a barrel (23) housing a set of pistons (24) each comprising a sliding block (25); and a plate (26) that is tilted with respect to the axis of rotation, each sliding block bearing on the plate, one of the plate (26) and the barrel (23) being fixedly connected to the stator portion of the turbine engine and the other of the plate (26) and the barrel (23) being fixed to the actuator shaft (21) for conjoint rotation.