Handling fitting with movable jaws for a turbomachine casing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677100-B2
Application number	US-201716304796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2017
Priority date	May 27, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A support system ( 16 ) for a structural casing of a turbomachine ( 10 ), which comprises:
a handling fitting ( 17 ) comprising a front edge ( 19 ) provided with one or more hole(s) ( 26 ) for receiving one or more screw(s) ( 24 ) for attachment to a flange ( 23 ) formed on the casing ( 10 ), a rear edge ( 20 ) provided with a cavity ( 32 ) for receiving a projecting boss ( 29 ) formed on the casing ( 10 ); a pair of jaws ( 31 ) for gripping the boss ( 29 ), that are mounted in the cavity ( 32 ); at least one screw ( 33 ) for adjusting the position of the jaws ( 31 ), mounted on the fitting ( 17 ) and engaging with at least one jaw ( 31 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A support system for a structural casing of a turbomachine, which comprises:
a handling fitting comprising a front edge provided with one or more holes for receiving one or more screws for attachment to a flange formed on the casing, a rear edge provided with a cavity for receiving a projecting boss formed on the casing;
a pair of jaws for gripping the boss, that are mounted in the cavity;
at least one screw for adjusting the position of the pair of jaws, mounted on the fitting and engaging with at least one said jaw of the pair of jaws.

2. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the pair of jaws have oblique front faces, which are adapted to rest against beveled bearing faces formed on the boss.

3. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that said at least one screw comprises a pair of screws for adjusting the pair of jaws, mounted on either side of the fitting.

4. A system according to claim 2 , characterized in that said at least one screw comprises a pair of screws for adjusting the pair of jaws, mounted on either side of the fitting.

5. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that said at least one screw comprises a mushroom-shaped end, which engages with a groove provided in a rear face of one said pair of jaws.

6. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that said at least one screw comprises a body housed in a hole provided in a side edge of the fitting.

7. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that each jaw of the pair of jaws is provided with a groove which engages with a pin protruding from a bearing face of the boss.

8. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that each bearing face of the boss is provided with a groove which engages with a pin protruding from a face of one said jaw of the pair of jaws.

9. A system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the attachment screws jointly pass through holes formed in the flange and holes in a front edge of the fitting.

10. A system according to claim 8 , characterized in that it comprises nuts which helically engage with said one or more screws by being housed in windows provided in the fitting in the vicinity of the front edge thereof.

11. A system according to claim 8 , characterized in that the fitting has sleeves crimped inside said fitting, in the vicinity of the front edge thereof, which helically engage with said one or more screws.

12. A connecting assembly comprising a structural casing of a turbomachine provided with a support system of a turbomachine, which comprises:
a handling fitting comprising a front edge provided with one or more hole(s) for receiving one or more screw(s) for attachment to a flange formed on the casing, a rear edge provided with a cavity for receiving a projecting boss formed on the casing;
a pair of jaws for gripping the boss, that are mounted in the cavity;
at least one screw for adjusting the position of the jaws, mounted on the fitting and engaging with at least one said jaw of the pair of jaws.

Assignees

• Safran Aircraft Engines

Inventors

• Sultana Patrick
• Prestel Sébastien Jean Laurent
• Renon Olivier
• Debray Benoit Argémiro Matthieu
• Sevi Guillaume

Classifications

• F05D2230/68

  using auxiliary equipment for lifting or holding · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title

• F05D2260/02

  Transport and handling during maintenance and repair · CPC title

• B64F5/50

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title

• F01D25/285 Primary

  Temporary support structures, e.g. for testing, assembling, installing, repairing; Assembly methods using such structures · CPC title