Turbofan comprising a set of rotatable blades for blocking off the bypass flow duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11193379-B2
Application number	US-202016826963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2020
Priority date	Mar 25, 2019
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

A turbofan having a nacelle including a slider mobile in translation between advanced and retracted positions to open a window between a duct and the exterior, a plurality of blades, each being mobile in rotation on the slider between stowed and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system that moves each blade and includes, for each blade, a shaft mobile in rotation on the slider and on which the blade is fixed, an arm having a first end fixed to the shaft and a second end, an arc which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is rotatably mounted on the slider, about the longitudinal axis, a lever mounted in articulated fashion between the arc and the second end of the arm, and an actuation system which rotates the arc in one direction and in the other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A turbofan having a longitudinal axis and comprising a motor and a nacelle, surrounding the motor, which comprises a fan casing, in which a duct for a bypass flow is delimited between the nacelle and the motor and in which a flow of air flows in a flow direction, said nacelle comprising:
a fixed structure fixed to the fan casing,
a mobile assembly having a mobile cowl and a slider, the mobile cowl being fixed to the slider, the slider being mobile in translation, on the fixed structure, in a direction of translation between an advanced position in which the slider is positioned such that the mobile cowl is moved close to the fan casing and a retracted position in which the slider is positioned such that the mobile cowl is moved away from the fan casing so as to define, between them, an open window between the duct and the exterior of the nacelle,
a plurality of blades, each one comprising a first end mounted so as to be mobile in rotation on the slider about an axis of rotation, and where the blades are angularly offset from one to the next about the longitudinal axis, wherein each blade is mobile between a stowed position in which the blade is outside the duct and a deployed position in which the blade is across the duct,
an assembly of actuators causing the slider to move between the advanced position and the retracted position, and vice versa, and
a maneuvering system intended to move each blade from the stowed position to the deployed position and vice versa, where the maneuvering system comprises:
for each blade, a shaft mounted so as to be mobile in rotation on the slider about an axis of rotation, and on which the blade is fixed,
for each shaft, an arm which has a first end fixed to the shaft and a second end,
an arc which is coaxial with the longitudinal axis and is mounted so as to be mobile in rotation, on the slider, about the longitudinal axis,
for each arm, a lever mounted in articulated fashion between the arc and the second end of the arm, and
an actuation system which rotates the arc in one direction and in the other.

2. The turbofan according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of each arm is formed as a pair of pincers that grip the shaft and comprise a tightening screw that tightens the two pincers towards one another.

3. An aircraft comprising at least one turbofan according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Gardes Pascal
• Cousin Antoine
• Boudou Antoine

Classifications

• F02K1/72 Primary

  the aft end of the fan housing being movable to uncover openings in the fan housing for the reversed flow · CPC title

• F05D2260/50

  Kinematic linkage, i.e. transmission of position · CPC title

• F01D25/24

  Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) · CPC title

• F05D2220/36

  specially adapted for the fan of turbofan engines · CPC title

• F05D2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title