Mechanical reduction gear of aircraft turbomachine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11339725-B2
Application number	US-202016848642-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2020
Priority date	Apr 16, 2019
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A mechanical reduction gear for a turbomachine, in particular for an aircraft, this reduction gear including a sun gear having an axis of rotation, a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and which is configured to be fixed in rotation around the axis, planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are held by a planet carrier which is configured to be fixed or in rotation around the axis, each planet gear including a first toothing of average diameter D 1 for the meshing with the sun gear, and a second toothing of average diameter D 2 , different from D 1 , for the meshing with the ring gear, wherein the first and second toothings of each planet gear include herringbone teeth and are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis and passing substantially in the middle of the planet gear.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mechanical reduction gear for a turbomachine, said reduction gear comprising:
a sun gear having an axis of rotation,
a ring gear which extends around the sun gear,
planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are held by a planet carrier, each planet gear comprising a first toothing with an average diameter D 1 for the meshing with the sun gear, and a second toothing with an average diameter D 2 , different from D 1 , for the meshing with the ring gear, each of the first and second toothings comprising herringbone teeth,
wherein the first and second toothings of each planet gear are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to said axis and passing through a middle of the planet gear,
and in that the herringbone of the first toothing is formed by upstream teeth of the first toothing separated from downstream teeth of the first toothing by being arranged on either side of the plane, and an upstream teeth of the second toothing are separated from a downstream teeth of the second toothing by the first toothing,
wherein each planet gear comprises a cylindrical body and an annular web extending radially outwards from a middle of this body, the teeth of the second toothing being located at an axial ends of the body, and the teeth of the first toothing being located at an outer periphery of the web.

2. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein the upstream teeth of the first toothing are separated by an annular groove from the downstream teeth of this first toothing.

3. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein the sun gear comprises a toothing with herringbone teeth and comprising upstream and downstream teeth located respectively on either side of said plane.

4. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein the ring gear comprises a toothing with herringbone teeth and comprising upstream and downstream teeth located respectively on either side of said plane and separated from each other by the second toothing.

5. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 4 , wherein the teeth of the ring gear are carried respectively by two rings fixed one to the other on a ring gear carrier.

6. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein the ring gear is configured to be fixed in rotation around said axis, and the planet carrier is configured to be mobile in rotation around this axis.

7. A turbomachine comprising the mechanical reduction gear according to claim 1 .

8. A mechanical reduction gear for a turbomachine, said reduction gear comprising:
a sun gear having an axis of rotation,
a ring gear which extends around the sun gear,
planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are held by a planet carrier, each planet gear comprising a first toothing with an average diameter D 1 for the meshing with the sun gear, and a second toothing with an average diameter D 2 , different from D 1 , for the meshing with the ring gear, each of the first and second toothings comprising herringbone teeth,
wherein the first and second toothings of each planet gear are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to said axis and passing through a middle of the planet gear,
wherein the herringbone of the first toothing is formed by upstream teeth of the first toothing separated from downstream teeth of the first toothing by being arranged on either side of the plane, and an upstream teeth of the second toothing are separated from a downstream teeth of the second toothing by the first toothing,
wherein the ring gear comprises a toothing with herringbone teeth and comprising upstream and downstream teeth located respectively on either side of said plane and separated from each other by the second toothing,
wherein the teeth of the ring gear are carried respectively by two rings fixed one to the other on a ring gear carrier, and
wherein the ring gear carrier has a general biconic and symmetrical shape with respect to said plane which passes through a middle of a largest diameter of the ring gear carrier.

9. The mechanical reduction gear according to claim 8 , wherein the ring gear carrier comprises at its ends bearings for guiding the planet carrier or a drive shaft of the planet carrier.

10. A turbomachine comprising the mechanical reduction gear according to claim 8 .

Assignees

• Safran Trans Systems

Inventors

• Simon Adrien Louis
• Lefebvre Simon Loic Clement
• Mouly Guillaume Pierre

Classifications

• F16H2001/2881

  comprising two axially spaced central gears, i.e. ring or sun gear, engaged by at least one common orbital gear wherein one of the central gears is forming the output · CPC title

• F05D2220/323

  for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines · CPC title

• F16H2001/289

  comprising two or more coaxial and identical sets of orbital gears, e.g. for distributing torque between the coaxial sets · CPC title

• F01D25/16

  Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings (bearings per se F16C) · CPC title

• F16H57/08

  of gearings with members having orbital motion · CPC title