Unison ring of gas turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11840959-B2
Application number	US-202117916287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2021
Priority date	Mar 31, 2020
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

A unison ring of a gas turbine engine includes: an annular body including fiber-reinforced resin or circular-arc bodies including the fiber-reinforced resin, the fiber-reinforced resin including resin and reinforced fibers; and pin holes in which a pin is in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the unison ring. A main orientation of the reinforced fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin is directed in a circumferential direction of the unison ring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A unison ring of a gas turbine engine including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine,
the unison ring being located along an outer periphery of a casing of the gas turbine engine and coupled to variable stator vanes of the compressor,
the unison ring comprising:
an annular body including fiber-reinforced resin or circular-arc bodies including the fiber-reinforced resin, the fiber-reinforced resin including resin and reinforced fibers; and
pin holes in which a pin is in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the unison ring, wherein
a main orientation of the reinforced fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin is directed in a circumferential direction of the unison ring,
the unison ring further comprises:
an inner plate including a first pin hole of the pin holes and main surfaces facing the radial direction;
an outer plate including a second pin hole of the pin holes and main surfaces facing the radial direction, the inner plate and the outer plate being located concentrically;
a coupling plate including main surfaces facing the axial direction, the coupling plate coupling the inner plate to the outer plate; and
at least one flange plate portion including main surfaces facing the axial direction, the at least one flange plate projecting in the radial direction from at least one of an end of the inner plate in the axial direction or an end of the outer plate in the axial direction, and

the at least one flange plate portion comprises a pair of inner flange plates projecting inward in the radial direction from both ends of the inner plate in the axial direction.

2. The unison ring according to claim 1 , wherein a section of the unison ring orthogonal to the circumferential direction has such a shape that a dimension of the unison ring in the radial direction is larger than a dimension of the unison ring in the axial direction.

3. The unison ring according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one flange plate portion comprises
a pair of outer flange plates projecting outward in the radial direction from both ends of the outer plate in the axial direction.

4. The unison ring according to claim 1 , wherein:
the coupling plate couples one end of the inner plate in the axial direction to one end of the outer plate in the axial direction; and
a space between the inner plate and the outer plate is open toward a side in the axial direction which is opposite to a side at which the coupling plate is.

5. The unison ring according to claim 1 , wherein a section of the unison ring orthogonal to the circumferential direction has a π shape.

6. The unison ring according to claim 1 , wherein:
the resin is selected from bismaleimide, epoxy, and polyimide; and
the reinforced fibers are selected from carbon fibers, glass fibers, and aramid fibers.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ando Takahiro
• Sasaki Hirokazu
• Takemura Hidetoshi
• Tatematsu Nobuhiro
• Kawakatsu Mitsuhiro
• Uraguchi Ryosuke
• Yuki Kohei

Classifications

• F02C7/042 Primary

  having variable geometry · CPC title

• F05D2250/90

  Variable geometry · CPC title

• F05D2300/44

  Resins · CPC title

• F05D2300/6034

  Orientation of fibres, weaving, ply angle · CPC title

• F01D17/162 Primary

  for axial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially perpendicular to the rotor centre line (F01D17/167 takes precedence) · CPC title