Sun gear for a mechanical reduction gear of an aircraft turbomachine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12378917-B2
Application number	US-202418679923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2024
Priority date	Jun 1, 2023
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A sun gear for a mechanical gearbox of an aircraft turbomachine, the sun gear having an annular shape around an axis and including an internal annular part having at its internal periphery coupling grooves, an external annular part having at its external periphery at least one meshing tooth, the external part extending around the internal part, and an annular veil connecting the internal and external parts. At least one of the internal and external parts can include two independent rings, each having grooves or teeth, and the veil can have two annular branches connected respectively to the two rings.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property jor privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A sun gear for a mechanical reduction gear of an aircraft turbomachine, the sun gear having an annular shape about an axis, the sun gear comprising:
an inner annular part including coupling splines at its inner periphery;
an outer annular part having at its outer periphery at least one meshing toothing, the outer part extending around the inner part; and
an annular web connecting the inner and outer parts, the annular web being located between the inner and outer parts and having a shape giving the sun gear a capacity for elastic deformation,
wherein the inner part includes two independent rings each having splines, and/or the outer part includes two independent rings each having a toothing, and
wherein the web has two annular legs connected respectively to the two rings.

2. The sun gear according to claim 1 , wherein the inner part further comprises two inner rings including splines at their inner periphery, and wherein the annular web further comprises two legs connected respectively to the inner rings.

3. The sun gear according to claim 2 , wherein the two legs extend from the inner part to the outer part.

4. The sun gear according to claim 3 , wherein the two legs are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis.

5. The sun gear according to claim 2 , wherein the two legs which are connected to the inner rings are connected by a single bulkhead to the outer part, or the two legs which are connected to the outer rings are connected by a single bulkhead to the inner part.

6. The sun gear according to claim 5 , wherein the single bulkhead is perpendicular to the axis and connected to the middle of the outer or inner part.

7. The sun gear according to claim 5 , wherein the two legs are frustoconical and form a V-shape in axial section.

8. The sun gear according to claim 5 , wherein the annular web is generally Y-shaped in axial section.

9. The sun gear according to claim 2 , wherein the two inner legs are connected to the two outer legs substantially in the middle of the annular web.

10. The sun gear according to claim 9 , wherein the two legs of the annular web are connected by a cylindrical wall of the annular web.

11. The sun gear according to claim 9 , wherein the annular web is generally X- or H-shaped in axial section.

12. The sun gear according to claim 1 , wherein the outer part further comprises two outer rings each having a toothing at their outer periphery, and wherein the annular web further comprises two legs connected respectively to the outer rings.

13. The sun gear according to claim 12 , wherein the two legs extend from the inner part to the outer part.

14. The sun gear according to claim 13 , wherein the two legs are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis.

15. The sun gear according to claim 12 , wherein the two legs which are connected to the inner rings are connected by a single bulkhead to the outer part, or the two legs which are connected to the outer rings are connected by a single bulkhead to the inner part.

16. The sun gear according to claim 15 , wherein the single bulkhead is perpendicular to the axis and connected to the middle of the outer or inner part.

17. The sun gear according to claim 15 , wherein the two legs are frustoconical and form a V-shape in axial section.

18. The sun gear according to claim 15 , wherein the annular web is generally Y-shaped in axial section.

19. The sun gear according to claim 12 , wherein the two inner legs are connected to the two outer legs substantially in the middle of the annular web.

20. The sun gear according to claim 19 , wherein the two legs of the annular web are connected by a cylindrical wall of the annular web.

21. The sun gear according to claim 19 , wherein the annular web is generally X- or H-shaped in axial section.

22. The sun gear according to claim 1 , wherein the annular web is made in a single piece.

23. A mechanical reduction gear for an aircraft turbomachine, the reduction gear comprising:
a planet carrier including a first axis of rotation;
a sun gear according to claim 1 which is mounted in the planet carrier and which is centered on the first axis;
a ring gear extending around the sun gear and the first axis; and
planet gears carried by the planet carrier and meshing with the sun gear and the ring gear, the planet gears have second axes of rotation parallel to the first axis.

Assignees

• Safran Trans Systems

Inventors

• Gedin Patrice Jocelyn Francis
• Beck Guillaume Julien
• Francois Loïc
• Morelli Boris Pierre Marcel
• Peltier Jordane Emile André
• Pennacino Antoine Jacques Marie
• Simon Adrien Louis

Classifications

• F16H57/08

  of gearings with members having orbital motion · CPC title

• F05D2260/40311

  of the epicyclical, planetary or differential type · CPC title

• F05D2220/323

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

• F16H55/17

  Toothed wheels (worm wheels F16H55/22; chain wheels F16H55/30) · CPC title

• F16H1/2845

  by allowing limited movement of the sun gear · CPC title