Aircraft turbomachine having an air inlet of variable section

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016153309-A1
Application number	US-201514950942-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A turbomachine for an aircraft comprising a fan duct delimited by a wall and through which an air stream flows from upstream to downstream, and an air passage arranged in the wall comprising an air inlet opening flush with the wall, the air passage being designed to draw part of the air flow of the fan duct through the air inlet opening. To control the amount of air entering the air passage, a flap is rotatably mounted on the wall of the fan duct, about an axis of rotation disposed downstream of the air inlet opening, between an open position, in which the flap partially closes the air inlet opening and leaves free the fan duct downstream of the air inlet opening, and a closed position, in which the flap leaves open the air inlet opening and partially closes the fan duct downstream of the air inlet opening.

First claim

1 . A turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising:
a fan duct delimited by a wall and through which a stream of air circulates from upstream to downstream, an air passage arranged in the wall and comprising an air inlet opening flush with the wall, the air passage being arranged to draw part of the flow of the air of the fan duct through said air inlet opening, and a flap mounted rotatably on the wall of the fan duct, about an axis of rotation disposed downstream of the air inlet opening, between an open position, in which the flap partially closes the air inlet opening and leaves free the fan duct downstream of said air inlet opening, and a closed position, in which the flap leaves open the air inlet opening and partially closes the fan duct downstream of said air inlet opening.

2 . The turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a face of the flap oriented toward the fan duct is flush with the wall of said fan duct when the flap is in the closed position.

3 . The turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising blocking means when arranged in a first locking position, said means lock the flap in the closed position, and when arranged in a second locking position, said means lock the flap in the open position.

4 . The turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a resilient means arranged to displace the flap into the open position thereof when the blocking means are unlocked.

5 . The turbomachine as claimed in one of claim 1 , further comprising a return means provided in order to force the flap into the closed position when the blocking means are unlocked.

6 . The turbomachine as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a resilient means arranged to displace the flap into the open position thereof when the blocking means are unlocked, wherein the resilient means is a first torsion spring, wherein the return means is a second torsion spring, and wherein the second torsion spring is overdimensioned relative to said first torsion spring.

7 . An aircraft comprising:
at least one turbomachine comprising:
a fan duct delimited by a wall and through which a stream of air circulates from upstream to downstream,
an air passage arranged in the wall and comprising an air inlet opening flush with the wall, the air passage being arranged to draw part of the flow of the air of the fan duct through said air inlet opening, and
a flap mounted rotatably on the wall of the fan duct, about an axis of rotation disposed downstream of the air inlet opening, between an open position, in which the flap partially closes the air inlet opening and leaves free the fan duct downstream of said air inlet opening, and a closed position, in which the flap leaves open the air inlet opening and partially closes the fan duct downstream of said air inlet opening.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Clairet Guillaume
• Warnet Stephane

Classifications

• F05D2250/90

  Variable geometry · CPC title

• F05D2250/411

  in rotation · CPC title

• F02K3/075

  controlling flow ratio between flows · CPC title

• F01D9/06

  Fluid supply conduits to nozzles or the like · CPC title

• F05D2260/52

  involving springs · CPC title