Turbofan engine comprising a series of rotary blades for blocking the stream of the bypass air

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020378340-A1
Application number	US-202016827021-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2020
Priority date	Mar 25, 2019
Publication date	Dec 3, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A turbofan engine with a nacelle including a runner translationally mobile between advanced and back-off positions to open a window between a stream and an outside, a plurality of blades, each rotatable on the runner between retracted and deployed positions, and a maneuvering system displacing each blade and comprising, for each blade, a shaft rotatable on the runner and to which the blade is fixed, and a toothed segment on the shaft, and a toothed arc rotatable on the runner about a longitudinal axis, the tooth arc teeth meshing with the toothed segment teeth, a slip translationally mobile on the runner in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis between first and second positions, a connecting rod mounted articulated between the slip and the toothed arc, a rib integral to the fixed structure, and a guiding U integral to the slip and which straddles the rib.

First claim

1 . A turbofan engine having a longitudinal axis and comprising an engine and a nacelle surrounding the engine which comprises a fan casing, in which a stream of bypass air is delimited between the nacelle and the engine and in which a flow of air circulates in a direction of flow, said nacelle comprising:
a fixed structure fixed to the fan casing, a mobile assembly having a mobile cowl and a runner, the mobile cowl being fixed to the runner, the runner being translationally mobile on the fixed structure in a direction of translation between an advanced position in which the runner is positioned so that the mobile cowl is close to the fan casing and a back-off position in which the runner is positioned so that the mobile cowl is away from the fan casing to define between them a window that is open between the stream and the outside of the nacelle, a plurality of blades, each comprising a first end mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about an axis of rotation and in which the blades are angularly offset step-by-step about the longitudinal axis, in which each blade is mobile between a retracted position in which the blade is outside of the stream and a deployed position in which the blade is across the stream, a set of actuators ensuring a displacement of the runner between the advanced position and the back-off position, and vice versa, and a maneuvering system configured to displace each blade from the retracted position to the deployed position at the same time as the runner is displaced from the advanced position to the back-off position and vice versa, in which the maneuvering system comprises:
for each blade, a shaft mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about an axis of rotation, and to which the blade is fixed,
for each blade, a toothed segment fixed to the shaft and coaxial with the axis of rotation,
a toothed arc coaxial with the longitudinal axis, mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about the longitudinal axis, in which teeth of the toothed arc mesh with the teeth of each toothed segment,
a slip mounted to be translationally mobile on the runner in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis between a first position corresponding to the retracted position and a second position corresponding to the deployed position,
a connecting rod mounted articulated between the slip and the toothed arc,
a rib integral to the fixed structure, and
a guiding U integral to the slip and which straddles the rib,
wherein the rib has an appropriate form for displacing the guiding V and therefore the slip from the first position to the second position when the runner is displaced from the advanced position to the back-off position, and vice versa.

2 . The turbofan engine according to claim 1 , further comprising a radial guiding system which ensures a rotational guidance about the longitudinal axis of the toothed arc relative to the runner.

3 . The turbofan engine according to claim 2 , wherein the radial guiding system comprises at least one window produced in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis through the toothed arc and, for each window, at least two rollers, each being mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis, in which each roller is mounted inside the window so that an outer edge of the window is bearing on a first of the rollers and slips thereon and so that an inner edge of the window is bearing on a second of the rollers and slips thereon.

4 . The turbofan engine according to claim 2 , wherein the toothed arc takes the form of a crown ring, in that the radial guiding system comprises a plurality of outer rollers disposed along an outer edge of the crown ring and a plurality of inner rollers disposed along an inner edge of the crown ring, and wherein each outer roller and each inner roller are mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner, in which the outer edges of the crown ring are bearing on each outer roller and in which the inner edges of the crown ring are bearing on each inner roller and slip thereon.

5 . The turbofan engine according to claim 2 , wherein the radial guiding system comprises at least one window produced in the runner in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis through a wall of the runner, and, for each window, at least two rollers, each being mounted to be rotationally mobile on the toothed arc about an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein each roller is mounted inside the window so that an outer edge of the window is bearing on a first of the rollers and slips thereon and so that an inner edge of the window is bearing on a second of the rollers and slips thereon.

6 . The turbofan engine according to claim 1 , further comprising an axial positioning system which ensures a positioning parallel to the longitudinal axis between the toothed arc and the runner.

7 . The turbofan engine according to claim 6 , wherein the axial positioning system comprises a plurality of front rollers disposed against a front face of the toothed arc and a plurality of rear rollers disposed against a rear face of the toothed arc, wherein each front roller and each rear roller are mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about an axis of rotation extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the front rollers and the rear rollers sandwich the toothed arc and roll on the respectively front and rear face of the toothed arc.

8 . The turbofan engine according to claim 6 , wherein the axial positioning system comprises a window produced in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis through the toothed arc and bordered by an outer strip and an inner strip, at least one first pair of rollers which grip the inner strip and at least one second pair of rollers which grip the outer strip, in which each roller is mounted to be rotationally mobile on the runner about an axis of rotation extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis.

9 . The turbofan engine according to claim 6 ,
wherein the axial positioning system comprises at least one first pair of rollers and at least one second pair of rollers, wherein each roller is mounted to be rotationally mobile on the toothed arc about an axis of rotation extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis, an inner groove and an outer groove integral to the runner, each extending coaxially about the longitudinal axis, wherein the opening of the inner groove is facing the opening of the outer groove, wherein each groove thus comprises a front wall and a rear wall, wherein the rollers are housed inside the grooves so that a first roller of the first pair is bearing on and rolls against the front wall of the inner groove, so that the second roller of the first pair is bearing on and rolls against the front wall of the outer groove, so that a first roller of the second pair is bearing on and rolls against the rear wall of the inner groove, and so that the second roller of the second pair is bearing on and rolls against the rear wall of the outer groove.

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

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Cousin Antoine
• Ridray Frédéric

Classifications

• B64D27/18 Primary

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• 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

• F05D2260/53

  using gears · CPC title

• F05D2250/411

  in rotation · CPC title

• F02K1/763

  with actuating systems or actuating devices; Arrangement of actuators for thrust reversers · CPC title