Drive lever arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9435352-B2
Application number	US-201214115347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2012
Priority date	May 18, 2011
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

A drive lever arrangement is provided. The drive lever arrangement includes a unison ring which has a groove; a drive lever having connection means for connecting the drive lever to the unison ring; a drive lever pin having a transversal throughbore hole; and a clip, wherein the drive lever pin connects the drive lever to the unison ring, and wherein the clip is inserted in the groove through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin, and engages with the groove of the unison ring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive lever arrangement comprising:
a unison ring which comprises a groove;
a drive lever;
a drive lever pin comprising a transversal throughbore hole, said drive lever pin for connecting the drive lever to the unison ring; and
a clip,
wherein the drive lever pin connects the drive lever to the unison ring, and
wherein the clip is inserted in the groove through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin, and engages with the groove of the unison ring to inhibit rotation of the drive lever pin, or
wherein the drive lever pin further comprises a circumferential collar element, wherein the circumferential collar element is adapted to engage with the groove, and wherein the clip is inserted through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin.

2. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clip comprises a first leg and bent second leg, wherein the first leg and the bent second leg are connected by a spring part.

3. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the bent second leg comprises a first region where a distance between the first leg of the clip and the bent second leg of the clip increases and a second region where the distance between the first leg of the clip and the bent second leg of the clip decreases.

4. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the unison ring comprises a protrusion extending from a compact portion of the unison ring, and
wherein the protrusion comprises a hole which is adapted in such a way that the drive lever pin is insertable into the hole.

5. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the drive lever pin comprises a head part, and
wherein the transversal throughbore hole is arranged in the head part of the drive lever pin.

6. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the circumferential collar element may extend over an angle between 15 degrees and 315 degrees of the perimeter of the drive lever pin.

7. The drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the drive lever pin comprises an element for turning the drive lever pin.

8. The drive lever arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the clip is a R-shaped clip.

9. A method of placing a drive lever pin in a drive lever arrangement, wherein the drive lever arrangement comprises a unison ring comprising a groove, a drive lever, and a drive lever pin comprising a transversal throughbore hole, said drive lever pin for connecting the drive lever to the unison ring, wherein the method comprises:
connecting the drive lever to the unison ring with the drive lever pin,
inserting a clip in the groove through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin, and
inhibiting rotation of the drive lever pin based on the inserting the clip through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin.

10. The method of placing a drive lever pin in a drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the drive lever pin comprises a circumferential collar element, the method further comprises:
turning the drive lever pin so that the circumferential collar element of the drive lever pin engages in the groove of the unison ring.

11. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin is perpendicular to a main axis of the drive lever pin.

12. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the clip includes a bent leg and a straight leg, and wherein the inserting step comprises inserting the straight leg through the throughbore hole of the drive lever pin.

13. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the clip is a R-shaped clip and wherein the inserting step further comprises angling the bent leg away from the straight leg.

14. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising gripping an outer perimeter of the drive level pin with the bent leg.

15. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the connecting step includes inserting the drive lever pin through a throughbore hole in a first rail of the unison ring and inserting the drive lever pin through a throughbore hole in a second rail of the unison ring, wherein the throughbore holes in the first and second rails have different diameters.

16. The method of placing the drive lever pin in the drive lever arrangement as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the throughbore hole in the first rail has a larger diameter than the throughbore hole in the second rail and wherein the inserting step comprises engaging a head part of the drive lever pin with the throughbore hole in the first rail and engaging a shaft part of the drive lever pin with the throughbore hole in the second rail, wherein the head part has a larger diameter than the shaft part of the drive lever pin.

Assignees

• Twell Philip
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Twell Philip

Classifications

• F04D29/60 Primary

  Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling {(F04D13/10 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• Y10T29/49959

  Nonresilient fastener · CPC title

• F01D17/10 Primary

  Final actuators (valves in general F16K {; blades with variable camber F01D5/148}) · CPC title

• F05D2260/50

  Kinematic linkage, i.e. transmission of position · CPC title

• F01D17/162

  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