Device for uncoupling a bearing carrier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551350-B2
Application number	US-201113824642-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2011
Priority date	Nov 26, 2010
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A device for uncoupling a bearing carrier in a turbomachine, the bearing carrier including an upstream part and a downstream part including a plurality of upstream orifices respectively facing a plurality of downstream orifices. The uncoupling device includes rupture screws each passing through an upstream orifice and a downstream orifice, and at least a mechanism for double centering of a rupture screw with respect to the upstream orifice and to the downstream orifice respectively. The mechanism for double centering is independent of the upstream and downstream parts of the bearing carrier and of the rupture screw, and is configured to collaborate with the upstream part of the rupture screw such that when the rupture screw breaks, the upstream part carries with it the mechanism for double centering. A turbomachine can include such an uncoupling device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bearing carrier for a turbomachine, the bearing carrier comprising:
an upstream part and a downstream part comprising a plurality of upstream holes respectively facing a plurality of downstream holes; and
an uncoupling device for uncoupling the bearing carrier, the uncoupling device comprising
rupture screws each passing through one of the upstream holes and one of the downstream holes, and
a dual-centering device which centers a rupture screw with respect to said one of the upstream holes and to said one of the downstream holes, respectively,

wherein the dual-centering device is independent of the upstream and downstream parts of the bearing carrier and of the rupture screw, and is configured to collaborate with an upstream part of the rupture screw so that when the rupture screw ruptures, the upstream part of the rupture screw takes the dual-centering device with the upstream part of the rupture screw,
wherein the dual-centering device includes a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, and a transverse portion connecting the first and second tubular portions,
wherein an outer diameter of the first tubular portion is greater than an outer diameter of the second tubular portion, and an inner diameter of the first tubular portion is greater than an inner diameter of the second tubular portion, and
wherein, when the rupture screw is not ruptured, the second tubular portion is inserted into said one of the upstream holes and said one of the downstream holes, and a shank of the rupture screw passes through the dual-centering device, and a most downstream face of the upstream part and a most upstream face of the downstream part are co-planar, and at the same axial location.

2. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein dimensions of an internal section of the dual-centering device are tailored to dimensions of the upstream part of the rupture screw.

3. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rupture screw comprises a head, and the transverse portion of the dual-centering device is transverse with respect to the head of the rupture screw.

4. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transverse portion of the dual-centering device is configured to form a clearance between said one of the upstream holes and the rupture screw that passes therethrough, so as to prevent any contact between said one of the upstream holes and the rupture screw.

5. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dual-centering device includes a longitudinal securing portion for securing the dual-centering device to the upstream part of the rupture screw.

6. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the longitudinal securing portion is in a form of a flap situated at an upstream end of the dual-centering device.

7. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rupture screw includes at least one thinner portion so as to form, upon the rupturing of the rupture screw, the upstream part and a downstream part of the rupture screw.

8. The bearing carrier as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the rupture screw comprises a head and the shank, and the at least one thinner portion is located in a region of the shank.

9. A turbomachine comprising a bearing carrier as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Decerle Eric Nicolas
• Servant Regis Eugene Henri
• Snecma

Inventors

• Decerle Eric Nicolas
• Servant Regis Eugene Henri

Classifications

• F02C7/06

  Arrangements of bearings (bearings F16C); Lubricating ({of turbo machines F01D25/18; of machines or} engines in general F01M) · CPC title

• F16B31/028

  with a load-indicating washer or washer assembly · CPC title

• F01D21/045 Primary

  special arrangements in stators or in rotors dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor · CPC title

• F05D2230/64

  using positioning or alignment devices for aligning or centring, e.g. pins · CPC title

• F01D25/162

  Bearing supports · CPC title