Hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9879552-B2
Application number	US-201113880621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Oct 21, 2010
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

A hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller including a piston rod actuated by a hydraulic fluid, the piston rod including at its end a clevis mount able to provide a connection for transmitting the movements of the piston rod so as to change the pitch of at least one propeller, a thread nut held in position on the clevis of the piston rod by a fastener, the nut being able to collaborate with a threaded rod in order to provide a connection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic device for changing a pitch of a propeller comprising:
a piston rod configured to be actuated by a hydraulic fluid, said piston rod comprising at its end a clevis configured to provide a connection for transmitting the movements of said piston rod so as to change the pitch of at least one propeller, and
a threaded nut held in position on said clevis of said piston rod by a fastener formed by the cooperation of a metallic plate integral with said threaded nut and an interface metal part, said interface metal part being fixed to said clevis by shrink fitting of a crimping element in an orifice of the clevis, and said interface metal part comprising an elastic device configured to receive and retain said metallic plate, said nut being able to collaborate with a threaded rod in order to provide a connection.

2. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , wherein said threaded nut is a self-locking nut.

3. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic device is formed by elastic lugs each comprising at least one slot.

4. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 3 , wherein said metallic plate comprises protuberances configured to cooperate with said slots of said elastic lugs by clipping or by stapling.

5. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , comprising a blocking mechanism configured to block the rotation of said interface metal part with respect to said clevis.

6. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , wherein said threaded nut comprises two lugs projecting radially with respect to the rotation axis of said threaded nut, which are able to cooperate with two openings arranged in said metallic plate.

7. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-assembly formed by said metallic plate and by said threaded nut comprises a blocking mechanism configured to block the rotation of said sub-assembly with respect to said interface metal part.

8. The hydraulic device for changing the pitch of a propeller according to claim 1 , wherein said hydraulic device is able to change the pitch of variable-setting blades of the blower of a turbomachine.

9. A control device for changing the pitch of a propeller, comprising a hydraulic device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Brettes Frédéric
• Lavie Alain François Jean
• Raulin Dominique
• Snecma

Inventors

• Brettes Frédéric
• Lavie Alain François Jean
• Raulin Dominique

Classifications

• F01D7/00 Primary

  Rotors with blades adjustable in operation; Control thereof (for reversing F01D1/30) · CPC title

• F05D2260/50

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

• F05D2220/36

  specially adapted for the fan of turbofan engines · CPC title

• F04D29/563

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/323

  adjustable · CPC title