Patents Assigned to Safran Transmission Systems
  • Patent number: 11492979
    Abstract: A mechanical reduction gear for turbomachine, in particular for aircraft. The reduction gear includes a sun gear having an axis of rotation, a ring gear which extends around the sun gear, planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear and which each includes a first toothing and a second toothing each including two series of teeth located on either side of a median plane, each of the planet gears being centred and guided in rotation by bearings, including an upstream bearing interposed axially between the series of upstream teeth of the second toothing and the plane, and a downstream bearing interposed axially between the series of downstream teeth of the second toothing and the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Julien Beck, Guillaume Pierre Mouly, Simon Loic Clement Lefebvre, Quentin Pierre Henri Pigott, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11480109
    Abstract: A reduction gear for a turbomachine (6) extending around an axis (X-X) of rotation, comprising a ring gear (9) connected to a ring gear carrier (12), wherein the ring gear carrier (12) has, according to a section view along a plane including the axis (X-X), an internal segment (124), an external segment (126) and a ring gear support (128), extending successively from the internal shaft (122) until the ring gear support (128), the internal segment (124) extends until a radius R1 with respect to the axis (X-X), the external segment (126) forms an angle ? with the internal segment (124), the ring gear support (128) forms an angle ? with the external segment (126), and is secured to the ring gear (9) via a bolted connection accomplished at a nominal radius R2 with respect to the axis (X-X), in that the ratio R1/R2 is comprised between 0.3 and 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René Niepceron, Marc Dominique Seyfrid
  • Publication number: 20220316652
    Abstract: An oil restrictor for emergency lubrication of a component for an aircraft turbine engine includes a metal cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and configured to be housed in and shrink-fitted into a cylindrical bore of a part of the turbine engine. The restrictor further includes an integrated oil circuit enabling oil to pass through the restrictor along the axial extent thereof. The body is a one-piece body, and the circuit has at least two oil channels recessed on an outer cylindrical surface of the body and extending around and/or along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel DOMBEK, Patrice Jocelyn Francis GEDIN
  • Patent number: 11448084
    Abstract: A mechanical reduction gear for a turbomachine, in particular for an aircraft, including a first sun gear having a central axis forming a main axis of the reduction gear, a ring gear, planet gears, a planet carrier, and at least one electric generator, in which the electric generator has a first set of electromagnetic elements and a second set of electromagnetic elements, wherein one among the first and second set of electromagnetic elements is a first set of coils, each coil of this first set of coils being wound around a direction parallel to the main axis, and in which the other among the first and second set of electromagnetic elements is configured to induce a current in the first set of coils when it is driven with a relative movement with respect to the first set of coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René Niepceron, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Florian Rappaport, Bernard Guy Antoine Charpentier
  • Patent number: 11448134
    Abstract: A drive gearbox for turbomachine equipment, the drive gearbox having a main shaft intended to be rotationally connected to a power transmission shaft of a turbomachine. The main shaft has at least one bevel gear rotationally driving at least one piece of equipment. The gearbox has gear set with cylindrical gearwheels that have an input connected to the rotational drive to the main shaft and a plurality of outputs each intended to drive a piece of equipment. The gear set extends over an angular sector and the outputs are angularly spaced apart along the angular sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Transmission Systems
    Inventors: Maxence Guillemont, Fanélie Drevon, Julien Viel
  • Publication number: 20220268215
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epicyclic reduction gear for a turbomachine, including a sun wheel that is rotatable about a first axis (A); a ring gear surrounding the sun wheel and being rotatable about the first axis (A); at least one planetary gear that is rotatable about a second axis (B), the planetary gear being meshed with the sun wheel and the ring gear; an immobile planet carrier, the planetary gear being rotatably guided about the second axis (B) with respect to a bearing of the planet carrier; an item of equipment including a rotor. The invention is characterized in that the item of equipment is fastened to the bearing of the planet carrier and the rotor of the item of equipment is rotatably driven by the planetary gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René Niepceron, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli
  • Publication number: 20220260021
    Abstract: An epicyclic reduction gear for a turbomachine includes a sun gear that is rotatable about a first axis and a ring gear surrounding the sun gear and also rotatable about the first axis. The ring gear is secured to a ring gear carrier that rotates a fan shaft. At least one planet gear is rotatable about a second axis and is meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. The planet gear is guided in rotation about the second axis relative to a bearing of the planet carrier. A piece of equipment comprising a rotor. The piece of equipment is attached to the bearing of the planet carrier and has a rotor rotated by the ring gear carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René NIEPCERON, Boris Pierre Marcel MORELLI
  • Publication number: 20220243662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical reducer (6) for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft, this reducer (6) including: a sun gear extending around an axis (61) of rotation, a crown which extends around the sun gear and which is configured to be fixed in rotation around said axis (61), planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the crown and which are held by a planet carrier (62) which is configured to be movable in rotation about said axis (61), In addition, the oil distributor (65) comprises a plurality of oil distribution modules (67) assembled together, each module (67) comprising at least one lubrication pipe (68) having an inlet intended to receive oil and an outlet (69) adapted to lead the oil into an opening (63) of the planet carrier (62), the opening (63) being intended for lubricating the reducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre MOULY, Frédéric Nicolas François LAISNEZ, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Patent number: 11401869
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly comprising an epicycloidal gear train (10) having a central pinion (26), an outer crown (28) and satellite pinions (32) in engagement with the central pinion (26) and the outer crown (28) and each mounted freely rotatable on a satellite carrier (36), the central pinion (26) surrounding and being rotationally fixed to a shaft (24) and the gear train comprising means for lubricating the teeth and axes (34) of the satellite pinions (32), these means including an annular cup (56) fixed to the satellite carrier (36) opened radially inward. According to the invention, the assembly includes fixed oil spraying means (64) configured to spray oil towards oil deflecting means (70) towards the inside of the annular cup (56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin
  • Patent number: 11396846
    Abstract: A turbine engine mechanical reduction gear, for example, of an aircraft, the reduction gear comprising: a sun gear having an axis of rotation; a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and which is configured to be immobile in rotation about the axis; planetary gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are supported by a planetary carrier which is configured to be mobile in rotation about the axis; at least one lubrication oil distributor which comprises a stator portion immobile in rotation and a rotating integral rotor portion of the planetary carrier; and an annular oil deflector which is integral with the ring gear, wherein the stator portion of the distributor is integral with the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Matthieu Bruno François Foglia
  • Patent number: 11396940
    Abstract: A lubricant nozzle for a planetary gear set speed reducer of a turbomachine, the nozzle having a generally elongate shape and including a body with a longitudinal axis B, the body having a longitudinal inner cavity in fluid communication with a lubricant inlet located at a longitudinal end of the body and with lubricant outlet apertures that are provided in an annular wall of the body and that extend substantially radially relative to axis B, wherein the apertures are formed in at least one boss of the body, which boss projects radially outwards on the wall and extends, about the axis, at an angular extent that does not exceed 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli
  • Patent number: 11396941
    Abstract: An oil supply device intended to supply oil to an epicyclic reduction gear, the oil coming from at least one oil injector fixed with respect to the reduction gear, the oil supply device including at least one cup which is integral with a planet carrier of the reduction gear and substantially annular open radially with respect to an axis of the reduction gear and the walls of which delimit a cavity supplied by the at least one oil injector and which supplies at least one of the oil distribution circuits of the reduction gear. The oil supply device is staged and includes at least two independent stages provided with cups coaxial, of different diameters, each supplying an associated oil circuit and configured to receive the oil axially, centripetally, or tangentially, or according to an inclined direction combining two of the directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
  • Publication number: 20220213956
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a mechanical gearbox for a turbomachine includes a one-piece cage that extends about an axis of rotation defining an internal housing configured to receive a sun gear and planet gears of the gearbox. The planet carrier further includes a lubrication system with at least one bore formed in the cage and extending parallel to the axis over more than 30% of a maximum axial dimension (Lmax) of the cage. The lubrication system also includes for the at least one bore, at least two sprinklers which are fitted to the cage and which are each mounted in a recess of the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre Mouly, Frederic Nicolas François LAISNEZ, Adrien Louis SIMON
  • Patent number: 11377974
    Abstract: A mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, in particular for an aircraft, includes a sun gear having external toothing, a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and has internal toothing, planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which have toothings of different diameters, a planet carrier which supports bearings for guiding the planet gears in rotation, and a lubrication circuit of the reduction gear. The planet carrier has a hydrodynamic abutment on which the sun gear is configured to bear axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11378177
    Abstract: The invention concerns an epicycloidal gear train (10) comprising a central pinion (26), an outer crown (28) and satellite pinions (32) in engagement with the central pinion (26) and the outer crown (28) and each mounted freely rotatable on a satellite carrier (36), the gear train (10) comprising an annular cup (56) being integral with the satellite carrier (36) and open radially inward. According to the invention, the cup (56) is divided into a circumferential succession of first basins (60) of the first oil circuit and second basins (62) of the second oil circuit, the first basins (60) being fluidly separated from the second cells (62) and characterised in that the cup (56) comprises two annular walls (56a, 56b) axially facing, the annular wall (56b) of which is furthest from a median transverse plane (74) of the gear train (10) has openings (76) opening into the second basins (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin
  • Patent number: 11370551
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft, including an engine and a propeller shaft and further a propeller with airfoils which is coupled to the propeller shaft and having electrical members consuming electrical power, sealing between a case and the propeller shaft being ensured by a dynamic seal housed between a rotating dynamic seal support secured to the propeller shaft and a dynamic seal support flange secured to an end portion of the case, the rotating dynamic seal support being secured to the propeller shaft and abutted against a bearing for supporting this propeller shaft, it is provided that the propulsion unit, in order to deliver electrical power to the electrical members, having a rotating transformer rotated by the propeller shaft and including a stator, a casing of which is secured to the dynamic seal support flange and a rotor, a casing of which is secured to this propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Jacques Santin, Guillaume Julien Beck, Aldric Renaud Gabriel Marie Moreau De Lizoreux, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Jean-Michel Bernard Paul Chastagnier, Thomas Turchi
  • Patent number: 11365687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pivot pin (5) for an epicyclic gear train sliding bearing, the pivot pin having a portion (23) forming a central shank, extending around an axial passage (15), and axially opposed, axially open circumferential grooves (25a,25b) which radially separate two axially opposed lateral end portions (230a,230b) of the central shank from two cantilevered lateral portions (27a,27b). With respect to a plane (33) perpendicular to said axis of the axial passage (15) and passing through the axial middle of the axial passage, the axial distance between said plane (33) and the bottom end of one of the circumferential grooves (25a) is smaller than the axial distance between said plane and the bottom end of the axially opposed circumferential groove (25b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Julie Marie Renée Lemoine, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek
  • Patent number: 11359511
    Abstract: A pivot for a sliding bearing of an epicyclic train includes an annular wall delimiting an axial passage, the annular wall including a first and a second annular groove opening axially in opposite directions and each defined by two coaxial inner and outer annular branches formed at the axial ends of the annular wall. The pivot also includes a plurality of first holes opening at a first end into the first annular groove and at a second opposite end into the second annular groove, these holes being made over an angular sector of between 5° and 330°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Julie Marie Renée Lemoine
  • Patent number: 11339724
    Abstract: A deflector for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, for example of an aircraft, is configured to be inserted between two adjacent planets of the reduction gear. The deflector includes a block having a first lateral surface that is cylindrical and concave and has a radius of curvature R1 measured from an axis G1. The block also has a second lateral surface, opposite the first lateral surface, that is cylindrical and concave and that has a radius of curvature R1 measured from an axis G2 that is parallel to G1. Each of the first and second surfaces has at least one protruding tab having a generally elongate shape about the respective axis G1, G2 of the surface considered and having an internal periphery that is concavely curved and a has radius of curvature R2 measured from the respective axis G1, G2, R2 being less than R1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11339869
    Abstract: A lubricating and cooling core for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, for example of an aircraft, is configured to be mounted in an axis of a planet gear of the reduction gear. The core includes first and second coaxial and substantially frusto-conical shields, each having a first end with a greater diameter and a second opposite end with a smaller diameter, the shields being secured to one another by their second ends and being configured to extend inside the axis and to cover at least a radially internal surface of the axis to define with the latter at least one annular cavity for the circulation of oil for lubricating and cooling the axis, the second ends of the first and second shields having fluid connection means configured to connect the at least one cavity to a source of lubricating and cooling oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli