Patents Assigned to Safran Transmission Systems
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Patent number: 11365687Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Julie Marie Renée Lemoine, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek
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Patent number: 11359511Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Julie Marie Renée Lemoine
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Patent number: 11339724Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Adrien Louis Simon
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Patent number: 11339869Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli
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Patent number: 11339725Abstract: A mechanical reduction gear for a turbomachine, in particular for an aircraft, this reduction gear including a sun gear having an axis of rotation, a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and which is configured to be fixed in rotation around the axis, planet gears which are in mesh with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are held by a planet carrier which is configured to be fixed or in rotation around the axis, each planet gear including a first toothing of average diameter D1 for the meshing with the sun gear, and a second toothing of average diameter D2, different from D1, for the meshing with the ring gear, wherein the first and second toothings of each planet gear include herringbone teeth and are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis and passing substantially in the middle of the planet gear.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Simon Loic Clement Lefebvre, Guillaume Pierre Mouly
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Patent number: 11326524Abstract: A ring gear (114) for an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear (110) of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, said ring gear extending about an axis and comprising first and second coaxial annular elements (114a, 114b) and comprising, respectively, two inner annular toothing sets (150) of different orientation, said first and second annular elements further comprising, respectively, first and second radially outer annular flanges (114ab, 114bb) for attaching said first and second elements to each other, characterised in that one of said first and second flanges comprises, at its outer periphery, a cylindrical centring rim (164) configured to cooperate with the outer periphery of the other of said first and second flanges.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Florian Rappaport
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Patent number: 11313244Abstract: The invention relates to a pivot (58) for a sliding bearing of an epicyclic train, comprising an annular wall (50) defining an axial passage (51) and comprising a first (52c) and a second (54c) annular groove opening axially in opposite directions (L1, L2) and each defined by two coaxial inner (52a, 54a) and outer (52b, 54b) annular branches formed at the axial ends of the annular wall (50). According to the invention, the recesses (60) are made in at least one bottom wall (52d, 54d) of one of the annular grooves (52c, 54c).Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Julie Marie Renée Lemoine
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Patent number: 11313283Abstract: The invention relates to the lubrication of a planet-carrier for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, said planet-carrier comprising a cage defining an internal housing intended to receive a central sun gear with an axis of rotation X, and an annular row of planet gears arranged around the sun gear, said cage comprising two annular walls that are radial with respect to said axis X, and connected to one another at their outer periphery by a cylindrical wall of axis X, at least one of these radial walls comprising orifices for mounting the axes of said planet gears, and the cylindrical wall comprising through-holes for the passage of the gearings of the planet gears so that they may engage with a gearing of the ring gear, which is intended to extend around the planet gears and the cage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Mathieu Jean Charrier, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Simon Loic Clement Lefebvre, Guillaume Jean Pierre Robinet
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Publication number: 20220112816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Adrien Louis Simon
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Publication number: 20220090540Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Clément Paul René NIEPCERON, Marc Dominique SEYFRID
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Publication number: 20220074490Abstract: A mechanical gearbox for aircraft includes a sun gear with an external toothing, a ring gear with an internal toothing, and planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear and which each have a first toothing of average diameter D32 meshed with the toothing of the sun gear, and a second toothing of average diameter D28, different from D32, meshed with the internal toothing of the ring gear. The planet gears are guided by hydrodynamic bearings which each include a first smooth guiding surface extending at least partly under the first toothing, and a second smooth guiding surface extending at least partly under the second toothing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis SIMON, Guillaume Pierre MOULY, Bálint PAP
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Patent number: 11268451Abstract: A lubricating oil distributor for a turbine engine mechanical reduction gear, for example of an aircraft, has an annular shape about an axis X and is formed of one single part. The distributor includes first and second independent oil circuits, the first oil circuit having a first oil inlet connected by a first annular chamber to several oil outlets distributed over a first circumference C1 about the axis X, and the second oil circuit having a second oil inlet connected by a second annular chamber to several oil outlets distributed over a second circumference C2 about the axis X, the first and second circumferences having different diameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventor: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
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Patent number: 11261798Abstract: An impeller for a planet carrier of a epicyclic speed reduction gear of a turbine engine is fixed in rotation to the planet carrier and is rotatable about an axis of the reduction gear. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes means for lubricating in particular planet gear bearings of the reduction gear. The lubricating means include an annular cavity located at the inner periphery of the impeller, wherein the impeller has an inner peripheral wall that closes the cavity in the radial direction. The impeller further includes an annular aperture that extends around the axis and opens in the axial direction into the cavity to supply lubricating oil thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Mathieu Jean Charrier, Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Florian Rappaport
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Patent number: 11255274Abstract: A sun gear for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, in particular for aircraft, the sun gear having a general annular shape about an axis and comprising at the outer periphery thereof, a meshing gearing with planet gears of the reduction gear, and at the inner periphery thereof, splines for coupling with an input shaft of the reduction gear, characterised in that the sun gear has a staged profile in axial cross-section, and preferably comprises an annular recess opening radially inwards and configured to receive at least one oil jet.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
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Patent number: 11242925Abstract: A ring gear for an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, said ring gear extending about an axis X and comprising first and second coaxial annular elements and comprising, respectively, two inner annular toothing sets of different orientation, each of said toothing sets having a pitch diameter and a median plane substantially perpendicular to said axis and with an intersection point designated Y in an axial cross-section of the ring gear, said first and second annular elements further comprising, respectively, first and second radially outer annular flanges for attaching said first and second elements to each other, wherein each of said first and second flanges comprises a peripheral portion extending in a plane that is angled with respect to said axis X and that passes substantially through said intersection point Y.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Florian Rappaport, Marc Dominique Seyfrid
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Patent number: 11242922Abstract: An annular power transmission element with a longitudinal axis that has a first annular part, a second annular part with torque transmission means and a third annular part. The first, second and third annular parts are integral with each other. The first annular part and the third annular part are made of a first metallic material and the second annular part is made of a second metallic material having a density greater than the density of the first metallic material. The second annular part is locked longitudinally between the first annular part and the third annular part and radially on the first annular part, the first annular part is in contact with the third annular part and welded thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Safran Transmission SystemsInventor: Gilles Gaston Jacques Gouin
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Patent number: 11231104Abstract: An impeller (130) for a planet carrier of a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, said impeller having a generally annular shape and comprising means (158) for supporting axes of rotation of planets of said reducer, said impeller comprising means for lubricating teeth of said planets and bearings of said axes, said lubrication means comprising an annular groove (138) located on the internal periphery of said impeller and opening radially towards the inside, said groove being connected to lubricant supply and/or spray means, characterised in that the impeller comprises dynamic annular sealing means (142, 144) located at the inner periphery of said impeller, on either side of the groove, and configured to interact with a stator (132) of the reducer or of the turbomachine intended to extend inside of and coaxially with the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Mathieu Jean Charrier, Guillaume Julien Beck, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli
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Publication number: 20210396184Abstract: A mechanical gearbox for an aircraft turbomachine includes a sun gear having an axis (X) of rotation, a ring gear around the sun gear, and planet gears meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. Each planet gear has a first toothing meshed with the sun gear and a second toothing meshed with the ring gear. The first toothing includes a series of upstream teeth and a series of downstream teeth located on either side of a plane (H) perpendicular to the axis (X) of rotation of the sun gear. The second toothing includes a series of upstream teeth and a series of downstream teeth located on either side of said plane (H) and separated from one another by said first toothing, these teeth being parallel to one another and to the axis (Y) of rotation of the planet gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Safran Transmission SystemsInventors: Guillaume Julien Beck, Dhafer Ghribi, Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Quentin Pierre Henri Pigott, Adrien Louis Simon
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Patent number: 11187159Abstract: The invention relates to a pivot pin (5) for an epicyclic gear train sliding bearing, having axially opposed, laterally open circumferential grooves (25a) providing flexibility to the pivot pin, each groove having a radial width and at least one depth (P). At least one of the circumferential grooves (25a,25b) has a said width and/or depth (P) which varies circumferentially.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Julie Marie Renée Lemoine, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Balint Pap
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Publication number: 20210363922Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil transfer device (1) for lubricating a planet carrier, movable in rotation, of an epicyclic gear train for a turbomachine, the device (1) extending around an axis (A) and having: an annular casing (11) which extends around the axis (A), the casing (11) comprising a plurality of oil feed grooves (14), axially juxtaposed, each having an oil ejection opening configured to lead radially to a lubrication circuit of the planet carrier to be lubricated, the device (1) being characterized in that one of the oil feed grooves (14) is a high-pressure oil feed groove (14), called a high-pressure groove (14a), and another of the other oil feed grooves (14) is a low-pressure oil feed groove (14), called a low-pressure groove (14b), axially juxtaposed to the high-pressure groove (14a), the grooves (14) being arranged axially along the axis (X) so that the oil is able to be transferred axially from the high-pressure groove (14a) to the low-pressure groove (14b).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventors: Adrien Louis SIMON, Patrice Jocelyn Francis GEDIN, Bálint PAP