Patents Assigned to Safran Transmission Systems
  • Patent number: 11162576
    Abstract: Planet-carrier (10) for a reduction gear (6), in particular for a turbine engine of an aircraft, said planet-carrier comprising an annular cage extending about an axis X and comprising two radial annular walls (14a, 14b) extending about the axis X and connected at their outer periphery by means of first fins (14c), said radial walls being intended to be arranged opposite the planet gears (8) of the reduction gear, and said first fins defining between them the first assembly spaces (16) for these planet gears, characterised in that the planet-carrier is made of a single block and further comprises an attachment ring (15) that extends about the axis X and is connected to one of said walls by means of second fins (14d), said second fins defining between them second spaces (17a, 17b), separate from the first spaces (16), and of which at least some are intended to be intersected by lubrication pipes (20f, 21f) of the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
  • Patent number: 11162545
    Abstract: A power transmission mechanism for a turbomachine is provided, having a reduction gear having a first gear and a second gear having different reduction ratios and each having a first gear wheel mounted so as to be able to rotate freely on a shared first axle and a second gear wheel mounted on a shared second axle; and a coupling member having an annular body with an axis of revolution having first and second rows of helical coupling teeth, which are respectively oriented opposite and substantially parallel to the first and second directions, the coupling member being mounted so as to rotate with and slide axially on said first axle so as to occupy at least two predetermined axial meshing positions in which the coupling teeth mesh with complementary meshing projections of one of the first gear wheels which is then made to rotate with the first axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Lionel Bauduin, Julian Lecuru, Maxence Guillemont
  • Patent number: 11156287
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a speed-reducing unit with an epicyclic gear train for a turbine engine, said planet carrier comprising a cage defining an internal space for assembling a central sun gear having an axis of rotation and an annular row of planet gears disposed around the axis and meshed with said sun gear, said cage comprising two substantially parallel annular walls centered on said axis and a cylindrical wall connecting said annular walls to their outer periphery, a first one of said annular walls being connected to a substantially cylindrical body, wherein a second one of said annular walls is formed as a single part with a lubrication grove, channel or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek
  • Patent number: 11149840
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the assembly of an epicyclic or planetary gear train of a planet gear carrier comprising one or more bores, each of the bores being intended to receive a pivot (18), the process comprising the following steps: a) manufacturing of at least one pivot (18) comprising a real axis (46) distinct from a theoretical axis; b) measuring the position of a real axis of each of said one or more bores of the carrier; c) for each bore of the carrier, mounting a pivot (18) in said bore and orienting it angularly so that the eccentricity of the pivot (18) at least partially makes up for the eccentricity of said bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René Niepceron, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11149841
    Abstract: A planet carrier for an epicyclic speed reduction gear, comprising a torque transmission member of longitudinal axis A and an annular cage extending around the axis A and connected to a longitudinal end of the member, said cage comprising two flanks extending essentially radially with respect to the axis A and connected by bridges, seats extending axially between the flanks and being intended for supporting planet gears mounted rotatably about the seats, characterized in that said bridges comprise bars which cross one another essentially in the shape of an X, and of which the ends located on the side of said member are connected to said member by a ring extending around said axis A and comprising a continuous internal annular channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Florian Rappaport, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek
  • Patent number: 11143271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planet-carrier (230) cage (234) for a turbomachine speed reducer (110) with a planetary gear set, said cage being designed such that it can contain a central sun wheel (151) with an axis of rotation X and an annular row of planets (150) arranged around the axis X and engaged with said sun wheel, the cage comprising axial receiving elements (280) on the periphery thereof, for receiving axial arms (282) secured to a barrel (242) of said reducer, a substantially radial finger (288) passing through each receiving element and being used to guide the rotation of a ball joint (286) carried by one of said arms, characterised in that each finger comprises means (294, 295) for lubricating said ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek
  • Patent number: 11143244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for coupling an accessory box (16) of the engine (14) of an aircraft to an accessory box (12) of the aircraft, the engine accessory box being connected to a first shaft (20) inside which is slidably mounted a slide (28) carrying first coupling means (28d) capable of cooperating with second coupling means (38) carried by a second shaft (22) connected to the aircraft accessory box (12) so as to couple the first (20) and the second (22) rotating shaft, wherein it further comprises electrical means for moving the slide (28) along the axis (30) of the first shaft (20) between a first uncoupling position with the second shaft and a second first coupling position with the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Julien Viel
  • Patent number: 11137063
    Abstract: 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 that extends around the sun gear, planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear, and a lubricating oil distributor which is configured to supply oil to the internal cavities of tubular supports of the planet gears, wherein each of the tubular supports includes a first angular sector including oil conveying pipes and a first outer peripheral surface for forming an oil film, and a second angular sector including a second outer peripheral surface in which a breaking tub of the oil film and recovering of the oil is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Balint Pap
  • Patent number: 11137062
    Abstract: An oil pipe cover for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbomachine, for example of an aircraft, is configured to be fixed to a planet carrier of the reduction gear and to be mounted on an axial end of a hydrodynamic bearing tubular support of a planet gear of the reduction gear. The oil pipe cover has an annular body extending around an axis (Y) and having a mounting central orifice on the axial end. The body has two diametrically opposed circumferential deflectors: a first deflector having a circumferential oil guiding surface located radially outwards with respect to the axis (Y), and a second deflectors having a circumferential oil guiding surface located radially inwards with respect to the axis (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Bálint Pap
  • Patent number: 11131249
    Abstract: A device includes a central sun gear with a rotation axis X, a ring gear extending about the axis X and the sun gear, and a planetary carrier supporting an annular row of planet gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear. Each of the planet gears may be rotationally guided by at least one bearing extending about a tubular support with an axis Y of the planetary carrier. The tubular support includes an inner cavity for receiving oil and substantially radial through-orifices for the passage of oil from the inner cavity to the at least one bearing. The least one bearing may include two bearings mounted coaxially and adjacently around the support. The bearings may include cages with substantially similar diameters of which the facing peripheral edges are shaped to guide the oil supplying the bearings radially outwards with respect to the axis Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11118671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the assembly of an epicyclic or planetary gear train from at least one pivot (18) and a planet gear carrier (20) comprising one or more bores, each of said bores being intended to receive a pivot (18), the process comprising the following steps: a) measuring the position of a real axis of each of said at least one pivot (18) and of said one or more bores of carrier (20); b) dividing each of said pivots (18) into n angular sectors i1 . . . iq . . . in extending about the theoretical axis of said pivot and dividing each of said holes of the carrier (20) into k angular sectors j1 . . . jl . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Clément Paul René Niepceron
  • Patent number: 11110379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for separating an air/oil mixture comprising an air/oil mixture inlet (8), an oil receiving chamber (9), an air circulation duct (11), at least one filter element (21) rotatably coupled to a rotating drive shaft (12), the device (1) being designed so that the mixture from the above-mentioned inlet (8) opens into the chamber (9) and is driven through the rotatably driven filter element (21), so that the oil contained in the mixture is centrifuged radially outside the filter element (21) and fed into the oil receiving chamber (9), the filtered air opening into the air flow line (11), characterized in that the rotating drive shaft (12) is coupled to a turbine (26) capable of being driven in rotation by at least part of the filtered air flow, the turbine (26) comprising an outlet (29) of the filtered flow which opens to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Maxence Gérard Claude Guillemont, Samuel Raymond Germain Becquerelle
  • Patent number: 11112001
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a lubricating wheel and lubricant nozzles for a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, the wheel having a lubricator configured to supply lubricant to the nozzles and the bearings of the planetary carriers of the reducer, the wheel being intended to be mounted coaxially on an annular wall of an axis of rotation X of a planetary carrier of the reducer, the wheel having a bearing and attachment surface on the annular wall of the planetary carrier, the lubricant nozzles being distributed around the axis and each having a generally elongated shape, the nozzles having first longitudinal ends for fluidly connecting to the lubricator of the wheel, wherein the first ends of the nozzles being configured to be attached to the wheel before mounting the wheel on the annular wall of the planetary carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
  • Publication number: 20210262397
    Abstract: A planet-carrier cage is provided for a turbomachine speed reducer having a planetary gear set. The cage contains a central sun gear and an annular row of planet gears arranged around the sun gear axis and engaging both the sun gear and an internal gear that surrounds the cage. A periphery of the cage has axial receiving elements configured to receive axial fingers secured to a cage carrier of the speed reducer. Each receiving element is penetrated by a radial spindle that guides the rotation of a connection means, such as a swivel joint or a bearing, which is supported by the fingers. The spindles include means for projecting lubricating oil into regions in which the planet gears mesh with the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni
  • Publication number: 20210254702
    Abstract: A method of mounting a gearbox is described. The gearbox includes an outer sun gear and planet gears meshing with an inner sun gear and with the outer sun gear and each mounted for free rotation around a pivot of a planet carrier. The outer sun gear includes a first crown having a first toothing and a second crown having a second toothing each meshing with first and second toothings of the planet gears. The method consists in applying simultaneously and independently a first torque to the first crown centered on the axis of the first crown and a second torque is applied to the second crown centered on the axis of the second crown, the first torque and the second torque having identical values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Florian Rappaport
  • Patent number: 11085510
    Abstract: A toothed wheel extending along an axis and comprising at least two annular toothed areas and an annular groove located axially between said toothed areas, intended for collecting lubricating oil from said toothed areas, characterized in that said groove is delimited by an axially extending bottom surface and radially extending lateral surfaces, characterized in that the groove has at least one projecting portion extending radially outwards from the bottom surface of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Transmission Systems
    Inventors: Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino, Mathieu Jean Charrier, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli
  • Patent number: 11079008
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the lubrication of a planet-carrier for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine, for example of an aircraft. The planet-carrier includes a cage defining an internal housing configured to receive a central sun gear with an axis of rotation X, and an annular row of planet gears arranged around the sun gear. The cage includes two annular walls that are radial with respect to the axis X, and connected to one another at their outer periphery by a cylindrical wall. At least one of the radial walls has orifices for mounting the planet gears, and the cylindrical wall has 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 configured to extend around the planet gears and the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Mathieu Jean Charrier, Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Guillaume Jean Pierre Robinet
  • Patent number: 11073043
    Abstract: A deflector for the fairing of a pinion, which includes a teething, a barrel and a wall positioned between the teething and the barrel, the deflector extending around an axis and including an envelope of which the shape and the dimensions are suited to surrounding at least one part of the teething of the pinion, the deflector including an oil injection circuit including a first portion provided on an outer surface of the envelope, a first injection hole provided in the envelope and communicating with the first portion of the oil injection circuit, the first injection hole emerging on an inner surface of the envelope so as to inject oil in the direction of the pinion, a second portion communicating with the first portion, the second portion including a second injection hole intended to be facing the inside of the barrel of the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Maxence Gérard Claude Guillemont
  • Publication number: 20210215059
    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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Clément Paul René NIEPCERON, Boris Pierre Marcel MORELLI, Florian RAPPAPORT, Bernard Guy Antoine CHARPENTIER
  • Patent number: 11047480
    Abstract: A contactless seal intended for being fitted in a wall and a shaft passing through an opening of the wall, the seal comprising a rotary member intended for being supported by the shaft and a stationary member intended for being supported by the opening, the stationary member being inserted around the rotary member while being rotatably movable relative to same, the rotary member having an outer surface provided with at least one circumferential rib and the stationary member having an inner surface provided with at least one groove, or vice-versa. Each rib is partially inserted into a corresponding groove in order to form a labyrinthine leak path. The rotary member and the stationary member are each made up of a single part, and the rotary member and/or the stationary member are obtained by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Lionel Bauduin, Julien Viel