Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine shaft of a turbomachine and method for protecting against overspeed of said shaft
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Application No.: US17040935Application Date: 2019-03-20
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Publication No.: US11643944B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Nicolas Xavier Trappier , Pierrot Guillou , Caroline Marie Frantz
- Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Priority: FR 52616 2018.03.27
- International Application: PCT/FR2019/050631 2019.03.20
- International Announcement: WO2019/186028A 2019.10.03
- Date entered country: 2020-09-23
- Main IPC: F01D5/06
- IPC: F01D5/06 ; F01D21/02

Abstract:
A turbine shaft of a turbomachine extending along a longitudinal axis (A) includes a main tubular portion with a length L1 and a maximum outer main diameter. The shaft further includes a secondary tubular segment with a length L2 and a maximum outer secondary diameter greater than the maximum outer main diameter. The secondary tubular segment extends radially from the shaft such that the main tubular portion extends on either side of the secondary tubular segment along the longitudinal axis (A). The secondary tubular segment includes a weak point that is configured to break the shaft into two distinct parts when the value of a tangential stress applied to the shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and thus cause retraction of the turbine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210017880A1 TURBINE SHAFT OF A TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AGAINST OVERSPEED OF SAID SHAFT Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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