System for controlling stages of variable-pitch stator vanes in a turbomachine

• US 7,322,790 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2006
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engine Company
• Original Assignee: Snecma (Safran SA)
• Inventors: Bouru, Michel Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Ninh H.
• Application Number:
  US11/383,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20060263206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 415/160, 415/162
• US Class Current: 415/162
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 17/162 for axial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially perpendicular to the rotor centre line F01D17/167 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 27/0246 by varying geometry within the pumps, e.g. by adjusting vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/563 specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/50 Kinematic linkage, i.e. transmission of position
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/76 the adjusting mechanism using auxiliary power sources
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/58 by mechanical means, e.g. levers, gears or cams

Abstract

A system for controlling two stages of variable-pitch stator vanes of a turbomachine, the system comprising a drive element for turning the control ring of one of the stages via a leader member pivotally mounted on the casing, a synchronization bar for transmitting the turning movement of the ring driven by the drive element to the control ring of the other stage via a follower member pivotally mounted on the casing, and an additional pivot member interposed between the follower member and the follower ring, said additional pivot member being pivotally mounted both on the casing and on the follower member.

Claims

1. A system for controlling two stages of variable-pitch stator vanes of a turbomachine, each stage including a plurality of vanes each pivotally mounted on a casing of the turbomachine, and a control ring for each stage surrounding the casing and connected to each of the vanes of the stage via levers, the control system comprising a drive element for turning a first control ring of one of the stages via a leader member pivotally mounted on the casing, and a synchronization bar for transmitting the turning movement of the first control ring driven by the drive element to a second control ring of the other stage via a follower member pivotally mounted on the casing, the system further comprising an additional pivot member interposed between the follower member and the second control ring, said additional pivot member being pivotally mounted both on the casing and on the follower member.

2. A control system according to claim 1, wherein the additional pivot member has one arm pivotally mounted on a control rod connected to the second control ring, and a guide rod slidably received in a bushing pivotally mounted on the casing.

3. A control system according to claim 1, wherein the follower member comprises a first arm pivotally connected to the additional pivot member, and a second arm connected to one end of the synchronization bar.

4. A control system according to claim 3, wherein the pivot point on the casing of the additional pivot member is disposed inside a circle centered on the pivot point on the casing of the follower member, and has as its radius the first arm of said follower member.

5. A control system according to claim 3, wherein the pivot point on the casing of the additional pivot member is disposed outside a circle centered on the pivot point on the casing of the follower member, and has as its radius the first arm of said follower member.

6. A control system according to claim 3, wherein the leader member comprises a first arm connected to the first control ring via a second control rod, a second arm connected to the end of the synchronization bar opposite from its end connected to the follower member, and a third arm connected to the drive element.

7. A turbomachine compressor comprising at least one system according to claim 1.

8. A turbomachine comprising at least one system according to claim 1.