Assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine

• US 8,794,922 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engine Company
• Original Assignee: Snecma (Safran SA)
• Inventors: Bart, Jacques Ren, Escure, Didier
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiehe, Nathaniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROCKMAN, ELDON T
• Application Number:
  US13/185,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20120020774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 416/170.R, 416/198.R, 416/198.A, 416/244.R, 416/244.A, 415/61, 415/107, 415/109, 415/110, 415/111, 415/112, 415/122.1, 415/124.1, 415/229
• US Class Current: 416/170.R
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/162 Bearing supports
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/36 Power transmission arrangements between the different shafts of the gas turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user F02C3/107 - F02C3/13 and F02C7/32 take precedence; couplings for transmitting rotation F16D; gearing in general F16H
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2260/301 Retaining bolts or nuts
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/64 using positioning or alignment devices for aligning or centring, e.g. pins
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/70 Disassembly methods
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/30 Retaining components in desired mutual position

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine. The assembly comprises a bevel gear, a compressor shaft trunnion arranged coaxially inside the bevel gear, torque transmission means between the compressor shaft trunnion and the bevel gear, a lock nut for preventing the bevel gear from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion, the lock nut being suitable for being screwed onto the bevel gear and including a shoulder projecting radially outwards and suitable for coming into axial abutment firstly upstream against a stop nut screwed onto an upstream end of the compressor shaft trunnion, and secondly downstream against a bearing surface of the compressor shaft trunnion, and an anti-rotation pin for preventing the lock nut from rotating.

Claims

1. An assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine, the assembly comprising:

a bevel gear centered on a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine;

a compressor shaft trunnion disposed coaxially inside the bevel gear;

torque transmission means between the compressor shaft trunnion and the bevel gear;

a lock nut for preventing the bevel gear from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion, the lock nut being suitable for being screwed into the bevel gear on its inside and including a shoulder that projects radially outwards and that is suitable for coming into axial abutment firstly upstream against a stop nut screwed onto an upstream end of the compressor shaft trunnion, and secondly downstream against a bearing surface of said compressor shaft trunnion; and

an anti-rotation pin mounted inside the compressor shaft trunnion to prevent the lock nut from rotating.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, further comprising means for preventing the anti-rotation pin from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion.

3. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the anti-rotation pin includes a shoulder projecting radially outwards and suitable for being positioned radially inside at least one groove formed in the compressor shaft trunnion in such a manner as to block the anti-rotation pin from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion.

4. An assembly according to claim 3, wherein the compressor shaft trunnion includes an upstream groove and a downstream groove suitable for receiving the shoulder of the anti-rotation pin, the upstream groove being positioned in such a manner as to receive the shoulder when the anti-rotation pin is in a position for preventing the lock nut from rotating, and the downstream groove being positioned downstream from the upstream groove in such a manner as to receive the shoulder when the anti-rotation pin is in a position in which it is disengaged relative to the lock nut.

5. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the anti-rotation pin includes at least one finger at an upstream end, the finger being suitable for co-operating in a tangential direction with notches formed at a downstream end of the lock nut.

6. An assembly according to claim 1, further including means for preventing the stop nut from rotating.

7. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the bevel gear includes a groove opening to the inside and suitable for receiving a tool for preventing said bevel gear from moving axially.

8. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the compressor shaft trunnion includes a flange suitable for co-operating with an extractor tool for extracting said compressor shaft trunnion.

9. A turbomachine including an assembly between a high-pressure compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox according to claim 1.