# US 10,502,088 B2 · Mechanism for driving members for adjusting the orientation of blades > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,088 B2 - Document ID: US10502088B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/508,751 - Filed: 2015-09-03 - Published: 2017-09-14 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-05 - Assignees: Safran Aircraft Engines - Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines - Inventors: Pierre-Alain Francis Claude Sebrecht - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502088B2 ## CPC - 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)} - F04D 29/563: {specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps} - F05D 2220/323: for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines - F05D 2260/4031: as in toothed gearing - F05D 2260/53: using gears - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A drive mechanism (10) for driving a first adjustment member (12) for adjusting the orientation of the blades (14) of a first turbomachine rectifier stage (16) and a second adjustment member (18) for adjusting the orientation of the blades (20) of a second turbomachine rectifier stage (22), which comprises a mechanism for simultaneously moving the two adjustment members (12, 18) in the turbomachine, characterised in that it comprises a single drive wheel (24) that simultaneously drives the first adjustment member (12) and the second adjustment member (18) and comprises two gear stages (26, 28) that are arranged between the drive wheel (24) and one or the other of the first adjustment member (12) and the second adjustment member (18) and that have different transmission ratios. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drive mechanism for driving a first adjustment member for adjusting an orientation of a first set of blades of a first turbomachine splitter stage and a second adjustment member for adjusting an orientation of a second set of blades of a second turbomachine splitter stage, which includes means for simultaneously driving both first and second adjustment members into movement in a turbomachine, wherein the drive mechanism includes a single drive wheel which simultaneously drives the first adjustment member and the second adjustment member and includes a first gear stage and a second gear stage which are arranged between the drive wheel and either of the first adjustment member and the second adjustment member and which have different transmission ratios, and wherein the transmission ratio of the second gear stage associated with the second adjustment member varies as a function of an angular position of the drive wheel in the turbomachine. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drive mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the second gear stage associated with the second adjustment member includes a first toothed wheel which is engaged with the drive wheel, a second toothed wheel which is engaged with a toothed portion of the second adjustment member, and mating means for matting both wheels with each other to vary the transmission ratio of the second gear stage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The drive mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the second gear stage associated with the second adjustment member is made to vary the transmission ratio of the gear stage in a non-linear manner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The drive mechanism according to claim 3, wherein axes of rotation of both wheels of the second gear stage associated with the second adjustment member are parallel and offset with respect to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The drive mechanism according to claim 4, wherein one of both wheels includes a groove and the other wheel includes a finger axially protruding from said other wheel, the finger being accommodated in the groove and being able to cooperate with the groove to transmit a torque from the first wheel to the second wheel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The drive mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the groove is formed in the first toothed wheel and the finger is carried by the second toothed wheel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The drive mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the first gear stage associated with the first adjustment member includes a toothed wheel which is engaged with the drive wheel and a complementary toothed portion of the first adjustment member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An aircraft turbomachine including two splitter stages the orientation of the blades of which can be modified, wherein each splitter stage includes an adjustment member for adjusting the orientation of the blades of said splitter stage, both adjustment members being rotatably movable in the turbomachine about a main axis of the turbomachine and being rotatably driven by a drive mechanism according to claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The turbomachine according to claim 8, wherein each adjustment member includes a first toothed portion associated with the first gear stage or second gear stage associated therewith and a second toothed portion which meshes with a toothed wheel carried by each blade of the first splitter stage or second splitter stage associated therewith.