# US 10,767,484 B2 · Rotor disk comprising a variable thickness web

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- Number: US 10,767,484 B2
- Document ID: US10767484B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/714,385
- Filed: 2017-09-25
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30
- Assignees: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Inventors: Emilie Pouzet; Didier Desire Rene Pasquiet
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767484B2

## CPC

- F01D 5/066: {Connecting means for joining rotor-discs or rotor-elements together, e.g. by a central bolt, by clamps}
- F01D 5/06: Rotors for more than one axial stage, e.g. of drum or multiple disc type; Details thereof, e.g. shafts, shaft connections {(F01D5/022, F01D5/023 take precedence)}
- F01D 5/3007: {of axial insertion type}
- F01D 11/008: {by spacer elements between the blades, e.g. independent interblade platforms}
- F05D 2220/30: in turbines
- F05D 2220/323: for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines
- F05D 2240/20: Rotors
- F05D 2240/60: Shafts
- F05D 2260/30: Retaining components in desired mutual position
- Y02T 50/60: Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A disk of a rotor including an annular radial web, a radially central hub located at the inner radial end of the web and a rim located at the outer radial end of the web, the web including an upstream face and a downstream face, and a plurality of orifices through which bolts pass for the attachment of at least one annular flange forming part of another adjacent rotor disk on either the upstream face or the downstream face of the web, or on both faces. The upstream face and/or the downstream face of the web includes a globally annular shaped indentation, with a bottom set back along the axial direction inwards into the web, and that extends radially outwards from the hub of the disk towards the rim, and that surrounds a radially inner part of each of the orifices of the web, at a distance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A disk of a rotor comprising, relative to a principal axis of the disk:
an annular radial web;
a radially central hub located at an inner radial end of the web; and
a rim located at an outer radial end of the web,
the web comprising an upstream face and a downstream face, relative to the principal axis of the disk, and a plurality of orifices through which bolts are to pass for attachment of at least one annular flange forming part of another adjacent rotor disk on either the upstream face or the downstream face of the web, or on both faces,
wherein at least one of said upstream face or said downstream face of the web comprises only a single indentation of generally annular form, a bottom of the indentation is set back along an axial direction inwards into the web, relative to a remaining part of said at least one of said upstream face or said downstream face and that extends radially outwards from the hub of the disk towards the rim, and that surrounds a radially inner part of each of the orifices of the web, at a distance.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 1, wherein the indentation is composed of an alternation of first parts wherein an outer radial end of each first part partly surrounds one of the plurality of orifices in the web, and second parts each of which is located between two first adjacent parts and between two adjacent orifices of the plurality of orifices.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 2, wherein each second part comprises a radially outer edge that is offset radially outwards from a radially outer edge of each of the two first adjacent parts associated with the second part.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 2, wherein a radially outer edge of each second part is offset radially outwards from the orifices.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 1, wherein each of the upstream face and the downstream face of the web comprises an indentation.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 5, wherein a geometry of the indentation in the upstream face is different from a geometry of the indentation in the downstream face.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 5, wherein a geometry of the indentation in the upstream face is identical to a geometry of the indentation in the downstream face.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A turbomachine rotor comprising:
a first disk that is made according to claim 1; and
a second disk coaxial with the principal axis of the disk that comprises an annular flange for attachment of the second disk to the first disk,
the annular flange comprising an inner periphery composed of alternating solid parts and hollow parts and comprising a contact face located in a radial plane relative to the principal axis of the disk that is located facing and in contact with a contact surface of the web of the first disk.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The disk of a rotor according to claim 2, wherein the outer radial end of each first part forms an arc of a circle open radially outwards and centered on a center of the one of the plurality of orifices.