# US 11,306,679 B2 · Degassing tube and ejection cone for a turbine engine, as well as tool for assembly thereof

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- Number: US 11,306,679 B2
- Document ID: US11306679B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/769,060
- Filed: 2016-10-25
- Published: 2018-11-01
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-04
- Assignees: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Inventors: Samuel Louis-Marie Bernard
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306679B2

## CPC

- F02K 1/04: Mounting of an exhaust cone in the jet pipe
- F01D 25/285: {Temporary support structures, e.g. for testing, assembling, installing, repairing; Assembly methods using such structures}
- F02C 7/06: Arrangements of bearings (bearings F16C); Lubricating ({of turbo machines F01D25/18; of machines or} engines in general F01M)
- F05D 2220/323: for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines
- F05D 2230/64: using positioning or alignment devices for aligning or centring, e.g. pins
- F05D 2230/644: for adjusting the position or the alignment, e.g. wedges or eccenters
- F05D 2250/131: polygonal
- F05D 2250/132: hexagonal
- F05D 2260/30: Retaining components in desired mutual position
- F05D 2260/605: Venting into the ambient atmosphere or the like
- F05D 2260/608: Aeration, ventilation, dehumidification or moisture removal of closed spaces
- F05D 2260/609: Deoiling or demisting
- F02K: JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (features of jet-propulsion plants common to gas-turbine plants, air intakes or fuel supply control of air-breathing jet-propulsion plants F02C7/00, F02C9/00)
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

## Abstract

The invention relates to an aircraft turbine engine module (10), comprising a degassing tube (14) and an ejection cone (12). The tube and the cone comprise centring means engaging together. The invention also relates to a locating and adjusting tool for assembling said module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An ejection cone for a turbine engine of an aircraft, the ejection cone having an extended form and comprising first fixing means to an element of the turbine engine at a first longitudinal end, the ejection cone also comprising at an inner periphery of the ejection cone and at a distance from said first longitudinal end second centering means configured to co-operate with first centering means of a degassing tube of the turbine engine designed to traverse said ejection cone, the ejection cone comprising at least one annular stiffener at the inner periphery, said second centering means being fixed in a detachable manner to said at least one annular stiffener, wherein said second centering means comprise an annular row of tabs configured to be supported radially on said first centering means,
wherein said tabs are carried by a first disc which is fixed to a second disc, a third disc being inserted and squeezed between said first and second discs and being fixed to said at least one annular stiffener, said first, second and third discs extending around a longitudinal axis of the cone.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ejection cone according to claim 1, wherein said first and second discs are fixed together by screws which traverse first holes or slots of said third disc, and said third disc is fixed to said at least one annular stiffener by screws which traverse second holes or slots of said second disc inserted between said third disc and said at least one annular stiffener, said first and second holes or slots each having larger transversal dimensions than those of said corresponding screws in order to allow for relative displacements in a radial direction between said first and second discs, on the one hand, and said third disc and at least one annular stiffener, on the other hand, wherein the transversal dimension is a dimension in a transverse plane, said transverse plane being a plane perpendicular to an axis of revolution of the ejection cone.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The ejection cone according to claim 2 wherein each said transversal dimension is a corresponding diameter of each of said first and second holes or slots.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A unit of a turbine engine of an aircraft, comprising an ejection cone according to claim 1 and a degassing tube for a turbine engine of an aircraft, the degassing tube having an extended form and comprising second fixing means to an element of the turbine engine at a second longitudinal end, the degassing tube also comprises at an external periphery of the degassing tube and at a distance from said second longitudinal end first centering means configured to co-operate with second centering means of an ejection cone of the turbine engine designed to be traversed by said degassing tube, wherein said first centering means are formed by raised surfaces of the degassing tube that extend annularly around an outside of the degassing tube.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The unit according to claim 4 wherein the raised surfaces of the degassing tube have a polygonal cross section.