# US 12,180,858 B2 · Guide vane assembly for an aircraft turbine engine

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- Number: US 12,180,858 B2
- Document ID: US12180858B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/255,351
- Filed: 2021-11-26
- Published: 2024-02-01
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-07
- Assignees: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Applicants: Safran Aircraft Engines
- Inventors: Remi Merlin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180858B2

## CPC

- F01D 9/041: {using blades (F01D5/148 takes precedence)}
- F01D 11/001: {for sealing space between stator blade and rotor}
- F05D 2220/323: for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines
- F05D 2240/10: Stators
- F05D 2240/121: related to the leading edge of a stator vane
- F05D 2240/80: Platforms for stationary or moving blades
- F05D 2250/184: sinusoidal
- F05D 2300/611: Coating
- 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 guide vane assembly of an aircraft turbine engine, the guide vane assembly being segmented into a plurality of segments arranged circumferentially next to one another about an axis. The guide vane assembly includes two annular rings connected together by vanes and the geometry of the inner ring is modified to reduce the vibrational responses of the guide vane assembly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A guide vane assembly for an aircraft turbine engine, this guide vane assembly comprising two annular shells, an internal and an external respectively, extending around a common axis and connected together by blades, said internal shell having, in axial cross-section, an I shape and comprising two cylindrical walls, respectively internal and external, and connected to each other by an annular core, the guide vane assembly being sectorized and comprising a plurality of sectors arranged circumferentially next to each other about said axis, wherein each of the sectors comprises a core segment which comprises at least one concavity, corresponding to a variation of an axial position of the core segment along a longitudinal extent of each of the sectors, oriented in the axial direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the sectors comprises the core segment which comprises at least one concavity oriented towards upstream with respect to a flowing direction of gases through the guide vane assembly in operation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the sectors comprises the core segment which comprises at least one concavity oriented towards downstream with respect to a flowing direction of gases through the guide vane assembly in operation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the sectors comprises the core segment which comprises at least two concavities axially oriented in a same direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein the guide vane assembly sectors are identical.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein said core segment extends in an axial direction over a dimension that is at least 200% of an axial thickness of the core.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein the core segment has a sinusoidal shape about said axis.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein the core segment of each of the sectors comprises circumferential ends which extend in a plane perpendicular to the axis, or which extend in planes inclined with respect to that axis.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The guide vane assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal cylindrical wall carries an annular coating of abradable material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The aircraft turbine engine, comprising the at least one guide vane assembly according to claim 1.