Ventilation system for aircraft wheel and wheel assembly including such a system
AssigneeSafran Ventilation Systems
InventorsPatrice Caule, Florent Challas, Thierry Fontalbat, Franck Verdier, Rémi Estanove
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Abstract
A ventilation system for mounting in an aircraft wheel along a central axis and including a rotor fitted with a plurality of blades and housed between a shroud support and a guard grid, the shroud support including a structural element juxtaposed with an aeraulic element, the structural element being made of metal and adapted to interlock into the wheel and support the rotor, the aeraulic element being made of plastic or resin and adapted to direct an air flow towards to the rotor.
Claims10
A ventilation system for mounting in an aircraft wheel along a central axis and including a rotor fitted with a plurality of blades and housed between a shroud support and a guard grid, the shroud support and the guard grid being mounted to either side of the rotor along said central axis, the shroud support being located internally to the wheel,
- wherein the shroud support includes a structural element juxtaposed with an aeraulic element, the structural element being made of metal and adapted to interlock into the wheel and support the rotor, the aeraulic element comprising a flattened crown shape comprising, at its centre, a flanged edge fitting at least partially around a band of the rotor, said aeraulic element being made of plastic or resin and adapted to direct an air flow towards to the rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.