Seal for a propulsion assembly
AssigneesSafran Nacelles, Safran Aircraft Engines
InventorsCharles-Antoine Lampaert, Jocelin Fosse, Simon Verger, Bruno Alexandre Didier Jacon
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Abstract
A seal configured to be interposed between a first and a second element of a propulsion assembly in an assembled configuration, the seal having a segment with an irregular reinforcement extending over at least a part of the length of the seal and which has a contour comprising a first contour part provided with a first reinforcement part, and a second contour part in which said first reinforcement part is absent, such that the second contour part has an increased susceptibility to buckling by comparison with the first contour part.
Claims11
A seal configured to be interposed between a first and a second element of a propulsion assembly in an assembled configuration;
- the seal having an irregularly-reinforced segment extending over at least a part of a length of the seal and which has a transverse contour comprising a first contour part provided with a first reinforcement part, and a second contour part in which said first reinforcement part is absent, such that the second contour part has an increased susceptibility to buckling by comparison with the first contour part;
- wherein the seal has a connecting shoe located on a side of the first contour part;
- wherein the shoe is devoid of reinforcement;
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- wherein the shoe is adjacent to the first contour part and diametrically opposite the second contour part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.