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US 2012/0230816 A1Published application
Turbine machine casing with reinforced sealing
AssigneeSnecma
InventorsSebastien Boufflert, Philippe Bourdin, Vincent Langlois, Patrice Fayolle
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Abstract
The sealing of a turbine casing is reinforced by decoupling a fastening flange from a remainder of a housing. The casing includes a body that is externally reinforced by axial ribs that are connected to an annular rib and the fastening flange is attached to the annular rib by an annular wall portion that is thinner than the annular rib and than the flange.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A turbine machine casing comprising:
- a body externally reinforced by axial ribs that are regularly spaced apart circularly and that extend as buttresses between two annular portions of different diameters, a larger-diameter portion including an annular fastening flange,
- wherein beside the larger-diameter annular portion the ends of the axial ribs are connected to an annular rib, and the annular rib is connected to the fastening flange via an annular wall portion that is thinner than the annular rib and than the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.