Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for changing the pitch of a turboprop engine comprising an upstream pair of contrarotating propellers
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Application No.: US16067523Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US11052994B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Gilles Alain Charier , Thomas Julien Nguyen Van
- Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Priority: FR1650020 20160105
- International Application: PCT/FR2016/053644 WO 20161222
- International Announcement: WO2017/118791 WO 20170713
- Main IPC: B64C11/30
- IPC: B64C11/30 ; F01D7/00 ; F02C3/067 ; F02C7/36

Abstract:
A turbine engine module including an upstream propulsive unit including a propellers doublet that are upstream and downstream, respectively mounted around an axis, a power turbine shaft with axis of rotation intended for rotating the propellers doublet, a speed reducer connected to the propellers doublet and driven by the shaft, and, a pitch-changing system including a cylinder that controls the pitch of the blades of the upstream propeller the rotational axis of the propellers doublet is shifted in relation to that of the shaft. The cylinder is placed downstream of the reducer, and the pitch-changing system includes a shaft for controlling the pitch of the blades that connect the cylinder to the blades of the upstream propeller.
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