Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Manufacture of annular sectors for producing an air intake lip
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Application No.: US18248814Application Date: 2021-10-20
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Publication No.: US11872617B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Fabienne Quenu , Vincent Dutot , Bertrand Pierre Martin Leroyer , François Taillard
- Applicant: SAFRAN NACELLES
- Applicant Address: FR Gonfreville l'Orcher
- Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
- Current Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Gonfreville l'Orcher
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Priority: FR 10781 2020.10.21
- International Application: PCT/FR2021/051832 2021.10.20
- International Announcement: WO2022/084628A 2022.04.28
- Date entered country: 2023-04-12
- Main IPC: B21D26/033
- IPC: B21D26/033 ; B21D51/10 ; F02C7/04 ; B23P11/00 ; B21D26/047 ; B21D53/92

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing annular sectors of an air intake lip includes arranging a revolution-shaped blank facing a three-dimensional forming surface of a die of a hydroforming tool, the three-dimensional surface including at least two plunging cavities spaced from each other along a circumferential direction, forming an air intake lip preform in one piece by hydroforming the revolution-shaped blank on the three-dimensional surface of the die, the air intake lip preform having in section a U-shape and including a plurality of crenellated portions each delimited by a plunging cavity, the production of a plurality of cutouts in the air intake lip preform so as to divide the preform into a plurality of annular sectors, each cutout including the removal of a sacrificial portion at the level of a crenellated portion so as to form two adjacent assembly edges with one of the two adjacent assembly edges including a plunging.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230302520A1 MANUFACTURE OF ANNULAR SECTORS FOR PRODUCING AN AIR INTAKE LIP Public/Granted day:2023-09-28
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