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Damping device for turbojet engine fan blades

US4494909A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1982
Grant dateJan 22, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S416/50
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A damping device for the turbojet engine fan blades which includes a wedge placed between the platforms of the blades, the shanks of the blades, and the disc. The wedge consists of a hollow, bellows-shaped body fitted with an axial stop member, the body being inflated after mounting so that it takes up all the space between the platforms of the blades, the blade shanks and the teeth of the disc. The invention is used for damping device of turbojet engine blades.

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