US20130160464A1 - Anti-vibration mount - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to an anti-vibration mount.
- a typical gas turbine engine has a substantial number of electrical components which serve, for example, to sense operating parameters of the engine and/or to control actuators which operate devices in the engine. Such devices may, for example, control fuel flow, variable vanes and air bleed valves.
- the actuators may themselves be electrically powered, although some may be pneumatically or hydraulically powered, but controlled by electrical signals.
- each wire may be surrounded by an insulating sleeve, which may be braided or have a braided cover.
- FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a typical gas turbine engine including two conventional wiring harnesses 102 , 104 , each provided with a respective connector component 106 , 108 for connection to circuitry, which may be for example accommodated within the airframe of an aircraft in which the engine is installed.
- the harnesses 102 , 104 are assembled from individual wires and cables which are held together over at least part of their lengths by suitable sleeving and/or braiding. Individual wires and cables, for example those indicated at 110 , emerge from the sleeving or braiding to terminate at plug or socket connector components 112 for cooperation with complementary socket or plug connector components 114 on, or connected to, the respective electrical components.
- Each conventional harness 102 , 104 comprises a multitude of insulated wires and cables. This makes the conventional harness itself bulky, heavy and difficult to manipulate.
- the conventional harnesses occupy significant space within a gas turbine engine (for example within the nacelle of a gas turbine engine), and thus may compromise the design of the aircraft, for example the size and/or weight and/or shape of the nacelle.
- Conventional harnesses comprise a large number of components, including various individual wires and/or bundles of wires, supporting components (such as brackets or cables) and electrical and/or mechanical connectors. This can make the assembly process complicated (and thus susceptible to errors) and/or time consuming. Disassembly of the conventional harnesses (for example removal of the conventional harnesses from a gas turbine engine during maintenance) may also be complicated and/or time consuming. Thus, in many maintenance (or repair or overhaul) procedures on a gas turbine engine, removal and subsequent refitting of the conventional electrical harness may account for a very significant portion of the operation time and/or account for a significant proportion of the potential assembly errors.
- the electrical conductors in the conventional harnesses may be susceptible to mechanical damage.
- mechanical damage may occur during installation (for example through accidental piercing of the protective sleeves/braiding) and/or during service (for example due to vibration).
- the protective sleeves/braiding may need to be further reinforced, adding still further weight and reducing the ease with which they can be manipulated.
- the exposed electrical connectors used to connect one conductor to another conductor or conductors to electrical units may be susceptible to damage and/or may add significant weight to the engine.
- FIG. 2 shows schematically such a mount, which may be used, for example, to mount an engine control unit (ECU) such as an electronic engine control (EEC) or an engine health monitoring unit (EMU) to an engine.
- the mount has a first metal plate 116 and a second metal plate 118 . Spacing the two plates is a bowl-shaped elastomeric body 120 .
- the first metal plate is connected to the ECU via a bolt that passes through the centre of the first plate and through a fixing hole formed in the ECU casing, and the second metal plate is connected to the engine via further bolts at corners of the second plate.
- the elastomeric body allows relative movement of the plates and hence attenuates vibration between the engine and the ECU.
- An internal tube (not shown) may be present to prevent forces transmitted between the first and second plates from crushing the elastomeric body.
- the metal plates 116 , 118 and tube are chemically bonded to the elastomeric body 120 to prevent the mount from falling apart before and during assembly.
- the chemical bond is required to prevent the elastomeric body from shifting in normal operation.
- the present invention provides an anti-vibration mount for mounting a first component to a second component, the mount having:
- the mount can reduce (or substantially eliminate) the amount (for example the amplitude and/or the number/range of frequencies) of vibration being passed from the second component to the first component.
- the mount may have any one or, to the extent that they are compatible, any combination of the following optional features.
- the elastomeric body can be in two parts which are separable from each other when the clamping pressure is removed, the first part providing one of the opposing sides of the elastomeric body and one side of the recess and the second part providing the other opposing side of the elastomeric body and an opposing side of the recess.
- the first component may have a through-hole which locates in the recess.
- the first part of the elastomeric body may have a projection which extends through the through-hole and is received in a matching cavity formed in the second part.
- the projection is a frictional fit in the cavity.
- the first component may be planar.
- the recess may then be a slot.
- the clamping arrangement which applies clamping pressure across the brackets may be one or more bolts, studs, rivets or other suitable fasteners.
- the fastener(s) can extend through the through-hole.
- the bracket which is joinable to the second component can have any suitable formation for perfecting such a joint.
- the bracket may have a joining flange or plate containing one or more holes through which bolts, studs, rivets or other suitable fasteners can be passed.
- Protective interlayers may be provided in the recess at the interfaces between the first component and the elastomeric body.
- first component is formed from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP)
- CFRP carbon fibre reinforced plastic
- GFRP glass fibre reinforced plastic
- the first and the second components may be gas turbine engine components. Vibration isolation can be particularly beneficial for components attached to gas turbine engines.
- the first component may be an engine control unit such as an electronic engine control or an engine health monitoring unit.
- the first component may be a rigid raft assembly, such as an electrical raft or electrical raft assembly in which electrical conductors are embedded in a rigid material.
- Use of the anti-vibration mount may help to prolong the life of the rigid raft assembly.
- the electrical raft (or electrical raft assembly) may be at least a part of an electrical harness for an engine, for example a gas turbine engine, and thus may be referred to herein as an electrical harness raft (or electrical harness raft assembly).
- the environment of a gas turbine engine during operation may be particularly severe, with high levels of vibration.
- Using the anti-vibration mount to attach an electrical raft/assembly to a gas turbine engine may help to prolong the life of the electrical raft.
- any other components that may be attached to the electrical raft may also benefit from being mounted to the gas turbine engine via the anti-vibration mounts, through being mounted on the electrical raft.
- the reduced vibration may help to preserve the electrical contact between the electrical raft and any electrical unit connected thereto.
- any components such as an electrical unit mounted to the electrical raft
- any components that would conventionally be mounted directly to the gas turbine engine and require at least a degree of vibration isolation may no longer require their own dedicated anti-vibration mount.
- the total number of anti-vibration mounts that are required to assemble an engine may be reduced. This may reduce the number of parts required and/or the time taken to assemble an engine or engine installation and/or reduce the total assembled weight and/or reduce the likelihood of errors occurring during assembly.
- any other components that may be attached to the rigid raft assembly may also benefit from being mounted to a gas turbine engine via the anti-vibration mount, through being mounted on the rigid raft assembly. This may mean that any components that would conventionally be mounted directly to a gas turbine engine and require at least a degree of vibration isolation may no longer require their own dedicated anti-vibration mount. These components may include, for example, ECUs such as EECs and EMUs. Thus, the total number of anti-vibration mounts that are required to assemble an engine may be reduced. This may reduce the number of parts required and/or the time taken to assemble an engine or engine installation and/or reduce the total assembled weight and/or reduce the likelihood of errors occurring during assembly.
- components that are conventionally mounted to an engine without anti-vibration mounts (for example because of the weight and/or cost penalty), but which are now mounted to a rigid raft assembly, may benefit from vibration isolation without any weight/cost/assembly time penalty. This may reduce the possibility of damage occurring to such components and/or increase their service life.
- Such components may include, for example, ignitor boxes (used to provide high voltage power to engine ignitors), and pressure sensors/switches, for example for fluid systems such as oil, air, fuel, pneumatics and/or hydraulics.
- the use of one or more electrical raft assemblies may significantly reduce build time of an engine.
- use of electrical raft assemblies may significantly reduce the part count involved in engine assembly compared with a conventional harness arrangement.
- the number and/or complexity of the operations required to assemble an engine (for example to assemble/install the electrical system (or network) and/or other peripheral components, which may be referred to in general as engine dressing) may be reduced.
- engine dressing the number and/or complexity of the operations required to assemble an engine (for example to assemble/install the electrical system (or network) and/or other peripheral components, which may be referred to in general as engine dressing) may be reduced.
- use of electrical raft assemblies in a gas turbine installation may reduce assembly time and/or reduce the possibility of errors occurring during assembly.
- electrical raft assemblies may provide significant advantages during maintenance, such as repair and overhaul. As discussed above, the electrical rafts may be particularly quick and straightforward to assemble. The same advantages discussed above in relation to assembly apply to disassembly/removal from the gas turbine engine. Thus, any repair/overhaul that requires removal of at least a part of the electrical harness may be simplified and/or speeded up through use of electrical rafts as at least a part of the electrical harness, for example compared with conventional harnesses.
- Use of electrical rafts (for example as part of one or more electrical raft assemblies) may allow maintenance procedures to be advantageously adapted. For example, some maintenance procedures may only require access to a certain portion of the gas turbine engine that only requires a part of the harness to be removed.
- the build/assembly times may be additionally or alternatively reduced by pre-assembling and/or pre-testing individual and/or combinations of electrical rafts and/or electrical raft assemblies prior to engine assembly. This may allow the electrical and/or mechanical operation of the electrical rafts to be proven before installation, thereby reducing/eliminating the testing required during engine installation.
- first and second rigid raft assemblies may comprise electrical rafts having electrical conductors embedded in a rigid material.
- the electrical conductors may be at least a part of an electrical system arranged to transfer electrical signals around the engine, and the first and second rigid raft assemblies may be electrical harness raft assemblies.
- the electrical rafts/electrical raft assemblies may be a particularly lightweight solution for transferring electrical signals around an engine.
- an electrical raft may be lighter, for example significantly lighter, than a conventional harness required to transmit a given number of electrical signals.
- a plurality of conductors may be embedded in a single electrical raft, whereas in a conventional arrangement a large number of heavy, bulky wires, usually with insulating sleeves, would be required.
- the reduced weight may be particularly advantageous, for example, when used on gas turbine engines on aircraft.
- Electrical rafts may be more easily packaged and/or more compact, for example than conventional harnesses. Indeed, as mentioned above, the electrical rafts can be made into a very wide range of shapes as desired. This may be achieved, for example, by manufacturing the electrical rafts using a mould conforming to the desired shape. As such, each electrical raft may be shaped, for example, to turn through a tighter corner (or smaller bend radius) than a conventional harness.
- the electrical rafts may thus provide a particularly compact solution for transferring electrical signals around a gas turbine engine.
- the electrical rafts may be readily shaped to conform to neighbouring components/regions of a gas turbine engine, for example components/regions to which the particular electrical raft assembly is attached, such as a fan casing or a core casing.
- the electrical raft(s) may provide improved protection to the electrical conductors during manufacture/assembly of the raft/gas turbine installation, and/or during service/operation/maintenance of the gas turbine engine. This may result in lower maintenance costs, for example due to fewer damaged components requiring replacement/repair and/or due to the possibility of extending time intervals (or service intervals) between inspecting the electrical system, for example compared with a system using only conventional harnesses.
- the rigid material of the raft may be a rigid composite material, for example an organic matrix composite. Such a rigid composite material may be particularly stiff and/or lightweight.
- a rigid composite raft may be used that has suitable mechanical properties, whilst being thin and lightweight, for example compared with some other materials.
- the rigid composite material may comprise any suitable combination of resin and fibre as desired for a particular application.
- any of the resins and/or fibres described herein may be used to produce a rigid composite material for the electrical raft.
- Any suitable fibres may be used, for example carbon fibres, glass fibres, aramid fibres, and/or para-aramid fibres.
- the fibres may be of any type, such as woven and/or chopped.
- Any suitable resin may be used, for example epoxy, BMI (bismaleimide), PEEK (polyetheretherketone), PTFE (polytetraflouroethylene), PAEK (polyaryletherketone), polyurethane, and/or polyamides (such as nylon).
- BMI bismaleimide
- PEEK polyetheretherketone
- PTFE polytetraflouroethylene
- PAEK polyaryletherketone
- polyurethane polyurethane
- polyamides such as nylon
- At least one of the electrical conductors embedded in the electrical raft may be an electrically conductive wire.
- the or each electrically conductive wire may be surrounded by an electrically insulating sleeve.
- At least some (for example a plurality) of the electrical conductors may be provided in a flexible printed circuit (FPC).
- FPC flexible printed circuit
- at least some of the electrical conductors may be provided as electrically conductive tracks in a flexible substrate.
- the flexible printed circuit may be flexible before being embedded in the rigid material.
- Providing the electrical conductors as tracks in a flexible printed circuit may allow the size of the resulting electrical raft to be reduced further and/or substantially minimized. For example, many different electrical conductors may be laid into a flexible printed circuit in close proximity, thereby providing a compact structure.
- the flexible substrate of a single flexible printed circuit may provide electrical and/or mechanical protection/isolation to a large number of electrical conductors.
- Any given electrical raft may be provided with one or more electrical wires embedded therein (which may be sheathed) and/or one or more flexible printed circuits embedded therein. As such, a given electrical raft may have wires and flexible printed circuits laid therein.
- the embedded electrical conductors may be described as being fixed in position by the rigid material, for example relative to the rest of the electrical harness raft. It will also be appreciated that the embedded electrical conductors may be said to be surrounded by the rigid material and/or buried in the rigid material and/or integral with (or integrated into) the rigid material.
- An electrical raft may comprise a fluid passage.
- a fluid passage may be embedded therein and/or otherwise provided thereto.
- the fluid passage may be part of a fluid system, such as a gas (for example pneumatic or cooling gas/air) and/or liquid (for example a fuel, hydraulic and/or lubricant liquid).
- a rigid raft assembly for a gas turbine engine
- the rigid raft assembly comprising a rigid material that carries at least a part of a first gas turbine engine system and at least a part of a second gas turbine engine system
- the first gas turbine engine system is a fluid system that comprises at least one fluid passage that is at least partially embedded in the rigid raft assembly.
- the second gas turbine engine system may be an electrical system that comprises electrical conductors at least partially embedded in the rigid material.
- the electrical raft may comprise one or more electrical connectors or sockets, which may be electrically connected to at least one of the embedded electrical conductors.
- the electrical connector or socket may allow electrical connection of the electrical raft to other electrical components, for example to other electrical rafts (either directly or indirectly, via an electrical cable or lead) or to electrical units (again, either directly or indirectly, via an electrical cable or lead).
- Such an electrical connector or socket may take any suitable form, and may be at least partially embedded in the rigid electrical raft.
- the electrical raft (or electrical raft assembly) assembly may be a first engine installation component, and the gas turbine engine may further comprise a second engine installation component having electrical conductors.
- the first and second engine installation components may be part of an electrical system arranged to transfer electrical signals around the engine installation.
- the gas turbine engine may further comprise at least one flexible cable connected between the electrical raft assembly and the second engine installation component (which itself may be or comprise an electrical raft) so as to electrically connect electrical conductors of the electrical raft assembly with electrical conductors of the second engine installation component.
- the second engine installation component may be, for example, an ECU, such as an EMU or EEC. Additionally or alternatively, the second engine installation component may be a further electrical raft or electrical raft assembly.
- the environment of a gas turbine engine during operation may be particularly severe, with, for example, high levels of vibration and/or differential expansion between components as the temperature changes through operation and as the components move relative to each other.
- Providing at least one flexible cable to connect an electrical raft assembly to another component may allow the electrical rafts and/or components to accommodate vibration and/or relative movement, for example of the component(s)/assemblies to which they are attached/mounted during use.
- the flexible cable(s) (where present) used to electrically connect electrical raft assemblies to other component(s) may have sufficient length to accommodate such vibration and/or movement during use.
- providing separate (for example more than one) electrical raft assemblies and connecting at least some (for example at least two) of them together using at least one flexible cable may allow the electrical rafts to accommodate vibration and/or relative movement of the component(s)/assemblies to which they are attached/mounted during use.
- the electrical signals transferred by the conductors in the electrical raft, and around the engine using the electrical rafts/raft assemblies may take any form.
- the electrical signals may include, by way of non-limitative example, electrical power and/or electrical control/communication signals and/or any other type of transmission through an electrical conductor.
- Transmission of signals around the engine may mean transmission of signals between (to and/or from) any number of components/systems in the engine and/or components/system of a structure (such as an airframe) to which the gas turbine engine is (or is configured to be) connected/installed in.
- an electrical raft may be used to transfer/communicate any possible combination of electrical signals in any part of a gas turbine engine installation or a related (for example electrically and/or mechanically connected) structure/component/system.
- An electrical raft or raft assembly may be provided in any suitable location/position of the gas turbine engine, for example to a mounting structure at any suitable location.
- the gas turbine engine may comprise a bypass flow duct formed between an engine core and an engine fan casing (the gas turbine engine may be a turbofan engine, for example); and the electrical raft assembly may form at least a part of a radially extending splitter (which may be referred to as a bifurcation) that extends across the bypass flow duct.
- an electrical raft (which may be referred to as a splitter electrical raft) may provide an electrical connection between a fan casing and an engine core.
- the electrical raft assembly may be attached to the engine core case or engine fan case, for example to a mounting structure on such cases.
- An electrical raft may be provided with at least one mount on which other components (for example auxiliary/ancillary components/systems) of the gas turbine engine are (or may be) mounted.
- the mount may be a bracket, for example a bespoke bracket for the component/system mounted thereon or a conventional/standard bracket.
- the electrical raft may provide a stable, regular and convenient platform on which to mount the various systems/components.
- the combination of the installed electrical raft assembly with components/systems mounted thereon may be much more compact and/or straightforward to assemble and/or have a greatly reduced number of component parts, for example compared with the corresponding conventional electrical harness and separately mounted components/systems.
- the mounts may be used to attach any component/system to an electrical raft (and thus to the engine) as required.
- fluid pipes for transferring fluid around the engine may be mounted to the electrical rafts (for example mechanically mounted using a bracket), and thus to the engine.
- More than one set of fluid pipes, for example for carrying different or the same fluids, may be mounted on the same electrical raft.
- the present invention provides a gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation (for example for an airframe) having a first component mounted to a second component by an anti-vibration mount according to the first aspect.
- the gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation may have any one or, to the extent that they are compatible, any combination of the following optional features.
- the first component may comprise an electrical raft having electrical conductors embedded in a rigid material.
- the rigid material may be a rigid composite material.
- Such an electrical raft may be part of an electrical raft assembly that has a further engine component mounted thereon, as described elsewhere herein by way of example.
- Such an electrical raft may be part of an electrical system of the gas turbine engine or installation.
- the electrical system may comprise at least one other component, for example at least one other electrical raft or electrical raft assembly.
- the electrical system further may further comprise a flexible cable electrically connected between the electrical raft and another component of the electrical system.
- the present invention provides the use of an anti-vibration mount according to the first aspect for mounting the first component to the second component.
- FIG. 1 shows a gas turbine engine with a conventional harness
- FIG. 2 shows a conventional anti-vibration mount
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-section through a gas turbine engine having anti-vibration mounts in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a flexible printed circuit
- FIG. 5 shows a side view of the flexible printed circuit of FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic of an electrical raft prior to assembly
- FIG. 7 shows a cross-section normal to the axial direction through a gas turbine engine having anti-vibration mounts in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows (a) a plan view of an anti-vibration mount in accordance with the present invention, and (b) a cross-section along line Y-Y through the mount.
- a ducted fan gas turbine engine generally indicated at 10 has a principal and rotational axis X-X.
- the engine 10 comprises, in axial flow series, an air intake 11 , a propulsive fan 12 , an intermediate pressure compressor 13 , a high-pressure compressor 14 , combustion equipment 15 , a high-pressure turbine 16 , and intermediate pressure turbine 17 , a low-pressure turbine 18 and a core engine exhaust nozzle 19 .
- the engine also has a bypass duct 22 and a bypass exhaust nozzle 23 .
- the gas turbine engine 10 works in a conventional manner so that air entering the intake 11 is accelerated by the fan 12 to produce two air flows: a first air flow A into the intermediate pressure compressor 13 and a second air flow B which passes through the bypass duct 22 to provide propulsive thrust.
- the intermediate pressure compressor 13 compresses the air flow A directed into it before delivering that air to the high pressure compressor 14 where further compression takes place.
- the compressed air exhausted from the high-pressure compressor 14 is directed into the combustion equipment 15 where it is mixed with fuel and the mixture combusted.
- the resultant hot combustion products then expand through, and thereby drive the high, intermediate and low-pressure turbines 16 , 17 , 18 before being exhausted through the nozzle 19 to provide additional propulsive thrust.
- the high, intermediate and low-pressure turbines 16 , 17 , 18 respectively drive the high and intermediate pressure compressors 14 , 13 and the fan 12 by suitable interconnecting shafts.
- the gas turbine engine 10 shown in FIG. 3 shows two electrical raft assemblies 600 mounted to the engine with anti-vibration mounts (discussed below with reference to FIG. 8 ). As such, the gas turbine engine 10 is in accordance with the present invention.
- Each electrical raft assembly 600 comprises an electrical raft 200 .
- the electrical rafts 200 may be used to transmit/transfer electrical signals (or electricity, including electrical power and/or electrical control signals) around the engine and/or to/from the engine 10 from other components, such as components of an airframe.
- the function and/or construction of each electrical raft 200 and electrical raft assembly 600 may be as described above and elsewhere herein.
- each electrical raft 200 (which may be referred to herein simply as a raft 200 or an electrical harness raft 200 ) comprises at least one electrical conductor 252 embedded in a rigid material 220 , which may be a rigid composite material.
- the electrical conductors 252 in the electrical raft 200 may be provided in a harness 250 , which may be a flexible printed circuit board (or FPC) 250 .
- a harness 250 which may be a flexible printed circuit board (or FPC) 250 .
- FIGS. 4 and 5 An example of an FPC 250 in which the electrical conductors 252 may be provided is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the FPC 250
- FIG. 5 shows a side view.
- Such an FPC 250 may comprise a flexible (for example elastically deformable) substrate 255 with conductive tracks 252 laid/formed therein.
- the FPC 250 may thus be deformable.
- the FPC 250 may be described as a thin, elongate member and/or as a sheet-like member.
- Such a thin, elongate member may have a major surface defined by a length and a width, and a thickness normal to the major surface.
- the FPC 250 may extend along a length in the x-direction, a width in the y-direction, and a thickness (or depth or height) in the z-direction.
- the x-direction may be defined as the axial direction of the FPC.
- the x-direction (and thus the z-direction) may change along the length of the FPC 250 as the FPC is deformed. This is illustrated in FIG. 5 .
- the x-y surface(s) i.e. the surfaces formed by the x and y directions
- the FPC 250 is deformable at least in the z direction, i.e. in a direction perpendicular to the major surface.
- FPCs may be additionally of alternatively deformable about any other direction, and/or may be twisted about any one or more of the x, y, or z directions.
- the flexible substrate 255 may be a dielectric.
- the substrate material may be, by way of example only, polyamide. As will be readily apparent, other suitable substrate material could alternatively be used.
- the conductive tracks 252 which may be surrounded by the substrate 255 , may be formed using any suitable conductive material, such as, by way of example only, copper, copper alloy, tin-plated copper (or tin-plated copper alloy), silver-plated copper (or silver-plated copper alloy), nickel-plated copper (or nickel-plated copper alloy) although other materials could alternatively be used.
- the conductive tracks 252 may be used to conduct/transfer electrical signals (including electrical power and electrical control signals) through the rigid raft assembly (or assemblies) 200 , for example around a gas turbine engine 10 and/or to/from components of a gas turbine engine and/or an airframe attached to a gas turbine engine.
- the size (for example the cross-sectional area) and/or the shape of the conductive tracks 252 may depend on the signal(s) to be transmitted through the particular conductive track 252 .
- the shape and/or size of the individual conductive tracks 252 may or may not be uniform in a FPC 250 .
- FIGS. 4 and 5 has six conductive tracks 252 running through the substrate 255 .
- the number of conductive tracks 252 running through a substrate 255 could be fewer than six, or greater than six, for example tens or hundreds of tracks, as required.
- many electrical signals and/or power transmission lines may be incorporated into a single FPC 250 .
- a single FPC 250 may comprise one layer of tracks, or more than one layer of tracks, for example, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more than 10 layers of tracks.
- An FPC may comprise significantly more than 10 layers of tracks, for example at least an order of magnitude more layers of tracks.
- a layer of tracks may be defined as being a series of tracks that extend in the same x-y surface.
- the example shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 comprises 2 layers of tracks, with each layer comprising 3 tracks 252 .
- An electrical raft 200 may be manufactured using any suitable method.
- the rigid material 220 may initially be provided as layers of flexible material, such as (by way of example only) layers of fibre and resin compound. This flexible material may be placed into a mould, for example having a desired shape. Other components (such as fluid pipes 210 and/or the electrical conductors 252 , which may be embedded in a FPC 250 ) may also be placed into the mould, for example between layers of the flexible material from which the rigid material 220 is ultimately formed. Parts of the mould may have any suitable form and/or construction, for example that could be readily removed when the electrical raft 200 is formed into the desired shape.
- FIG. 6 shows components of an example of an electrical raft 200 prior to one method of construction.
- the electrical conductors 252 are provided between two layers of material 230 , 240 that, after construction, form the rigid material 220 . Some of the electrical conductors 252 are provided in an FPC 250 .
- the material 230 , 240 may be a fibre and resin compound, as described elsewhere herein. Such a fibre and resin compound may, after suitable treatment (for example heat treatment), produce the rigid composite material 220 .
- the fibre and resin compound is formed of a sheet of interwoven fibres, or strands.
- the strands in FIG. 6 extend in perpendicular directions, although the strands may extend in any one or more directions as required.
- the strands/fibres may be pre-impregnated (or “pre-pregged”) with the resin.
- both the first and second layers 230 , 240 and the electrical conductors 252 may be flexible, for example supple, pliable or malleable. As such, when the layers 230 , 240 and the electrical conductors 252 are placed together, they may be moulded, or formed, into any desired shape. For example, the layers 230 , 240 and the electrical conductors 252 may be placed into a mould (which may be of any suitable form, such as a glass or an aluminium mould) having the desired shape.
- the desired shape may be, for example, a shape that corresponds to (for example is offset from) a part of a gas turbine engine, such as, by way of example only, at least a part of a casing, such as an engine fan casing or engine core casing. This may enable the final raft to adopt shapes that are curved in two-dimensions or three-dimensions.
- any suitable method could be used to produce the electrical raft 200 .
- the strands/fibres need not be pre-impregnated with the resin.
- the fibres/strands could be put into position (for example relative to electrical conductors 252 /FPC 250 ) in a dry state, and then the resin could be fed (or pumped) into the mould.
- Such a process may be referred to as a resin transfer method.
- no fibre may be used at all in the rigid material 220 .
- FIG. 7 is a schematic showing a cross-section perpendicular to the direction X-X of a gas turbine engine comprising electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G.
- Any one of the electrical raft assmblies 600 A- 600 G may comprise any or all of the features of an electrical raft assembly 600 as described above, for example.
- any one of the electrical raft assemblies may comprise an electrical raft 200 (not labelled for raft assemblies 600 E- 600 G for simplicity only) having electrical conductors 252 (not labelled in FIG. 7 for simplicity only) embedded therein.
- electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G (which may collectively be referred to as electrical raft assemblies 600 ) comprise a mounting fixture for attaching the respective assembly 600 to a mounting structure via an anti-vibration mount (discussed below with reference to FIG. 8 ) in accordance with the present invention.
- the mounting structure is part of a fan case 24 for electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 D, part of a bifurcation splitter that radially crosses a bypass duct 22 for electrical raft assemblies 600 E and part of an engine core case 28 for electrical raft assemblies 600 F and 600 G.
- an electrical raft assembly 600 could be mounted in any suitable and/or desired location on a gas turbine engine.
- two electrical raft assemblies 600 A, 600 C are shown as having an electrical unit 300 mounted on the respective electrical raft 200 .
- any (or none) of the electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G may have an electrical unit 300 mounted to the respective electrical raft 200 .
- each of the electrical rafts 200 associated with the electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G shown in FIG. 7 comprises one or more electrical conductors 252 embedded therein.
- any one or more of the electrical rafts 200 may be replaced with a raft that does not comprise electrical conductors 252 .
- Such a raft would not be an electrical raft 200 , but may otherwise be as described elsewhere herein, for example it may be a rigid raft that may have components/systems (such as, by way of example only, fluid systems, such as pipes) mounted thereon and/or embedded therein.
- a gas turbine engine in accordance with the present invention may have a combination of electrical rafts 200 and non-electrical rafts.
- electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G shown in FIG. 7 is by way of example only. Alternative arrangements, for example in terms of number, size, shape and/or positioning, of electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G may be used. For example, there need not be seven electrical raft assemblies, the assemblies may or may not be connected together, and the rafts could be provided to (for example mounted on) any one or more components of the gas turbine engine. Purely by way of example only, connection between electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 D mounted on the fan casing 24 to the electrical raft assemblies 600 F, 600 G mounted on the core casing 28 may be provided at least in part by means other than an additional electrical raft assembly 600 E, for example using wire conductors with insulating sleeves.
- one or more electrical raft assemblies 600 may additionally or alternatively be provided to the nose cone, structural frames or elements within the engine (such as “A-frames”), the nacelle, the fan cowl doors, and/or any connector or mount between the gas turbine engine 10 and a connected structure (which may be at least a part of a structure in which the gas turbine engine 10 is installed), such as the pylon 500 between the gas turbine engine 10 and an airframe (not shown).
- any one or more of the electrical rafts of the electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G may have a fluid passage 210 embedded therein and/or provided thereto.
- the fluid passage 210 may be part of a fluid system, such as a gas (for example pneumatic or cooling gas/air) and/or liquid (for example a fuel, hydraulic and/or lubricant liquid).
- a gas for example pneumatic or cooling gas/air
- liquid for example a fuel, hydraulic and/or lubricant liquid
- three of the electrical rafts (of electrical raft assemblies 600 A, 600 B, 6000 ) comprise a fluid passage 210 at least partially embedded therein.
- the electrical raft of assembly 6000 also has a fluid passage 285 (which may be for any fluid, such as those listed above in relation to embedded passage 210 ) mounted thereon.
- Such a mounted fluid passage 285 may be provided to any electrical raft, such as those of electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G shown in FIG. 7 .
- the fluid passages 210 , 285 shown in FIG. 7 may be oriented in an axial direction of the engine 10 .
- fluid passages may be oriented in any direction, for example axial, radial, circumferential or a combination thereof.
- any of the electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G may have any combination of mechanical, electrical and/or fluid connections to one or more (for example 2, 3, 4, 5 or more than 5) other components/systems of the gas turbine engine 10 and/or the rest of the gas turbine engine 10 . Examples of such connections are shown in FIG. 7 , and described below, but other connectors may be used.
- electrical raft assemblies 600 (and/or non-electrical rafts) may be connected together (or to other components) using any combination of electrical, fluid and/or mechanical connectors.
- any of the connections 290 A/ 290 B, 291 - 297 shown in FIG. 7 may be any combination of electrical, fluid and/or mechanical connection.
- electrical raft assemblies 600 (and/or non-electrical rafts) may be standalone, and thus may have no connection to other rafts or components.
- connection 291 is shown between the electrical rafts of the assemblies 600 A and 600 D.
- the connection 291 may comprise an electrical connection.
- Such an electrical connection may be flexible and may, for example, take the form of a flexible printed circuit such as the flexible printed circuit 250 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- Such a flexible electrical connection may be used to electrically connect any electrical raft assembly 600 to any other component, such as another electrical raft assembly 600 .
- a connection 297 (which may be or comprise an electrical connection) is provided between the electrical raft of the assembly 600 A and a part of an airframe, or airframe installation 500 , which may, for example, be a pylon.
- a fluid and/or mechanical connection 296 may additionally or alternatively be provided between the airframe 500 and another electrical raft of the assembly 600 C.
- other electrical and/or fluid connections 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 may be provided between electrical rafts 200 (or assemblies 600 ) and other components, such as other electrical rafts 200 (or assemblies 600 ).
- a direct connection 290 A, 290 B may be provided, as shown for example between the electrical rafts of the assemblies 600 B and 600 C in the FIG. 7 arrangement.
- Such a direct connection 290 A, 290 B may comprise a connector 290 A provided on (for example embedded in) one electrical raft 200 connected to a complimentary connector 290 B provided on (for example embedded in) another electrical raft 200 .
- Such a direct connection 290 A, 290 B may, for example, provide fluid and/or electrical connection between the two electrical rafts assemblies 600 B, 600 C.
- gas turbine engine may include a gas turbine engine/gas turbine engine installation and optionally any peripheral components to which the gas turbine engine may be connected to or interact with and/or any connections/interfaces with surrounding components, which may include, for example, an airframe and/or components thereof.
- connections with an airframe include, but are not limited to, pylons and mountings and their respective connections.
- the gas turbine engine itself may be any type of gas turbine engine, including, but not limited to, a turbofan (bypass) gas turbine engine, turbojet, turboprop, ramjet, scramjet or open rotor gas turbine engine, and for any application, for example aircraft, industrial, and marine application.
- Electrical raft assemblies 600 such as any of those described and/or claimed herein may be used as part of any apparatus, such as any vehicle, including land, sea, air and space vehicles, such as motor vehicles (including cars and busses), trains, boats, submarines, aircraft (including aeroplanes and helicopters) and spacecraft (including satellites and launch vehicles).
- electrical raft assemblies 600 and gas turbine engines 10 comprising electrical raft assemblies 600 other than those described herein may fall within the scope of the invention.
- alternative arrangements of electrical raft assemblies 600 for example in terms of the arrangement, including number/shape/positioning/constructions, of mounting fixtures, the arrangement/shape/positioning/construction of the electrical rafts 200 , the type and/or positioning of components (if any) mounted to/embedded in the electrical rafts 200 , the rigid material 220 and the electrical conductors 252
- components if any mounted to/embedded in the electrical rafts 200 , the rigid material 220 and the electrical conductors 252
- FIG. 8 shows (a) a plan view of an anti-vibration mount in accordance with the present invention, and (b) a cross-section along line Y-Y through the mount.
- the mount attaches a mounting fixture portion 710 of one of the electrical raft assemblies 600 A- 600 G to a respective mounting structure 700 (shown schematically in FIG. 7 ) of the engine.
- the mounting fixture portion can be a planar region of the raft assembly containing a though-hole 712 .
- the mounting structure 700 can be a part of the engine, for example a flange extending from the respective part of the engine, e.g. the fan casing 24 or core casing 28 .
- the anti-vibration mount has an elastomeric (e.g. rubber) body which is formed in two parts.
- the first part 714 a is positioned on one side of the planar region 710 , with a projection 716 in the centre of the part extending through the through-hole 712 .
- the second part 714 b is positioned on the other side of the planar region 710 with the projection 716 fitting into a matching cavity 718 formed at the centre of the second part.
- the first and second parts thus form a slot-shaped recess 720 in which the planar region 710 is received.
- the anti-vibration mount also has a pair of, typically metal, brackets 722 a, b which fit to respectively the outer surface of the first part 714 a of the elastomeric body and the outer surface of the second part 714 b of the body to sandwich the part of the planar region 710 received in the slot 720 therebetween.
- a number of bolts 724 (for example four are shown in FIG. 8( a )), or other suitable fasteners, extend between the brackets through the through-hole 712 and within matching passages formed in the first part 714 a of the elastomeric body.
- the bolts are tightened to apply a clamping pressure across the brackets and thereby compress the elastomeric body to secure the planar region 710 in the slot 720 .
- One of the brackets 722 a has a joining plate 726 extending therefrom which is attachable via a bolt 728 to the engine mounting structure 700 .
- the mount is thus rigidly and strongly attached to the engine while the raft or raft assembly is in turn attached to the mount in a manner which allows the elastomeric body to reduce (or substantially eliminate) the amount of vibration being passed from the engine to the raft assembly.
- interlayers may be located in the recess 720 at the interfaces of the planar region and the elastomeric body.
- these interlayers may be formed of GFRP.
- the anti-vibration mount does not require the parts 714 a, b of the elastomeric body to be chemically bonded to the brackets 722 a, b .
- the mount can be straightforwardly assembled by joining the lower bracket 722 a to the engine mounting structure 700 , placing the first part 714 a on the lower bracket, positioning the raft assembly so that the through-hole 712 sits over the projection 716 , fitting the second part 714 b onto the projection, locating the upper bracket 722 b, and then fitting and tightening the bolts 724 .
- one of the brackets 722 a, b may be integral with the mounting structure 710 .
- both the lower bracket 722 a and the upper bracket 722 b may be separate from the mounting structure 710 , with at least one of the brackets 722 a, b being connectable to the mounting structure 710 .
- the anti-vibration mount can be used to mount other components, such as electrical control units, to the engine, or indeed to mount any two components together where vibration isolation is desirable. Possible fields of application are thus aerospace, marine or automotive vehicles and machine tools. Accordingly, the exemplary embodiments of the invention set forth above are considered to be illustrative and not limiting. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Abstract
An anti-vibration mount is provided for mounting a first component to a second component. The mount has an elastomeric body which provides a recess into which the first component is received. The mount further has pair of brackets which fit to opposing sides of the elastomeric body sandwiching the first component received in the recess therebetween. At least one of the brackets is arranged to connect the anti-vibration mount and second component together. The mount further has a clamping arrangement which applies clamping pressure across the brackets and thereby compresses the elastomeric body to secure the first component in the recess.
Description
- This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from British Patent Application Number 1122140.5 filed 22 Dec. 2011, British Patent Application Number 1122143.9 filed 22 Dec. 2011, British Patent Application Number 1203991.3 filed 7 Mar. 2012 and British Patent Application Number 1217566.7 filed 7 Oct. 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an anti-vibration mount.
- 2. Background of the Invention
- A typical gas turbine engine has a substantial number of electrical components which serve, for example, to sense operating parameters of the engine and/or to control actuators which operate devices in the engine. Such devices may, for example, control fuel flow, variable vanes and air bleed valves. The actuators may themselves be electrically powered, although some may be pneumatically or hydraulically powered, but controlled by electrical signals.
- Electrical power, and signals to and from the individual electrical components, is commonly transmitted along conductors. Conventionally, such conductors may be in the form of wires and/or cables which are assembled together in a harness. In such a conventional harness, each wire may be surrounded by an insulating sleeve, which may be braided or have a braided cover.
- By way of example,
FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a typical gas turbine engine including twoconventional wiring harnesses respective connector component - The
harnesses socket connector components 112 for cooperation with complementary socket orplug connector components 114 on, or connected to, the respective electrical components. - Each
conventional harness - Conventional harnesses comprise a large number of components, including various individual wires and/or bundles of wires, supporting components (such as brackets or cables) and electrical and/or mechanical connectors. This can make the assembly process complicated (and thus susceptible to errors) and/or time consuming. Disassembly of the conventional harnesses (for example removal of the conventional harnesses from a gas turbine engine during maintenance) may also be complicated and/or time consuming. Thus, in many maintenance (or repair or overhaul) procedures on a gas turbine engine, removal and subsequent refitting of the conventional electrical harness may account for a very significant portion of the operation time and/or account for a significant proportion of the potential assembly errors.
- The electrical conductors in the conventional harnesses may be susceptible to mechanical damage. For example, mechanical damage may occur during installation (for example through accidental piercing of the protective sleeves/braiding) and/or during service (for example due to vibration). In order to reduce the likelihood of damage to the conductors in a conventional harness, the protective sleeves/braiding may need to be further reinforced, adding still further weight and reducing the ease with which they can be manipulated. Similarly, the exposed electrical connectors used to connect one conductor to another conductor or conductors to electrical units may be susceptible to damage and/or may add significant weight to the engine.
- More generally, to reduce or avoid mechanical damage due to vibration, it is common to mount components to the engine using anti-vibration mounts.
FIG. 2 shows schematically such a mount, which may be used, for example, to mount an engine control unit (ECU) such as an electronic engine control (EEC) or an engine health monitoring unit (EMU) to an engine. The mount has afirst metal plate 116 and asecond metal plate 118. Spacing the two plates is a bowl-shapedelastomeric body 120. The first metal plate is connected to the ECU via a bolt that passes through the centre of the first plate and through a fixing hole formed in the ECU casing, and the second metal plate is connected to the engine via further bolts at corners of the second plate. The elastomeric body allows relative movement of the plates and hence attenuates vibration between the engine and the ECU. An internal tube (not shown) may be present to prevent forces transmitted between the first and second plates from crushing the elastomeric body. - To produce the mount, the
metal plates elastomeric body 120 to prevent the mount from falling apart before and during assembly. In some mounts, the chemical bond is required to prevent the elastomeric body from shifting in normal operation. - It would be desirable to provide a mount which is simpler to produce, and which can avoid possible sources of manufacturing error.
- Accordingly, in a first aspect, the present invention provides an anti-vibration mount for mounting a first component to a second component, the mount having:
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- an elastomeric body which provides a recess into which the first component is received;
- a pair of brackets which fit to opposing sides of the elastomeric body sandwiching the first component received in the recess therebetween, at least one of the brackets being arranged to connect the anti-vibration mount and second component together (for example, at least one of the brackets may be joinable to the second component); and
- a clamping arrangement which applies clamping pressure across the brackets and thereby compresses the elastomeric body to secure the first component in the recess.
- By providing a recess in the elastomeric body into which the first component is received and secured, chemical bonding of the brackets to the elastomeric body may be avoided, which can simplify production and avoid sources of manufacturing error. The mount can reduce (or substantially eliminate) the amount (for example the amplitude and/or the number/range of frequencies) of vibration being passed from the second component to the first component.
- The mount may have any one or, to the extent that they are compatible, any combination of the following optional features.
- The elastomeric body can be in two parts which are separable from each other when the clamping pressure is removed, the first part providing one of the opposing sides of the elastomeric body and one side of the recess and the second part providing the other opposing side of the elastomeric body and an opposing side of the recess. By using a two part body instead of a one piece body, mounting of the first component can be considerably simplified as the two parts can be brought together from opposite sides of the first component to form the recess in which the first component is received.
- The first component may have a through-hole which locates in the recess. The first part of the elastomeric body may have a projection which extends through the through-hole and is received in a matching cavity formed in the second part. Such an arrangement allows the two parts of the elastomeric body to be engaged loosely together, with the first component in the recess, before the brackets are fitted, which facilitates the assembly of the complete mount. Preferably, therefore, the projection is a frictional fit in the cavity.
- The first component may be planar. The recess may then be a slot.
- The clamping arrangement which applies clamping pressure across the brackets may be one or more bolts, studs, rivets or other suitable fasteners. Conveniently, when the first component has a through-hole which locates in the recess, the fastener(s) can extend through the through-hole.
- The bracket which is joinable to the second component can have any suitable formation for perfecting such a joint. For example, the bracket may have a joining flange or plate containing one or more holes through which bolts, studs, rivets or other suitable fasteners can be passed.
- Protective interlayers may be provided in the recess at the interfaces between the first component and the elastomeric body. For example, particularly when the first component is formed from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), to avoid rubbing damage between the elastomeric body (which is typically formed of rubber) and the CFRP, glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) interlayers may be located at these interfaces, GFRP being less susceptible to rubbing damage than CFRP.
- The first and the second components may be gas turbine engine components. Vibration isolation can be particularly beneficial for components attached to gas turbine engines.
- The first component may be an engine control unit such as an electronic engine control or an engine health monitoring unit.
- In another example, the first component may be a rigid raft assembly, such as an electrical raft or electrical raft assembly in which electrical conductors are embedded in a rigid material. Use of the anti-vibration mount may help to prolong the life of the rigid raft assembly. The electrical raft (or electrical raft assembly) may be at least a part of an electrical harness for an engine, for example a gas turbine engine, and thus may be referred to herein as an electrical harness raft (or electrical harness raft assembly). The environment of a gas turbine engine during operation may be particularly severe, with high levels of vibration. Using the anti-vibration mount to attach an electrical raft/assembly to a gas turbine engine may help to prolong the life of the electrical raft. Furthermore, any other components that may be attached to the electrical raft (as discussed below and elsewhere herein) may also benefit from being mounted to the gas turbine engine via the anti-vibration mounts, through being mounted on the electrical raft. For example, the reduced vibration may help to preserve the electrical contact between the electrical raft and any electrical unit connected thereto. As such, any components (such as an electrical unit mounted to the electrical raft) that would conventionally be mounted directly to the gas turbine engine and require at least a degree of vibration isolation may no longer require their own dedicated anti-vibration mount. Thus, the total number of anti-vibration mounts that are required to assemble an engine may be reduced. This may reduce the number of parts required and/or the time taken to assemble an engine or engine installation and/or reduce the total assembled weight and/or reduce the likelihood of errors occurring during assembly.
- Any other components that may be attached to the rigid raft assembly may also benefit from being mounted to a gas turbine engine via the anti-vibration mount, through being mounted on the rigid raft assembly. This may mean that any components that would conventionally be mounted directly to a gas turbine engine and require at least a degree of vibration isolation may no longer require their own dedicated anti-vibration mount. These components may include, for example, ECUs such as EECs and EMUs. Thus, the total number of anti-vibration mounts that are required to assemble an engine may be reduced. This may reduce the number of parts required and/or the time taken to assemble an engine or engine installation and/or reduce the total assembled weight and/or reduce the likelihood of errors occurring during assembly.
- Furthermore, components that are conventionally mounted to an engine without anti-vibration mounts (for example because of the weight and/or cost penalty), but which are now mounted to a rigid raft assembly, may benefit from vibration isolation without any weight/cost/assembly time penalty. This may reduce the possibility of damage occurring to such components and/or increase their service life. Such components may include, for example, ignitor boxes (used to provide high voltage power to engine ignitors), and pressure sensors/switches, for example for fluid systems such as oil, air, fuel, pneumatics and/or hydraulics.
- More generally, the use of one or more electrical raft assemblies may significantly reduce build time of an engine. For example, use of electrical raft assemblies may significantly reduce the part count involved in engine assembly compared with a conventional harness arrangement. The number and/or complexity of the operations required to assemble an engine (for example to assemble/install the electrical system (or network) and/or other peripheral components, which may be referred to in general as engine dressing) may be reduced. For example, rather than having to install/assemble a great number of wires and/or wiring looms together on the engine installation, it may only be necessary to attach a relatively small number of electrical rafts/electrical raft assemblies, which themselves may be straightforward to handle, position, secure and connect. Thus, use of electrical raft assemblies in a gas turbine installation may reduce assembly time and/or reduce the possibility of errors occurring during assembly.
- Use of electrical raft assemblies may provide significant advantages during maintenance, such as repair and overhaul. As discussed above, the electrical rafts may be particularly quick and straightforward to assemble. The same advantages discussed above in relation to assembly apply to disassembly/removal from the gas turbine engine. Thus, any repair/overhaul that requires removal of at least a part of the electrical harness may be simplified and/or speeded up through use of electrical rafts as at least a part of the electrical harness, for example compared with conventional harnesses. Use of electrical rafts (for example as part of one or more electrical raft assemblies) may allow maintenance procedures to be advantageously adapted. For example, some maintenance procedures may only require access to a certain portion of the gas turbine engine that only requires a part of the harness to be removed. It may be difficult and/or time consuming, or not even possible, to only remove the required part of a conventional harness from a gas turbine engine. However, it may be relatively straightforward to only remove the relevant electrical raft, for example by simply disconnecting it from the engine and any other electrical rafts/components to which it is connected. Decreasing maintenance times has the advantage of, for example, reducing out-of service times (for example off-wing times for engines that are used on aircraft).
- The build/assembly times may be additionally or alternatively reduced by pre-assembling and/or pre-testing individual and/or combinations of electrical rafts and/or electrical raft assemblies prior to engine assembly. This may allow the electrical and/or mechanical operation of the electrical rafts to be proven before installation, thereby reducing/eliminating the testing required during engine installation.
- Accordingly, there is provided (and aspects of the invention may be used with/as a part of) a method of servicing a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: removing a first rigid raft assembly from the gas turbine engine, the rigid raft assembly incorporating at least a part of at least one component or system of the gas turbine engine; and installing a second, pre-prepared, rigid raft assembly onto the gas turbine engine in place of the first raft assembly. The first and second rigid raft assemblies may comprise electrical rafts having electrical conductors embedded in a rigid material. The electrical conductors may be at least a part of an electrical system arranged to transfer electrical signals around the engine, and the first and second rigid raft assemblies may be electrical harness raft assemblies.
- The electrical rafts/electrical raft assemblies may be a particularly lightweight solution for transferring electrical signals around an engine. For example, an electrical raft may be lighter, for example significantly lighter, than a conventional harness required to transmit a given number of electrical signals. A plurality of conductors may be embedded in a single electrical raft, whereas in a conventional arrangement a large number of heavy, bulky wires, usually with insulating sleeves, would be required. The reduced weight may be particularly advantageous, for example, when used on gas turbine engines on aircraft.
- Electrical rafts may be more easily packaged and/or more compact, for example than conventional harnesses. Indeed, as mentioned above, the electrical rafts can be made into a very wide range of shapes as desired. This may be achieved, for example, by manufacturing the electrical rafts using a mould conforming to the desired shape. As such, each electrical raft may be shaped, for example, to turn through a tighter corner (or smaller bend radius) than a conventional harness. The electrical rafts may thus provide a particularly compact solution for transferring electrical signals around a gas turbine engine. The electrical rafts may be readily shaped to conform to neighbouring components/regions of a gas turbine engine, for example components/regions to which the particular electrical raft assembly is attached, such as a fan casing or a core casing.
- The electrical raft(s) may provide improved protection to the electrical conductors during manufacture/assembly of the raft/gas turbine installation, and/or during service/operation/maintenance of the gas turbine engine. This may result in lower maintenance costs, for example due to fewer damaged components requiring replacement/repair and/or due to the possibility of extending time intervals (or service intervals) between inspecting the electrical system, for example compared with a system using only conventional harnesses.
- Any suitable material may be used for the rigid material of the raft. For example, the rigid material may be a rigid composite material, for example an organic matrix composite. Such a rigid composite material may be particularly stiff and/or lightweight. Thus, a rigid composite raft may be used that has suitable mechanical properties, whilst being thin and lightweight, for example compared with some other materials. The rigid composite material may comprise any suitable combination of resin and fibre as desired for a particular application. For example, any of the resins and/or fibres described herein may be used to produce a rigid composite material for the electrical raft. Any suitable fibres may be used, for example carbon fibres, glass fibres, aramid fibres, and/or para-aramid fibres. The fibres may be of any type, such as woven and/or chopped. Any suitable resin may be used, for example epoxy, BMI (bismaleimide), PEEK (polyetheretherketone), PTFE (polytetraflouroethylene), PAEK (polyaryletherketone), polyurethane, and/or polyamides (such as nylon).
- In any example of electrical raft or electrical raft assembly, at least one of the electrical conductors embedded in the electrical raft may be an electrically conductive wire. The or each electrically conductive wire may be surrounded by an electrically insulating sleeve.
- At least some (for example a plurality) of the electrical conductors may be provided in a flexible printed circuit (FPC). Thus, at least some of the electrical conductors may be provided as electrically conductive tracks in a flexible substrate. The flexible printed circuit may be flexible before being embedded in the rigid material.
- Providing the electrical conductors as tracks in a flexible printed circuit may allow the size of the resulting electrical raft to be reduced further and/or substantially minimized. For example, many different electrical conductors may be laid into a flexible printed circuit in close proximity, thereby providing a compact structure. The flexible substrate of a single flexible printed circuit may provide electrical and/or mechanical protection/isolation to a large number of electrical conductors.
- Any given electrical raft may be provided with one or more electrical wires embedded therein (which may be sheathed) and/or one or more flexible printed circuits embedded therein. As such, a given electrical raft may have wires and flexible printed circuits laid therein.
- It will be appreciated that the embedded electrical conductors (whether they are provided as embedded electrical wires or as conductive tracks in a flexible printed circuit embedded in the rigid material) may be described as being fixed in position by the rigid material, for example relative to the rest of the electrical harness raft. It will also be appreciated that the embedded electrical conductors may be said to be surrounded by the rigid material and/or buried in the rigid material and/or integral with (or integrated into) the rigid material.
- An electrical raft (or electrical raft assembly) may comprise a fluid passage. Such a fluid passage may be embedded therein and/or otherwise provided thereto. The fluid passage may be part of a fluid system, such as a gas (for example pneumatic or cooling gas/air) and/or liquid (for example a fuel, hydraulic and/or lubricant liquid).
- Accordingly, there is provided (and aspects of the invention may be used with/as a part of) a rigid raft assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rigid raft assembly comprising a rigid material that carries at least a part of a first gas turbine engine system and at least a part of a second gas turbine engine system, wherein: the first gas turbine engine system is a fluid system that comprises at least one fluid passage that is at least partially embedded in the rigid raft assembly. The second gas turbine engine system may be an electrical system that comprises electrical conductors at least partially embedded in the rigid material.
- The electrical raft may comprise one or more electrical connectors or sockets, which may be electrically connected to at least one of the embedded electrical conductors. The electrical connector or socket may allow electrical connection of the electrical raft to other electrical components, for example to other electrical rafts (either directly or indirectly, via an electrical cable or lead) or to electrical units (again, either directly or indirectly, via an electrical cable or lead). Such an electrical connector or socket may take any suitable form, and may be at least partially embedded in the rigid electrical raft.
- The electrical raft (or electrical raft assembly) assembly may be a first engine installation component, and the gas turbine engine may further comprise a second engine installation component having electrical conductors. The first and second engine installation components may be part of an electrical system arranged to transfer electrical signals around the engine installation. The gas turbine engine may further comprise at least one flexible cable connected between the electrical raft assembly and the second engine installation component (which itself may be or comprise an electrical raft) so as to electrically connect electrical conductors of the electrical raft assembly with electrical conductors of the second engine installation component.
- The second engine installation component may be, for example, an ECU, such as an EMU or EEC. Additionally or alternatively, the second engine installation component may be a further electrical raft or electrical raft assembly.
- The environment of a gas turbine engine during operation may be particularly severe, with, for example, high levels of vibration and/or differential expansion between components as the temperature changes through operation and as the components move relative to each other. Providing at least one flexible cable to connect an electrical raft assembly to another component may allow the electrical rafts and/or components to accommodate vibration and/or relative movement, for example of the component(s)/assemblies to which they are attached/mounted during use. For example, the flexible cable(s) (where present) used to electrically connect electrical raft assemblies to other component(s) may have sufficient length to accommodate such vibration and/or movement during use.
- For example, providing separate (for example more than one) electrical raft assemblies and connecting at least some (for example at least two) of them together using at least one flexible cable may allow the electrical rafts to accommodate vibration and/or relative movement of the component(s)/assemblies to which they are attached/mounted during use.
- The electrical signals transferred by the conductors in the electrical raft, and around the engine using the electrical rafts/raft assemblies may take any form. For example, the electrical signals may include, by way of non-limitative example, electrical power and/or electrical control/communication signals and/or any other type of transmission through an electrical conductor. Transmission of signals around the engine may mean transmission of signals between (to and/or from) any number of components/systems in the engine and/or components/system of a structure (such as an airframe) to which the gas turbine engine is (or is configured to be) connected/installed in. In other words, an electrical raft may be used to transfer/communicate any possible combination of electrical signals in any part of a gas turbine engine installation or a related (for example electrically and/or mechanically connected) structure/component/system.
- An electrical raft or raft assembly may be provided in any suitable location/position of the gas turbine engine, for example to a mounting structure at any suitable location. For example, the gas turbine engine may comprise a bypass flow duct formed between an engine core and an engine fan casing (the gas turbine engine may be a turbofan engine, for example); and the electrical raft assembly may form at least a part of a radially extending splitter (which may be referred to as a bifurcation) that extends across the bypass flow duct. In this way, an electrical raft (which may be referred to as a splitter electrical raft) may provide an electrical connection between a fan casing and an engine core. By way of further example, the electrical raft assembly may be attached to the engine core case or engine fan case, for example to a mounting structure on such cases.
- An electrical raft may be provided with at least one mount on which other components (for example auxiliary/ancillary components/systems) of the gas turbine engine are (or may be) mounted. The mount may be a bracket, for example a bespoke bracket for the component/system mounted thereon or a conventional/standard bracket. The electrical raft may provide a stable, regular and convenient platform on which to mount the various systems/components. The combination of the installed electrical raft assembly with components/systems mounted thereon may be much more compact and/or straightforward to assemble and/or have a greatly reduced number of component parts, for example compared with the corresponding conventional electrical harness and separately mounted components/systems.
- The mounts may be used to attach any component/system to an electrical raft (and thus to the engine) as required. For example, fluid pipes for transferring fluid around the engine may be mounted to the electrical rafts (for example mechanically mounted using a bracket), and thus to the engine. More than one set of fluid pipes, for example for carrying different or the same fluids, may be mounted on the same electrical raft.
- In a second aspect, the present invention provides a gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation (for example for an airframe) having a first component mounted to a second component by an anti-vibration mount according to the first aspect.
- The gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation may have any one or, to the extent that they are compatible, any combination of the following optional features.
- The first component may comprise an electrical raft having electrical conductors embedded in a rigid material. The rigid material may be a rigid composite material.
- Such an electrical raft may be part of an electrical raft assembly that has a further engine component mounted thereon, as described elsewhere herein by way of example.
- Such an electrical raft may be part of an electrical system of the gas turbine engine or installation. The electrical system may comprise at least one other component, for example at least one other electrical raft or electrical raft assembly. The electrical system further may further comprise a flexible cable electrically connected between the electrical raft and another component of the electrical system.
- In a third aspect, the present invention provides the use of an anti-vibration mount according to the first aspect for mounting the first component to the second component.
- Further optional features of the invention are set out below.
- Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a gas turbine engine with a conventional harness; -
FIG. 2 shows a conventional anti-vibration mount; -
FIG. 3 shows a cross-section through a gas turbine engine having anti-vibration mounts in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a flexible printed circuit; -
FIG. 5 shows a side view of the flexible printed circuit ofFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 6 shows a schematic of an electrical raft prior to assembly; -
FIG. 7 shows a cross-section normal to the axial direction through a gas turbine engine having anti-vibration mounts in accordance with the present invention; and -
FIG. 8 shows (a) a plan view of an anti-vibration mount in accordance with the present invention, and (b) a cross-section along line Y-Y through the mount. - With reference to
FIG. 3 , a ducted fan gas turbine engine generally indicated at 10 has a principal and rotational axis X-X. Theengine 10 comprises, in axial flow series, an air intake 11, apropulsive fan 12, anintermediate pressure compressor 13, a high-pressure compressor 14,combustion equipment 15, a high-pressure turbine 16, andintermediate pressure turbine 17, a low-pressure turbine 18 and a coreengine exhaust nozzle 19. The engine also has abypass duct 22 and abypass exhaust nozzle 23. - The
gas turbine engine 10 works in a conventional manner so that air entering the intake 11 is accelerated by thefan 12 to produce two air flows: a first air flow A into theintermediate pressure compressor 13 and a second air flow B which passes through thebypass duct 22 to provide propulsive thrust. Theintermediate pressure compressor 13 compresses the air flow A directed into it before delivering that air to thehigh pressure compressor 14 where further compression takes place. - The compressed air exhausted from the high-
pressure compressor 14 is directed into thecombustion equipment 15 where it is mixed with fuel and the mixture combusted. The resultant hot combustion products then expand through, and thereby drive the high, intermediate and low-pressure turbines nozzle 19 to provide additional propulsive thrust. The high, intermediate and low-pressure turbines intermediate pressure compressors fan 12 by suitable interconnecting shafts. - The
gas turbine engine 10 shown inFIG. 3 shows twoelectrical raft assemblies 600 mounted to the engine with anti-vibration mounts (discussed below with reference toFIG. 8 ). As such, thegas turbine engine 10 is in accordance with the present invention. Eachelectrical raft assembly 600 comprises anelectrical raft 200. Theelectrical rafts 200 may be used to transmit/transfer electrical signals (or electricity, including electrical power and/or electrical control signals) around the engine and/or to/from theengine 10 from other components, such as components of an airframe. The function and/or construction of eachelectrical raft 200 andelectrical raft assembly 600 may be as described above and elsewhere herein. - In
FIG. 3 , each electrical raft 200 (which may be referred to herein simply as araft 200 or an electrical harness raft 200) comprises at least oneelectrical conductor 252 embedded in arigid material 220, which may be a rigid composite material. - The
electrical conductors 252 in theelectrical raft 200 may be provided in aharness 250, which may be a flexible printed circuit board (or FPC) 250. - An example of an
FPC 250 in which theelectrical conductors 252 may be provided is shown in greater detail inFIGS. 4 and 5 .FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of theFPC 250, andFIG. 5 shows a side view. - Such an
FPC 250 may comprise a flexible (for example elastically deformable)substrate 255 withconductive tracks 252 laid/formed therein. TheFPC 250 may thus be deformable. TheFPC 250 may be described as a thin, elongate member and/or as a sheet-like member. Such a thin, elongate member may have a major surface defined by a length and a width, and a thickness normal to the major surface. In the example shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 , theFPC 250 may extend along a length in the x-direction, a width in the y-direction, and a thickness (or depth or height) in the z-direction. The x-direction may be defined as the axial direction of the FPC. Thus, the x-direction (and thus the z-direction) may change along the length of theFPC 250 as the FPC is deformed. This is illustrated inFIG. 5 . The x-y surface(s) (i.e. the surfaces formed by the x and y directions) may be said to be the major surface(s) of theFPC 250. In the example shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 , theFPC 250 is deformable at least in the z direction, i.e. in a direction perpendicular to the major surface. FPCs may be additionally of alternatively deformable about any other direction, and/or may be twisted about any one or more of the x, y, or z directions. - The
flexible substrate 255 may be a dielectric. The substrate material may be, by way of example only, polyamide. As will be readily apparent, other suitable substrate material could alternatively be used. - The
conductive tracks 252, which may be surrounded by thesubstrate 255, may be formed using any suitable conductive material, such as, by way of example only, copper, copper alloy, tin-plated copper (or tin-plated copper alloy), silver-plated copper (or silver-plated copper alloy), nickel-plated copper (or nickel-plated copper alloy) although other materials could alternatively be used. Theconductive tracks 252 may be used to conduct/transfer electrical signals (including electrical power and electrical control signals) through the rigid raft assembly (or assemblies) 200, for example around agas turbine engine 10 and/or to/from components of a gas turbine engine and/or an airframe attached to a gas turbine engine. - The size (for example the cross-sectional area) and/or the shape of the
conductive tracks 252 may depend on the signal(s) to be transmitted through the particularconductive track 252. Thus, the shape and/or size of the individualconductive tracks 252 may or may not be uniform in aFPC 250. - The example shown in
FIGS. 4 and 5 has sixconductive tracks 252 running through thesubstrate 255. However, the number ofconductive tracks 252 running through asubstrate 255 could be fewer than six, or greater than six, for example tens or hundreds of tracks, as required. As such, many electrical signals and/or power transmission lines may be incorporated into asingle FPC 250. - A
single FPC 250 may comprise one layer of tracks, or more than one layer of tracks, for example, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more than 10 layers of tracks. An FPC may comprise significantly more than 10 layers of tracks, for example at least an order of magnitude more layers of tracks. In this regard, a layer of tracks may be defined as being a series of tracks that extend in the same x-y surface. Thus, the example shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 comprises 2 layers of tracks, with each layer comprising 3 tracks 252. - An
electrical raft 200 may be manufactured using any suitable method. For example, therigid material 220 may initially be provided as layers of flexible material, such as (by way of example only) layers of fibre and resin compound. This flexible material may be placed into a mould, for example having a desired shape. Other components (such asfluid pipes 210 and/or theelectrical conductors 252, which may be embedded in a FPC 250) may also be placed into the mould, for example between layers of the flexible material from which therigid material 220 is ultimately formed. Parts of the mould may have any suitable form and/or construction, for example that could be readily removed when theelectrical raft 200 is formed into the desired shape. -
FIG. 6 shows components of an example of anelectrical raft 200 prior to one method of construction. Theelectrical conductors 252 are provided between two layers ofmaterial rigid material 220. Some of theelectrical conductors 252 are provided in anFPC 250. Thematerial composite material 220. In the example ofFIG. 6 , the fibre and resin compound is formed of a sheet of interwoven fibres, or strands. The strands inFIG. 6 extend in perpendicular directions, although the strands may extend in any one or more directions as required. The strands/fibres may be pre-impregnated (or “pre-pregged”) with the resin. - Prior to any treatment, both the first and
second layers electrical conductors 252 may be flexible, for example supple, pliable or malleable. As such, when thelayers electrical conductors 252 are placed together, they may be moulded, or formed, into any desired shape. For example, thelayers electrical conductors 252 may be placed into a mould (which may be of any suitable form, such as a glass or an aluminium mould) having the desired shape. The desired shape may be, for example, a shape that corresponds to (for example is offset from) a part of a gas turbine engine, such as, by way of example only, at least a part of a casing, such as an engine fan casing or engine core casing. This may enable the final raft to adopt shapes that are curved in two-dimensions or three-dimensions. - Any suitable method could be used to produce the
electrical raft 200. For example, the strands/fibres need not be pre-impregnated with the resin. Instead, the fibres/strands could be put into position (for example relative toelectrical conductors 252/FPC 250) in a dry state, and then the resin could be fed (or pumped) into the mould. Such a process may be referred to as a resin transfer method. In some constructions no fibre may be used at all in therigid material 220. -
FIG. 7 is a schematic showing a cross-section perpendicular to the direction X-X of a gas turbine engine comprisingelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G. Any one of the electrical raft assmblies 600A-600G may comprise any or all of the features of anelectrical raft assembly 600 as described above, for example. Thus, for example, any one of the electrical raft assemblies may comprise an electrical raft 200 (not labelled forraft assemblies 600E-600G for simplicity only) having electrical conductors 252 (not labelled inFIG. 7 for simplicity only) embedded therein. Some or all of theelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G (which may collectively be referred to as electrical raft assemblies 600) comprise a mounting fixture for attaching therespective assembly 600 to a mounting structure via an anti-vibration mount (discussed below with reference toFIG. 8 ) in accordance with the present invention. - The mounting structure is part of a
fan case 24 forelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600D, part of a bifurcation splitter that radially crosses abypass duct 22 forelectrical raft assemblies 600E and part of anengine core case 28 forelectrical raft assemblies electrical raft assembly 600 could be mounted in any suitable and/or desired location on a gas turbine engine. - In
FIG. 7 , twoelectrical raft assemblies electrical unit 300 mounted on the respectiveelectrical raft 200. However, any (or none) of theelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G may have anelectrical unit 300 mounted to the respectiveelectrical raft 200. - As mentioned herein, each of the
electrical rafts 200 associated with theelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G shown inFIG. 7 comprises one or moreelectrical conductors 252 embedded therein. However, any one or more of theelectrical rafts 200 may be replaced with a raft that does not compriseelectrical conductors 252. Such a raft would not be anelectrical raft 200, but may otherwise be as described elsewhere herein, for example it may be a rigid raft that may have components/systems (such as, by way of example only, fluid systems, such as pipes) mounted thereon and/or embedded therein. Thus, for example, a gas turbine engine in accordance with the present invention may have a combination ofelectrical rafts 200 and non-electrical rafts. - The arrangement of
electrical raft assemblies 600A-600G shown inFIG. 7 is by way of example only. Alternative arrangements, for example in terms of number, size, shape and/or positioning, ofelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G may be used. For example, there need not be seven electrical raft assemblies, the assemblies may or may not be connected together, and the rafts could be provided to (for example mounted on) any one or more components of the gas turbine engine. Purely by way of example only, connection betweenelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600D mounted on thefan casing 24 to theelectrical raft assemblies core casing 28 may be provided at least in part by means other than an additionalelectrical raft assembly 600E, for example using wire conductors with insulating sleeves. By way of further example, one or moreelectrical raft assemblies 600 may additionally or alternatively be provided to the nose cone, structural frames or elements within the engine (such as “A-frames”), the nacelle, the fan cowl doors, and/or any connector or mount between thegas turbine engine 10 and a connected structure (which may be at least a part of a structure in which thegas turbine engine 10 is installed), such as thepylon 500 between thegas turbine engine 10 and an airframe (not shown). - Any one or more of the electrical rafts of the
electrical raft assemblies 600A-600G may have afluid passage 210 embedded therein and/or provided thereto. Thefluid passage 210 may be part of a fluid system, such as a gas (for example pneumatic or cooling gas/air) and/or liquid (for example a fuel, hydraulic and/or lubricant liquid). In theFIG. 7 example, three of the electrical rafts (ofelectrical raft assemblies fluid passage 210 at least partially embedded therein. The electrical raft of assembly 6000 also has a fluid passage 285 (which may be for any fluid, such as those listed above in relation to embedded passage 210) mounted thereon. Such a mountedfluid passage 285 may be provided to any electrical raft, such as those ofelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G shown inFIG. 7 . Thefluid passages FIG. 7 may be oriented in an axial direction of theengine 10. However, fluid passages may be oriented in any direction, for example axial, radial, circumferential or a combination thereof. - Any of the
electrical raft assemblies 600A-600G (or the respectiveelectrical rafts 200 thereof) may have any combination of mechanical, electrical and/or fluid connections to one or more (for example 2, 3, 4, 5 or more than 5) other components/systems of thegas turbine engine 10 and/or the rest of thegas turbine engine 10. Examples of such connections are shown inFIG. 7 , and described below, but other connectors may be used. For example, electrical raft assemblies 600 (and/or non-electrical rafts) may be connected together (or to other components) using any combination of electrical, fluid and/or mechanical connectors. Thus, any of theconnections 290A/290B, 291-297 shown inFIG. 7 may be any combination of electrical, fluid and/or mechanical connection. Alternatively, electrical raft assemblies 600 (and/or non-electrical rafts) may be standalone, and thus may have no connection to other rafts or components. - A
connection 291 is shown between the electrical rafts of theassemblies connection 291 may comprise an electrical connection. Such an electrical connection may be flexible and may, for example, take the form of a flexible printed circuit such as the flexible printedcircuit 250 shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 . Such a flexible electrical connection may be used to electrically connect anyelectrical raft assembly 600 to any other component, such as anotherelectrical raft assembly 600. A connection 297 (which may be or comprise an electrical connection) is provided between the electrical raft of theassembly 600A and a part of an airframe, orairframe installation 500, which may, for example, be a pylon. Similarly, a fluid and/ormechanical connection 296 may additionally or alternatively be provided between theairframe 500 and another electrical raft of theassembly 600C. As shown inFIG. 7 , other electrical and/orfluid connections - A
direct connection assemblies FIG. 7 arrangement. Such adirect connection connector 290A provided on (for example embedded in) oneelectrical raft 200 connected to acomplimentary connector 290B provided on (for example embedded in) anotherelectrical raft 200. Such adirect connection electrical rafts assemblies - Where reference is made herein to a gas turbine engine, it will be appreciated that this term may include a gas turbine engine/gas turbine engine installation and optionally any peripheral components to which the gas turbine engine may be connected to or interact with and/or any connections/interfaces with surrounding components, which may include, for example, an airframe and/or components thereof. Such connections with an airframe, which are encompassed by the term “gas turbine engine” as used herein, include, but are not limited to, pylons and mountings and their respective connections. The gas turbine engine itself may be any type of gas turbine engine, including, but not limited to, a turbofan (bypass) gas turbine engine, turbojet, turboprop, ramjet, scramjet or open rotor gas turbine engine, and for any application, for example aircraft, industrial, and marine application.
Electrical raft assemblies 600 such as any of those described and/or claimed herein may be used as part of any apparatus, such as any vehicle, including land, sea, air and space vehicles, such as motor vehicles (including cars and busses), trains, boats, submarines, aircraft (including aeroplanes and helicopters) and spacecraft (including satellites and launch vehicles). - It will be appreciated that many alternative configurations and/or arrangements of
electrical raft assemblies 600 andgas turbine engines 10 comprisingelectrical raft assemblies 600 other than those described herein may fall within the scope of the invention. For example, alternative arrangements of electrical raft assemblies 600 (for example in terms of the arrangement, including number/shape/positioning/constructions, of mounting fixtures, the arrangement/shape/positioning/construction of theelectrical rafts 200, the type and/or positioning of components (if any) mounted to/embedded in theelectrical rafts 200, therigid material 220 and the electrical conductors 252) may fall within the scope of the invention and may be readily apparent to the skilled person from the disclosure provided herein. Alternative arrangements of connections (for example mechanical, electrical and/or fluid) between the electrical (or non-electrical) rafts and/or raft assemblies and between the electrical (or non-electrical) rafts or raft assemblies and other components may fall within the scope of the invention and may be readily apparent to the skilled person from the disclosure provided herein. Furthermore, any feature described and/or claimed herein may be combined with any other compatible feature described in relation to the same or another embodiment. -
FIG. 8 shows (a) a plan view of an anti-vibration mount in accordance with the present invention, and (b) a cross-section along line Y-Y through the mount. The mount attaches a mountingfixture portion 710 of one of theelectrical raft assemblies 600A-600G to a respective mounting structure 700 (shown schematically inFIG. 7 ) of the engine. The mounting fixture portion can be a planar region of the raft assembly containing a though-hole 712. The mountingstructure 700 can be a part of the engine, for example a flange extending from the respective part of the engine, e.g. thefan casing 24 orcore casing 28. - The anti-vibration mount has an elastomeric (e.g. rubber) body which is formed in two parts. The
first part 714 a is positioned on one side of theplanar region 710, with aprojection 716 in the centre of the part extending through the through-hole 712. Thesecond part 714 b is positioned on the other side of theplanar region 710 with theprojection 716 fitting into amatching cavity 718 formed at the centre of the second part. The first and second parts thus form a slot-shapedrecess 720 in which theplanar region 710 is received. - The anti-vibration mount also has a pair of, typically metal,
brackets 722 a, b which fit to respectively the outer surface of thefirst part 714 a of the elastomeric body and the outer surface of thesecond part 714 b of the body to sandwich the part of theplanar region 710 received in theslot 720 therebetween. A number of bolts 724 (for example four are shown inFIG. 8( a)), or other suitable fasteners, extend between the brackets through the through-hole 712 and within matching passages formed in thefirst part 714 a of the elastomeric body. - The bolts are tightened to apply a clamping pressure across the brackets and thereby compress the elastomeric body to secure the
planar region 710 in theslot 720. - One of the
brackets 722 a has a joiningplate 726 extending therefrom which is attachable via abolt 728 to theengine mounting structure 700. - The mount is thus rigidly and strongly attached to the engine while the raft or raft assembly is in turn attached to the mount in a manner which allows the elastomeric body to reduce (or substantially eliminate) the amount of vibration being passed from the engine to the raft assembly.
- To prevent rubbing damage to the raft assembly at the interfaces between the
planar region 710 and theparts 714 a, b of the elastomeric body, interlayers (not shown inFIG. 8( b)) may be located in therecess 720 at the interfaces of the planar region and the elastomeric body. For example, these interlayers may be formed of GFRP. - Advantageously, the anti-vibration mount does not require the
parts 714 a, b of the elastomeric body to be chemically bonded to thebrackets 722 a, b. The mount can be straightforwardly assembled by joining thelower bracket 722 a to theengine mounting structure 700, placing thefirst part 714 a on the lower bracket, positioning the raft assembly so that the through-hole 712 sits over theprojection 716, fitting thesecond part 714 b onto the projection, locating theupper bracket 722 b, and then fitting and tightening thebolts 724. - Optionally, one of the
brackets 722 a, b may be integral with the mountingstructure 710. Alternatively, both thelower bracket 722 a and theupper bracket 722 b may be separate from the mountingstructure 710, with at least one of thebrackets 722 a, b being connectable to the mountingstructure 710. - While the invention has been described in conjunction with the exemplary embodiments described above, many equivalent modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art when given this disclosure. For example, although described above in relation to the mounting of electrical raft assemblies to a gas turbine engine, the anti-vibration mount can be used to mount other components, such as electrical control units, to the engine, or indeed to mount any two components together where vibration isolation is desirable. Possible fields of application are thus aerospace, marine or automotive vehicles and machine tools. Accordingly, the exemplary embodiments of the invention set forth above are considered to be illustrative and not limiting. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. An anti-vibration mount for mounting a first component to a second component, the mount having:
an elastomeric body which provides a recess into which the first component is received;
a pair of brackets which fit to opposing sides of the elastomeric body sandwiching the first component received in the recess therebetween, at least one of the brackets being arranged to connect the anti-vibration mount and second component together; and
a clamping arrangement which applies clamping pressure across the brackets and thereby compresses the elastomeric body to secure the first component in the recess.
2. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric body is in two parts which are separable from each other when the clamping pressure is removed, the first part providing one of the opposing sides of the elastomeric body and one side of the recess and the second part providing the other opposing side of the elastomeric body and an opposing side of the recess.
3. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 2 , wherein the first component has a through-hole and the first part has a projection which extends through the through-hole and is received in a matching cavity formed in the second part.
4. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is planar and the recess is a slot.
5. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second components are gas turbine engine components.
6. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a rigid raft assembly.
7. An anti-vibration mount according to claim 5 , wherein the first component is an engine control unit.
8. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation having a first component mounted to a second component by an anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 , the first and second components being gas turbine engine components.
9. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation having a first component mounted to a second component by an anti-vibration mount according to claim 2 , the first and second components being gas turbine engine components.
10. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation according to claim 8 , wherein the first component comprises an electrical raft having electrical conductors embedded in a rigid material.
11. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation according to claim 10 , wherein the rigid material is a rigid composite material.
12. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation according to claim 10 , wherein the electrical raft is part of an electrical raft assembly that has a further engine component mounted thereon.
13. A gas turbine engine or gas turbine engine installation according to claim 10 , wherein:
the electrical raft is part of an electrical system of the gas turbine engine; and
the electrical system further comprises a flexible cable electrically connected between the electrical raft and another component of the electrical system.
14. A method for mounting the first component to the second component, wherein the first component is mounted to the second component by the anti-vibration mount according to claim 1 .
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