DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AIR INTAKE FLAPS USING A MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR

• Main Authors: KLONOWSKI, Thomas, MOUTAUX, Antoine, VONFELT, Jean-Julien, Camille
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.09.2020
• Subjects: BEARINGS; BLASTING; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; STEAM ENGINES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

An electric actuator for inlet guide vanes of a gas turbine engine, the electric actuator including a fixed portion secured to a stationary portion of the engine and a movable portion that is mechanically connected to the inlet guide vanes, stationary electromagnets distributed at regular intervals around the periphery of the movable portion and fastened to the fixed portion, and movable electromagnets arranged between the stationary electromagnets, each movable electromagnet being secured on either side to first and second piezoelectric elements, the movable electromagnets and the first and second piezoelectric elements having a degree of freedom of movement relative to the movable portion and having inside faces forming a common line of contact that is tangential to the movable portion.