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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Safran Aircraft Engines, Paris, FR;
Huguette De Wergifosse, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Caroline Marie Frantz, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a mechanism for changing the pitch of a propeller of a turbine engine, the mechanism comprising an electrohydraulic actuator that comprises: —an electric machine comprising a rotatable actuator shaft; —a pumping assembly comprising two hydraulic axial piston pumps, each comprising: o a barrel housed in a cavity filled with hydraulic fluid; o a set of cylinders formed in the barrel, each cylinder housing a translatable piston and comprising an inlet port and a delivery port; o and an inclined plate, the plate of a first pump comprising a crescent-shaped inlet port for circulating the hydraulic fluid when the plate is rotated in a first direction, and the plate of a second pump comprising a crescent-shaped inlet port for circulating the hydraulic fluid when the plate is rotated in a second direction.