Patent ID: 8646744

Claim:
A structural frame, an intermediate frame, or an exhaust frame, for a turbomachine, comprising: inner and outer coaxial rings; and radial arms interconnecting the rings, each of the radial arms comprising a soleplate at an end of the radial arm, the soleplate extending circumferentially and including first and second radial flanges disposed at first and second circumferential ends of the soleplate and extending axially from an upstream end to a downstream end of the sole plate, an upstream wall disposed at an upstream end of the soleplate and extending circumferentially from the first circumferential end to the second circumferential end, and a downstream wall disposed at a downstream end of the soleplate and extending circumferentially from the first circumferential end to the second circumferential end, wherein at least one of the rings includes a plurality of cylinder portions extending circumferentially and having circumferential ends that include radial flanges that are fastened by bolting to corresponding radial flanges of the soleplate of each of the radial arms, and wherein a circumferential distance between the first and second circumferential ends of each soleplate is less than a circumferential distance between the circumferential ends of each cylinder portion.