Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for connecting fan rotor to low pressure turbine rotor
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Application No.: US15832814Application Date: 2017-12-06
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Publication No.: US11261753B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Nitesh Jain , Saurabh Sanjay Rasal
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Elizabeth C. G. Gitlin; Michele V. Frank
- Main IPC: F01D21/08
- IPC: F01D21/08 ; F02K3/06 ; F02C7/36 ; F01D25/16 ; F16D3/18 ; F16D1/10 ; F02C3/107 ; F02C7/06

Abstract:
A rotor assembly includes a fan rotor shaft coupled to a fan rotor, a low pressure turbine rotor shaft coupled to a low pressure turbine rotor, and a joint device configured to connect the fan rotor shaft to the low pressure turbine rotor shaft, to allow torsion, shear and bending to be transferred between the fan rotor shaft and the low pressure turbine rotor shaft under normal operation, and allow torsion and shear but prevent bending to be transferred between the fan rotor shaft and the low pressure turbine rotor shaft under a fan blade-out event.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190170012A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONNECTING FAN ROTOR TO LOW PRESSURE TURBINE ROTOR Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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