Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reliable gearbox for gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US17244208Application Date: 2021-04-29
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Publication No.: US11378015B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Mark Spruce
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1917781 20191205
- Main IPC: F02C7/36
- IPC: F02C7/36 ; F16H1/28

Abstract:
An engine for an aircraft has an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan having a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox. The gearbox is arranged to receive an input from a gearbox input shaft portion of the core shaft and to output drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox and has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. The planet carrier and the gearbox support each have a torsional stiffness, and a carrier to gearbox support torsional stiffness ratio is greater than or equal to 2.3.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210254555A1 RELIABLE GEARBOX FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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