Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Midshaft rating for turbomachine engines
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Application No.: US18058034Application Date: 2022-11-22
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Publication No.: US11808214B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Narayanan Payyoor , Weize Kang , Brandon W. Miller , Bugra Ertas , Andrea Piazza
- Applicant: General Electric Company , GE Avio S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,GE AVIO S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,GE AVIO S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady; IT Rivalta di Turin
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Peter T. Hrubiec; Michele V. Frank
- Main IPC: F02C7/36
- IPC: F02C7/36 ; F02C7/06

Abstract:
A turbomachine engine includes a fan section having a fan shaft, and a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine includes a low-speed shaft coupled to the power turbine and having a midshaft that extends from a forward bearing to an aft bearing. The low-speed shaft is characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. The low-speed shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine includes a gearbox assembly that couples the fan shaft to the low-speed shaft and characterized by a gearbox assembly mode less than 95% of a midshaft mode of the midshaft or greater than 105% of the midshaft mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230212987A1 MIDSHAFT RATING FOR TURBOMACHINE ENGINES Public/Granted day:2023-07-06
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