Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft hybrid propulsion system
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Application No.: US17098758Application Date: 2020-11-16
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Publication No.: US11891184B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Gideon Daniel Venter , Giles E Harvey
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc , ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc,ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc,ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
- Current Assignee Address: GB London; DE Dahlewitz
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB 18282 2019.12.12
- Main IPC: B64D27/02
- IPC: B64D27/02 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D27/24 ; F02C6/20 ; F02C7/36 ; H02K7/108 ; H02K7/116 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K7/20 ; H02K11/00 ; F16D7/00 ; F16H57/02

Abstract:
An aircraft hybrid propulsion system (5) comprises an internal combustion engine (10) comprising a main drive shaft (24), an electric machine (28) comprising an electric machine rotor (78), a propulsor (12) mounted to a propulsor shaft (62), and a clutch arrangement configured to selectively couple each of the gas turbine engine main drive shaft (24) and electric machine rotor (78) to the propulsor drive shaft (62). The electric machine rotor (78) is mounted coaxially with the main drive shaft (24) and the clutch arrangement comprises a first overrunning clutch (52) configured to couple the main drive shaft (24) to the propulsor drive shaft (62), and a second overrunning clutch (54) configured to couple the electric machine rotor (78) to the propulsor drive shaft (62).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210179282A1 AIRCRAFT HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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