Invention Application
- Patent Title: Geared Architecture for High Speed and Small Volume Fan Drive Turbine
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Application No.: US17342100Application Date: 2021-06-08
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Publication No.: US20210301765A1Publication Date: 2021-09-30
- Inventor: Michael E. McCune , Jason Husband , Frederick M. Schwarz , Daniel Bernard Kupratis , Gabriel L. Suciu , William K. Ackermann
- Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Main IPC: F02K3/06
- IPC: F02K3/06 ; F02C3/107 ; F02C7/36

Abstract:
A turbofan engine includes a fan section that drives air along a bypass flow path in a bypass duct. An epicyclic gear system in driving engagement with the fan shaft and has a gear mesh lateral stiffness and a gear mesh transverse stiffness. A gear system input to the gear system defines a gear system input lateral stiffness and a gear system input transverse stiffness. The gear system input lateral stiffness is less than 5% of the gear mesh lateral stiffness. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of a first speed squared and a first area and a second performance quantity is defined as the product of a second speed squared and a second area. A performance quantity ratio of a first performance quantity to a second performance quantity is between 0.5 and 1.5.
Public/Granted literature
- US11635043B2 Geared architecture for high speed and small volume fan drive turbine Public/Granted day:2023-04-25
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