Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTRIC ENHANCED TRANSMISSION FOR MULTI-SPOOL LOAD-SHARING TURBOFAN ENGINE
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Application No.: US17492114Application Date: 2021-10-01
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Publication No.: US20220205394A1Publication Date: 2022-06-30
- Inventor: Daniel Bernard Kupratis , Coy Bruce Wood
- 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: F02C7/36
- IPC: F02C7/36 ; F01D15/12 ; F01D25/36 ; F02C7/275 ; F02K3/06 ; F16H3/72 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K16/02

Abstract:
A turbofan engine includes a first spool including a first turbine, and a first tower shaft engaged to the first spool. A second spool includes a second turbine, and a second tower shaft is engaged to the second spool. A superposition gearbox includes a sun gear, a plurality of intermediate gears engaged to the sun gear, and is supported in a carrier and a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears. The first tower shaft or the second tower shaft drives one of the intermediate gears. A drive motor is engaged to drive the sun gear, an inner electric motor, a stator disposed radially outside of the inner electric motor, and an outer electric motor disposed radially outside the stator. A first load on the first spool and a second load on the second spool is adjusted by operation of at least one of the inner electric motor and the outer electric motor.
Public/Granted literature
- US12065973B2 Electric enhanced transmission for multi-spool load-sharing turbofan engine Public/Granted day:2024-08-20
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