Invention Publication
- Patent Title: GEARED ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH SPEED AND SMALL VOLUME FAN DRIVE TURBINE
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Application No.: US18130539Application Date: 2023-04-04
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Publication No.: US20230235715A1Publication Date: 2023-07-27
- 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 propulsor section that has a propulsor shaft in driving engagement with a propulsor. An epicyclic gear system has a gear mesh lateral stiffness and a gear mesh transverse stiffness. A gear system input 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 turbine section rotates at a first speed, and a second turbine rotates at a second speed that is faster than the first speed. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area of the first turbine, a second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area of the second turbine, and a performance quantity ratio is between 0.5 and 1.5.
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