Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engines with internally stretched tie shafts
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Application No.: US14614904Application Date: 2015-02-05
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Publication No.: US09896938B2Publication Date: 2018-02-20
- Inventor: Bradley Reed Tucker , Cristopher Frost , Clay Johnstun , Mike O'Brien
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/24
- IPC: F01D25/24 ; F01D5/06 ; F01D5/00 ; F04D29/32 ; F01D5/02

Abstract:
A tie shaft for a rotating group of an engine core includes a cylindrical body having an internal surface and an external surface and extending between a forward end and an aft end. The tie shaft further includes a first group of internal grooves on the internal surface of the cylindrical body proximate to the forward end and a second group of internal grooves on the internal surface of the cylindrical body proximate to the aft end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160230560A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH INTERNALLY STRETCHED TIE SHAFTS Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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