发明申请
- 专利标题: TURBOFAN ENGINE BEARING AND GEARBOX ARRANGEMENT
- 专利标题(中): 涡轮发动机轴承和齿轮架布置
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申请号: PCT/US2014/026950申请日: 2014-03-14
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公开(公告)号: WO2014152101A1公开(公告)日: 2014-09-25
- 发明人: SCHWARZ, Frederick, M. , SHERIDAN, William, G.
- 申请人: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- 申请人地址: One Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 US
- 专利权人: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- 当前专利权人: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- 当前专利权人地址: One Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 US
- 代理机构: SLATE, William, B.
- 优先权: US61/793,760 20130315
- 主分类号: F02K3/06
- IPC分类号: F02K3/06 ; F02C7/06 ; F02C7/32 ; F01D25/16 ; F04D29/046 ; F16H1/28
摘要:
A turbofan engine (300; 600; 700) comprising a fan shaft (120) configured to rotate about an axis (500) of the engine. A fan drive gear system (60) is configured to drive the fan shaft. The fan drive gear system has a centerplane (540). A first spool comprises a high pressure turbine (326) and a high pressure compressor (324). A second spool comprises an intermediate pressure turbine (328), a lower pressure compressor, and a shaft (334) coupling the lower pressure turbine to the intermediate pressure compressor. A third spool comprises a lower pressure turbine (330) coupled to the fan drive gear system to drive the fan. The engine has a plurality of main bearings. The turbofan engine has a single stage fan. Of the main bearings, at least one is a shaft engaging bearing engaging a driving shaft (336) coupled to the fan drive gear system. A closest (340; 640) of the shaft engaging bearings engaging the driving shaft behind the fan drive gear system has a centerplane (550) and a characteristic radius (R B ). The half angle (θ) of a virtual cone (530) intersecting the core flowpath inboard boundary at the gear system centerplane (540) and said closest of the shaft engaging bearings at the characteristic radius (R B ) is greater than about 32°. A hub to tip ratio (H R :F R ) of the fan is less than about 0.38.