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公开(公告)号:US10669947B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-02
申请号:US15206434
申请日:2016-07-11
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section that includes a fan rotatable about an engine axis. A compressor section includes a low pressure compressor rotatable about the engine axis. A turbine section includes a fan drive turbine for driving the fan and the low pressure compressor. A speed reduction device connects the fan drive turbine to the fan and the low pressure compressor. The speed reduction device includes a sun gear driven by an inner shaft. A plurality of intermediate gears surround the sun gear. A carrier supports the plurality of intermediate gears for driving the low pressure compressor. A ring gear is located radially outward from the intermediate gears and includes a forward portion for driving a fan drive shaft and an aft portion.
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公开(公告)号:US10578018B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US15358267
申请日:2016-11-22
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz , William G. Sheridan
IPC: F02K3/00 , F02C7/06 , F02K1/09 , F02C7/36 , F02C3/107 , F02K3/04 , F01D5/02 , F01D9/06 , F01D17/10 , F02C3/06 , F02C3/10 , F04D29/32 , F01D5/06 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/28 , F02C9/18 , F02K1/06 , F02K3/06 , F04D29/38 , F16H1/28
Abstract: A turbofan engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan having a plurality of blades, and a transmission is configured to drive the fan. The fan blades have a peak tip radius RT. The fan blades have an inboard leading edge radius RH at an inboard boundary of the flowpath. A ratio of RH to RT is less than about 0.40.
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公开(公告)号:US20200056498A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-20
申请号:US16663498
申请日:2019-10-25
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A gear system for a geared turbofan engine is disclosed. The gear system includes a sun gear driven by a low spool shaft. The sun gear defines a sun gear diameter. A rotating carrier drives a fan. The carrier defines an outer carrier diameter and an inner carrier diameter. A non-rotating ring gear is also included. The ring gear defines a ring gear diameter and the ring gear diameter is smaller than the outer carrier diameter. A set of planet gears are mounted on corresponding rolling element bearing assemblies. Each roller element bearing assembly is supported within the carrier within a space defined between the carrier outer diameter and the carrier inner diameter. Each of the sun gear, ring gear and planet gears are substantially centered along a gearbox centerline transverse to an engine longitudinal axis and the gear system provides a speed reduction ratio between an input to the sun gear and an output from the carrier between 3:1 and 5:1. A method of creating a gear system for a geared turbofan engine and a geared turbofan system are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10563576B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-18
申请号:US15828510
申请日:2017-12-01
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan , Michael E. McCune
Abstract: A turbofan engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan delivering air into a bypass duct and into a core engine, a fan drive gear system having a gear carrier, and a fan shaft coupling the fan drive gear system to the fan. The core engine includes a low spool including a low pressure turbine and a low pressure shaft, and a high spool including a high pressure turbine, a compressor, and a high pressure shaft coupling the high pressure turbine to the compressor. A first bearing is forward of the fan drive gear system, and supporting said fan shaft and said fan drive gear system, and a second bearing is aft of the fan drive gear system, and supporting the fan drive gear system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200032715A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16436569
申请日:2019-06-10
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz , William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A turbofan engine includes a geared architecture for driving a fan about an axis. The geared architecture includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a plurality of planet gears driven by the sun gear and a ring gear circumscribing the plurality of planet gears. A carrier supports the plurality of planet gears. The geared architecture includes a power transfer parameter (PTP) defined as power transferred through the geared architecture divided by gear volume multiplied by a gear reduction ratio and is between 219 and 328.
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公开(公告)号:US10526976B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15498764
申请日:2017-04-27
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Gabriel L. Suciu , Hung Duong , Jonathan F. Zimmitti , William G. Sheridan , Michael E. McCune , Brian Merry
IPC: F02C7/36
Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a high speed spool and a low speed spool. A low speed power takeoff is driven by the low speed spool and a high speed power takeoff is driven by the high speed spool. The low speed power takeoff drives a plurality of low speed driven accessories about low speed spool drive axes and the high speed power takeoff drives a plurality of high speed driven accessories about high speed spool drive axes. The low speed spool drive axes are generally tangential to an envelope defined about a center axis of the engine, and the high speed spool drive axes are generally tangential to an envelope defined about the center.
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公开(公告)号:US10526909B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15109910
申请日:2015-01-02
Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Inventor: Michael E. McCune , William G. Sheridan , William P. Ogden
Abstract: A journal support pin to support intermediate gears for use in gas turbine engine comprises a titanium body, and an outer surface outside of the titanium body having a surface hardness that is harder than the body. A gas turbine engine and a method of forming a journal support pin to support intermediate gears for use in gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10378440B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-13
申请号:US15105135
申请日:2014-11-25
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A disclosed gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a hub supporting a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis, and a bearing assembly supporting rotation of the hub about the axis. A compressor section is in fluid communication with a combustor and a turbine is in fluid communication with the compressor section. A speed reduction device driven by the turbine section for rotating the fan about the axis is mounted forward of the bearing assembly supporting rotation of the hub.
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公开(公告)号:US10287917B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US14785872
申请日:2014-04-29
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz , William G. Sheridan
IPC: F02C7/36 , F01D25/24 , F02K3/06 , F16H1/28 , F02C3/107 , F01D5/02 , F01D5/12 , F01D17/10 , F04D29/32
Abstract: A turbofan engine includes a geared architecture for driving a fan about an axis. The geared architecture includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a plurality of planet gears driven by the sun gear and a ring gear circumscribing the plurality of planet gears. A carrier supports the plurality of planet gears. The geared architecture includes a power transfer parameter (PTP) defined as power transferred through the geared architecture divided by gear volume multiplied by a gear reduction ratio and is between about 430 and 645.
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公开(公告)号:US10280843B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-07
申请号:US14633244
申请日:2015-02-27
Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a fan hub. A speed reduction device includes a star gear system. A turbine section is connected to the fan section through the speed reduction device. A first fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub is connected forward of the speed reduction device. A second fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub is connected aft of the speed reduction device. A first outer race of the first fan bearing is attached to the fan hub.
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