SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING MULTI-ENGINE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230175436A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US17540576

    申请日:2021-12-02

    摘要: There is described a method of operating a multi-engine system of an helicopter. The multi-engine system has a first turboshaft engine having a first shaft, a second turboshaft engine having a second shaft, a gearbox having a clutch system, and a range of rotation speeds defined as a placarded zone. The method generally has rotating the first shaft at a flight rotation speed when clutched and rotating the second shaft at a first idle rotation speed when unclutched, the first idle rotation speed above the placarded zone; decreasing a rotation speed of the first shaft from the flight rotation speed to a given rotation speed within the placarded zone; decreasing a rotation speed of the second shaft to the given rotation speed; clutching the second shaft; and decreasing the rotation speeds of the first and second shafts to a second idle rotation speed below the placarded zone.

    DRIVE SHAFT WITH INCREASED BALLISTIC TOLERANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230002039A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17367085

    申请日:2021-07-02

    IPC分类号: B64C27/12 B64D7/00 F16C3/02

    摘要: An aircraft drive shaft including an outer shaft having a first diameter configured to couple a first gearbox and a second gearbox to provide power transfer between the two gearboxes, an inner shaft concentric with the outer shaft and having a second diameter configured to provide structural support to the outer shaft, a gap defined between an outer peripheral surface of the inner shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the outer shaft, wherein the gap is sized according to a ballistic projectile cross-section size that the aircraft is considered to encounter on an upcoming mission, and a sleeve located at least at first end of the outer shaft connecting the outer shaft to the inner shaft.

    SUPPLEMENTAL ENGINE POWER CONTROL
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220396353A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17342963

    申请日:2021-06-09

    申请人: Bell Textron Inc.

    IPC分类号: B64C27/12 B64D35/08

    摘要: A rotorcraft has a drive system including a main rotor coupled to a main rotor gearbox to rotate the main rotor at a rotor speed, a main engine coupled to the drive system to provide a first power, a supplemental engine coupled, when a first clutch is engaged, to the drive system to provide a second power additive to the first power, and a control system operable to control the main engine and the supplemental engine to provide a total power demand, where the main engine is controlled based on variations in rotor speed and a power compensation command to produce the first power, and the supplemental engine is controlled to produce the second power in response to a supplemental power demand.

    PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A HELICOPTER
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220388673A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17769939

    申请日:2020-10-15

    IPC分类号: B64D35/08 B64C27/12 B64D27/24

    摘要: A propulsion system (1) for a helicopter, comprising a turboshaft engine (2) with a linked turbine and an electric machine (3) capable of operating as an electric motor, the turboshaft engine (2) and the electric machine (3) being capable of driving in rotation at least one main rotor (5) intended to be coupled to a rotating wing (6) characterised in that it comprises means of coupling and decoupling (14) in rotation between a rotor (3a) of the electric machine (3) and a rotor (2a) of the turboshaft engine (2), the means of coupling and decoupling (14) being capable of allowing the rotor (2a) of the turboshaft engine (2) to be driven in rotation with the aid of the electric machine (3), in a first state of the propulsion system (1), and capable of allowing the rotor (2a) of the turboshaft engine (2) and the rotor (3a) of the electric machine (3) to be decoupled in rotation, in a second state of the propulsion system (1).

    Coaxial split torque gear box
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11498670B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US15580771

    申请日:2016-08-02

    摘要: A gearbox system includes a first drive gear rotatable about an axis of rotation and a second drive gear disposed coaxial with the first drive gear and rotatable about the axis of rotation. An input shaft provides a first torque and includes an input gear. Driving pinions are operably connected to the input gear and positioned between the first drive gear and the second drive gear compliantly along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. Each driving pinion drives the first drive gear in a first direction about the axis of rotation and drives the second drive gear in a second direction opposite the first direction about the axis of rotation. Each driving pinion transfers an equal second torque to the first drive gear and the second drive gear.

    LOCKING FINGER FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20220315203A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17597316

    申请日:2020-07-02

    IPC分类号: B64C11/02 B64C27/12

    摘要: Aircraft comprising a primary propeller driven in rotation by a motor, the motor having a first assembly and a second assembly movable in rotation relative to each other along an axis of rotation, the primary propeller being secured in rotation to one of said first assembly and second assembly, the first assembly and the second assembly being movable in translation relative to each other along a direction of translation defined by the axis of rotation, between a rest position and a service position, characterized in that said aircraft comprises a locking system, comprising a housing and an indexing element, the housing being formed in one among the first assembly and the second assembly, the indexing element being secured to the other among the first assembly and the second assembly, the locking system having an engaged configuration in which the indexing element is at least partially inserted into the housing.