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公开(公告)号:US11536204B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-27
申请号:US17532085
申请日:2021-11-22
Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Inventor: William G. Sheridan , Michael E. McCune
Abstract: A method of assembling a gear system for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes the steps of providing a unitary carrier, positioning baffles between side walls of the carrier such that an end of each of the baffles abuts a respective mount of the carrier, inserting intermediate gears through a central opening of the carrier, and then moving the intermediate gears radially outwardly into respective gear pockets of the carrier, inserting a sun gear through the central opening, moving the intermediate gears radially inwardly to engage the sun gear, coupling a shaft to the carrier, including attaching a torque frame to the carrier such that the torque frame interconnects the carrier and the shaft, placing first and second ring gear halves of a ring gear onto an outer periphery of the intermediate gears, and fixedly attaching the ring gear to an engine static structure. A gear system is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11536203B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-27
申请号:US17480503
申请日:2021-09-21
Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Inventor: William G. Sheridan , John R. Otto
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan, a fan shaft coupled with the fan and arranged along an engine central axis, and a frame supporting the fan shaft. The frame defines a lateral frame stiffness (LFS). A non-rotatable flexible coupling and a rotatable flexible coupling support an epicyclic gear system. The couplings are subject to a Motion II of cantilever beam free end motion with respect to the engine central axis. The non-rotatable and the rotatable flexible couplings each have a stiffness of a common stiffness type under a common type of motion. The common stiffness type is a Stiffness B and the common type of motion is the Motion II. The Stiffness B of the rotatable flexible coupling is greater than the stiffness B of the non-rotatable flexible coupling, and a ratio of LFS/Stiffness B of the non-rotatable flexible coupling is in a range of 10-40.
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公开(公告)号:US11506084B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-22
申请号:US17337658
申请日:2021-06-03
Applicant: RAYTHEON 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 gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan hub and an outer housing, the fan hub including a hub diameter supporting a plurality of fan blades, a turbine section including a fan drive turbine, and a geared architecture that interconnects the fan drive turbine and the fan hub, the geared architecture including a gear volume.
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公开(公告)号:US20220074350A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17527542
申请日:2021-11-16
Applicant: Raytheon 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220025823A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US17493002
申请日:2021-10-04
Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Daniel Bernard Kupratis , Christopher J. Hanlon , William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes among other possible things, a fan section including a plurality of fan blades, a first electric motor assembly that provides a first drive input for driving the fan blades about an axis, a turbine section, and a geared architecture driven by the turbine section and coupled to the fan section to provide a second drive input for driving the fan blades, and second electric motor assembly is coupled to rotate the geared architecture relative to a fixed structure controls a speed of the fan blades provided by a combination of the first drive input and the second drive input.
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公开(公告)号:US11203974B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-21
申请号:US16663537
申请日:2019-10-25
Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a fan drive turbine, a fan rotor, and a gear reduction driven by the fan drive turbine to, in turn, drive the gear architecture. A main oil supply system supplies oil to components within the gear reduction, and an auxiliary oil supply system. The auxiliary oil system operates to ensure that the gear reduction will be adequately supplied with lubricant for at least 30 seconds at power should the main oil supply system fail.
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公开(公告)号:US20210381442A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US17408607
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Inventor: William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine includes a gear system that provides a speed reduction between a fan drive turbine and a fan and a mount flexibly supporting portions of the gear system. A lubrication system supporting the fan drive gear system provides lubricant to the gear system and removes thermal energy produced by the gear system. The lubrication system includes a capacity for removing thermal energy equal to less than about 2% of power input into the gear system.
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公开(公告)号:US20210341049A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US17365220
申请日:2021-07-01
Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Inventor: William G. Sheridan , Michael E. McCune
Abstract: A method of assembling an epicyclic gear train includes positioning a carrier, the carrier being a unitary structure with side walls and mounts unitary with one another, inserting intermediate gears through a central opening of the carrier, moving each of the intermediate gears into intermediate gear pockets, inserting baffles into the carrier, inserting a sun gear through the central opening, and moving the intermediate gears to intermesh with the sun gear, and moving a ring gear into engagement with the intermediate gears.
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公开(公告)号:US20210293154A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17337658
申请日:2021-06-03
Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz , William G. Sheridan
Abstract: A turbofan gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan hub and an outer housing, the fan hub including a hub diameter supporting a plurality of fan blades, a turbine section including a fan drive turbine, and a geared architecture that interconnects the fan drive turbine and the fan hub, the geared architecture including a gear volume.
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公开(公告)号:US20210010386A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-14
申请号:US17038028
申请日:2020-09-30
Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz , William G. Sheridan , Michael E. McCune , Gabriel L. Suciu
Abstract: A turbofan engine assembly includes a nacelle and a turbofan engine. The turbofan engine includes a fan, which includes a fan rotor having fan blades, and a nacelle enclosing the fan rotor and the blades. A turbine rotor drives the fan rotor. An epicyclic gear reduction is positioned between the fan rotor and the turbine rotor. The epicyclic gear reduction includes a ring gear, a sun gear, and four intermediate gears that engage the sun gear and the ring gear. A gear ratio of the gear reduction is greater than 3.06. The fan drive turbine drives the sun gear to, in turn, drive the fan rotor.
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