TURBOMACHINES AND EPICYCLIC GEAR ASSEMBLIES WITH AXIALLY OFFSET SUN AND RING GEARS

    公开(公告)号:US20210348521A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17307948

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.

    Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan assembly and a core engine comprising a turbine and an input shaft rotatable with the turbine is provided. A single-stage epicyclic gear assembly receives the input shaft at a first speed and drives an output shaft coupled to the fan assembly at a second speed. A sun gear rotates about a longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly and has a sun gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where the sun gear is configured to contact a plurality of planet gears. A ring gear-mesh region is provided along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where a ring gear is configured to contact the plurality of planet gears. The sun gear-mesh region is axially offset from the ring gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline.

    Turbomachines and epicyclic gear assemblies with axially offset sun and ring gears

    公开(公告)号:US11542829B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17307948

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.

    Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan assembly and a core engine comprising a turbine and an input shaft rotatable with the turbine is provided. A single-stage epicyclic gear assembly receives the input shaft at a first speed and drives an output shaft coupled to the fan assembly at a second speed. A sun gear rotates about a longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly and has a sun gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where the sun gear is configured to contact a plurality of planet gears. A ring gear-mesh region is provided along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where a ring gear is configured to contact the plurality of planet gears. The sun gear-mesh region is axially offset from the ring gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline.

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