Unison Industries, Inc.

General Electric Company

Ge Aviation Systems Limited

Evenflo Company, Inc.

David Allan Dranschak

Eliel Fresco Rodriguez

Subrata Nayak

Shiloh Montegomery Meyers

Sharad Pundlik Patil

David Raju Yamarthi

Pallavi Tripathi

Marc David Zinger

Amit Arvind Kurvinkop

Jasraj Asdev

Harsha Sanjeewa Bulathsinghalage

Brian Christopher Kemp

Milind Chandrakant Dhabade

Parmeet Singh Chhabra

Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah

Roberto Karpik

Shiloh Montegomery Emerson Meyers

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger

Nilesh Vilas Varote

Shiloh Montgomery Emerson Meyers

Bajarang Agrawal

Mark Leslie Rickert

William R Gibson

Paul F Fair

Ramana Reddy Kollam

Pradeep Hemant Sangli

Mark W Geis

Santosh Kumar Prasad

Peter F Eros

Steven Ryan Kerley

Dhiraj Khushal Thakare

Sagar Paramashivaiah

Navin Soni

Marcin Bialas

Sharad Pundlik Pati

Theodore Scott Puterbaugh

Matthew Keith Murdock

Donald Schumacher

Sumathi P

Dhiraj Thakare

Shiloh Montgomery Meyers

Pradeep Sangli

Santosh Prasad

Sharad Patil

David Yamarthi

Amit Kurvinkop

Nilesh Varote

An air turbine starter (ATS) for a gas turbine engine having an accessory gear box (AGB) with a lubricant reservoir, the air turbine starter comprising a housing at least partially defining a working air flow path; a turbine section comprising a turbine having an output shaft and a plurality of blades circumferential spaced about the output shaft and at least partially extending into the working air flow path; a drive section having a drive shaft operably coupled to the output shaft to engage the AGB; and a lubrication recirculation circuit fluidly coupled to the lubricant reservoir.

Air turbine starter with lubrication recirculation circuit

An air turbine starter with a housing; a turbine member located within the housing; a drive shaft operably coupled to the turbine member, and having an interior portion. The air turbine starter output shaft extending between a first end and a second end, the output shaft movable between a first position, where the first end is coupled to the engine, and a second position, where the second end is retained within the interior portion and the first end is uncoupled from the engine. A decoupler assembly is included for decoupling the output shaft from the engine.

Air turbine starter with decoupler

An air turbine starter having a housing defining an interior with a primary inlet and a primary outlet to define a primary air flow path from the primary inlet to the primary outlet. A nozzle is located within the interior and has circumferentially spaced vanes. A shroud is also located within the interior and circumscribes at least a portion of the vanes. A retention mechanism constrains the axial movement of nozzle.

Air turbine starter with nozzle retention mechanism

An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.

Air turbine starter

An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing having an interior surface defining an interior, at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior about a rotational axis, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a containment structure radially overlying and circumferentially surrounding the at least one turbine member extending between an outer surface and an inner surface to define a radial direction.

Air turbine starter containment system

An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset and include piloted portions.

Air starter with offset interface

An air turbine starter that includes a housing with a divider structure dividing the housing into a wet chamber and an air chamber. The air turbine starter further including a bearing assembly, a turbine member, a first drive shaft, and a second drive shaft connecting the turbine member with a rotating assembly. A lubricant supply portion having at least one supply inlet fluidly coupled to the wet chamber and at least one supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing assembly whereby lubricant from the wet chamber can be supplied to the bearing assembly.

Lubrication system for components in an engine starter

An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.

Air turbine starter with lubricated bearing assembly

An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.

An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset.

An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.

An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing having an interior surface defining an interior, at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior about a rotational axis, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a containment structure radially overlying and circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the at least one turbine member.

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