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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jesse M. Chandler, South Windsor, CT (US);
Wesley K. Lord, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Alan H. Epstein, Lexington, MA (US);
Steven M. O'Flarity, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/20 (2006.01); B64D 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/14 (2013.01); B64D 27/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive arrangement for an aircraft comprises a pair of propulsor units each having a fan and a fan shaft for driving the fan. A core engine has a turbine driving a core engine shaft. A mechanical connection connects the core engine shaft to drive the fan shafts for each of the propulsor units. An aircraft also has such an arrangement.