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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Joseph H. Polly, Tolland, CT (US);
Nicholas D. Leque, Vernon, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A turbofan engine includes a first spool including a first turbine; a second spool including a second turbine disposed axially forward of the first turbine, a first tower shaft engaged to the first spool, a second tower shaft engaged to the second spool and an accessory gearbox supporting a plurality of accessory components and a superposition gear system disposed within the accessory gearbox. The superposition gear system includes a plurality of intermediate gears engaged to the sun gear and supported in a carrier and a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears. The second tower shaft is engaged to drive the sun gear; a starter selectively coupled to the sun gear through a starter clutch; a first clutch for selectively coupling the first tower shaft to the ring gear; a second clutch for selectively coupling the ring gear to a static structure of the engine.