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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventors:
Andrew R Narcus, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Cheryl A Schopf, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F02C 3/08 (2006.01); H02K 5/167 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F02C 3/08 (2013.01); H02K 5/1672 (2013.01); H02K 7/1823 (2013.01); H02K 9/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/048 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power plant for an aircraft such as a UAV with a gas turbine engine that drives an electric generator to produce electrical power. The electric generator is rotatably supported by two foil bearings. A centrifugal compressor is secured to a forward side of the generator rotor shaft. The centrifugal compressor draws in cooling air that flows through the two foil bearings and between a space formed between the rotor coil and the stator coil of the electric generator to provide for cooling of both foil bearings and the coils of the generator.