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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Alan Niergarth, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Patrick Michael Marrinan, Mason, OH (US);
Lawrence Chih-hui Cheung, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nikolai N. Pastouchenko, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine and an electric propulsion engine defining a central axis. The electric propulsion engine includes an electric motor and a fan rotatable about the central axis of the electric propulsion engine by the electric motor. The electric propulsion engine additionally includes a bearing supporting rotation of the fan and a thermal management system including a thermal fluid circulation assembly. The thermal fluid circulation assembly is in thermal communication with at least one of the electric motor or the bearing and is further in thermal communication with a heat exchanger of a thermal management system of the gas turbine engine.