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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Peeyush Pankaj, Bangalore, IN;
Shashank Suresh Puranik, Bangalore, IN;
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Christopher Charles Glynn, Clearwater Beach, FL (US);
Richard Schmidt, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine includes a spool and a turbine section. The turbine section includes a turbine center frame and a turbine, with the turbine including a first plurality of turbine rotor blades and a second plurality of turbine rotor blades. The first plurality of turbine rotor blades and second plurality of turbine rotor blades are alternatingly spaced along the axial direction. The turbomachine also includes a gearbox aligned with, or positioned aft of, a midpoint of the turbine. The gearbox includes a first gear coupled to the first plurality of rotor blades, a second gear coupled to the second plurality of rotor blades, and a third gear coupled to the turbine center frame. The turbomachine also includes a support member, the first plurality of turbine rotor blades coupled to the spool through the support member, the support member extending aft of the gearbox.