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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2018
Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventor:

Nathan D. Korn, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/66 (2006.01); F16F 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/027 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F04D 29/662 (2013.01); F16F 15/34 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2260/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A balance system for an assembled engine includes a rotor mounted on a shaft for rotation within an engine casing having an inner case and an outer case; and a weight system mounted on the shaft of the rotor and having at least one weight positionable relative to the rotor around a circumference of the shaft; wherein the inner case has an inner access port, the outer case has an outer access port, and the inner access port, the outer access port and the weight system are positioned on the same radial plane of the rotor, whereby the weight system can be accessed through the outer port and the inner port to adjust circumferential position of the at least one weight relative to the rotor.


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