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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Yiwei Jiang, Rockford, IL (US);
James Vandung Nguyen, Rockford, IL (US);
Edward W. Goy, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A starter for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor shaft rotatable about an axis and includes an inner bore extending from an axial end of the rotor shaft with respect to the axis. A sun gear is on the rotor shaft. A lock nut is received against an axial end face of the sun gear and threadedly engaged with an outer diameter of the rotor shaft. A retainer is positioned to bias the nut against the axial end face and includes a projection portion threadedly engaged with the rotor shaft in the inner bore. A bolt through the projection portion is threadedly engaged with the rotor shaft.