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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David W. Foutch, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph M. Dirusso, Snohomish, WA (US);
Kent E. Karnofski, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F02C 3/107 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01); B64D 31/14 (2006.01); B64D 35/02 (2006.01); F01D 19/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/34 (2006.01); F02C 7/26 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F16D 41/069 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01); B64D 31/14 (2013.01); B64D 35/02 (2013.01); F01D 19/00 (2013.01); F01D 25/34 (2013.01); F02C 3/107 (2013.01); F02C 7/26 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F02C 9/18 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F16D 41/069 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/403 (2013.01); F05D 2260/606 (2013.01); F05D 2260/85 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system () for transferring mechanical power in a turbine engine () including a low pressure spool () and a high pressure spool () includes a power transfer unit () coupled between an output shaft () of the low pressure spool () and a drive shaft () of the high pressure spool () to mechanically link the low pressure spool () to the high pressure spool (), and a clutch () coupled to the power transfer unit (), wherein the clutch () is configured to transfer power produced from the low pressure spool () to the high pressure spool ().