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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Alan Retersdorf, Avon, CT (US);
Gregory L. DeFrancesco, Simsbury, CT (US);
Matthew Pess, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01); F01D 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/007 (2013.01); B64D 13/02 (2013.01); B64D 13/06 (2013.01); F01D 13/003 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0618 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0644 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0648 (2013.01); B64D 2041/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an air cycle machine (ACM) having: a turbine; a compressor; a compressor shaft connected to the compressor and configured to receive rotational energy from a gearbox; and a turbine shaft connected to the turbine and configured to provide rotational energy to the gearbox; wherein the turbine shaft and the compressor shaft operate at different rotational speeds.