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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2018
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Marco Garabello, Turin, IT;
Paolo Altamura, Monopoli, IT;
Gian Mario Bragallini, Turin, IT;
Alessio Gargioli, Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Jan Biskupski, Warsaw, PL;
GE AVIO S.R.L., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a turbine engine () defining an axial direction and a radial direction. The turbine engine includes a fan or propeller assembly () comprising a gearbox; an engine core () comprising one or more rotors, wherein at least one of the rotors defines an axially extended annular hub; and a flexible coupling shaft () defining a first end and a second end along the axial direction, wherein the first end is connected to the engine core and the second end is connected to the gearbox, and further wherein the flexible coupling shaft extends from the one or more rotors to the gearbox in the axial direction and inward of the hub in the radial direction.