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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o., Warsaw, PL;
General Electric Deutschland Holding Gmbh, Frankfurt, DE;
Bartlomiej Drozd, Otrebusy, PL;
Miroslaw Sobaniec, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PL;
Mohamed Osama, Garching, DE;
Darek Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLSKA SP. Z O.O., Warsaw, PL;
GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes an electrical machine positioned at least partially inward of a core airflow path, the electrical machine including an electrical rotor component and an electrical stator component, a connecting member positioned between the electrical machine and a rotary member, a disconnection device that is positionable between a disengaged position, in which the disconnection device is disengaged from the connecting member, and an engaged position, in which the disconnection device is engaged with the connecting member, and a controller including a processor, where the processor receives a signal from the electrical machine indicative of a fault, and in response to receiving the signal from the electrical machine indicative of the fault, directs the disconnection device to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position.