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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Ghislain Plante, Verdun, CA;
Patrick Valois, Longueuil, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine having: an engine core having, in serial flow communication, a low-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor, a high-pressure turbine drivingly connected to the high-pressure compressor, and a low-pressure turbine drivingly connected to an output shaft; and a clutch having a disengaged configuration in which the low-pressure turbine is drivingly disconnected from the low-pressure compressor such that, in the disengaged configuration, the clutch disengages the low-pressure turbine from the low-pressure compressor, and an engaged configuration in which the low-pressure turbine is drivingly connected to the low-pressure compressor, the low-pressure turbine drivingly connected to the output shaft in both of the engaged and disengaged configurations of the clutch.