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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2018
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
William G. Sheridan, Southington, CT (US);
Michael E. McCune, Colchester, CT (US);
Lawrence E. Portlock, Bethany, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a gas turbine engine includes a fan, a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage, a first turbine stage and a second turbine stage, and wherein said first turbine stage drives said second compressor stage as a high spool, and wherein said second turbine stage drives said first compressor stage as part of a low spool, and a gear train driving said fan with said low spool, and such that said fan and said first compressor stage rotate in the same direction, and wherein said high spool operates at higher pressures than said low spool.