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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicants:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & CO KG, Dahlewitz, DE;
Inventors:
Jorge Calderon, Derby, GB;
David Brown, Derby, GB;
Assignees:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, Dahlewitz, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F02C 9/26 (2006.01); F01D 17/06 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F02C 9/46 (2006.01); F04D 29/051 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/04 (2013.01); F01D 17/06 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F01D 25/168 (2013.01); F02C 9/26 (2013.01); F02C 9/46 (2013.01); F04D 29/051 (2013.01); F05D 2270/021 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft. The engine including: an engine core with a turbine, a compressor, a fan located upstream of the compressor and including a plurality of fan blades, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a gearbox which receives an input from the core shaft and outputs drive, via a driveshaft, to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the turbine, the drive shaft and core shaft forming a shaft system.