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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jordan Thralls, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the techniques are directed to a turbine engine that includes a core section comprising a compressor and a turbine that both rotate about a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine. The turbine engine also includes a fan comprising radially distributed blades, the fan connected to the core section and configured to be rotated by the turbine, and an electrical generator integrated into the core vane assembly and positioned in the core section aft of the fan and fore of the at least one compressor. The electrical generator comprises a stator, a turbine configured to extract work from a core fluid flow, the turbine configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis, and a combined rotor rotationally coupled to the fan, the combined rotor formed from a single component that incorporates a blade retainer for retaining at least one of the plurality of radially distributed blades.