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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2024
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;

Kudum Shinde, Bengaluru, IN;

Surender Reddy Bhavanam, Bengaluru, IN;

Weize Kang, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F16C 25/08 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F01D 25/16 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F01D 25/164 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/52 (2013.01); F16C 19/54 (2013.01); F16C 19/541 (2013.01); F16C 25/083 (2013.01); F16C 27/066 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gas turbine engine including a rotating shaft and a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is configured to support the rotating shaft. The bearing assembly has a first bearing and a second bearing. The first bearing is configured to support an axial load of the rotating shaft when a forward thrust of the rotating shaft is greater than ten percent. The second bearing is configured to support the axial load of the rotating shaft when a thrust of the rotating shaft is between ten percent forward thrust and ten percent aft thrust, inclusive of the end points.


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