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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Spruce, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F05D 2200/14 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40311 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft including: an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan including a plurality of fan blades; a gearbox that can receive an input from the core shaft, and can output drive to a fan shaft via an output of the gearbox so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft; and a fan shaft mounting structure arranged to mount the fan shaft within the engine, the fan shaft mounting structure including at least two supporting bearings connected to the fan shaft.