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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Thomas Veitch, Toronto, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
An aircraft power plant, comprising: a fan for providing power to an aircraft; a gas turbine engine located on a first axial side of the fan, the gas turbine engine having a compressor drivingly engaged by a turbine via an engine shaft; an electric motor powered by a power source, the electric motor driving a motor shaft; and a gearbox located on a second axial side of the fan opposite the first axial side, the gearbox in driving engagement with the engine shaft, the motor shaft, and the fan, the gearbox defining a first load path between the gas turbine engine and the fan and a second load path between the electric motor to the fan, the fan in continuous driving engagement with both of the gas turbine engine and the electric motor along the first load path and the second load path.