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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2025
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Eric S. Durocher, Boucherville, CA;
Michel Labrecque, Ste-Julie, CA;
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
An aircraft propulsion system includes an engine, an electric machine, and a gearbox. The gearbox includes an output shaft with an axis, an electric machine drive gear mounted on the output shaft and driven by the electric machine, and an engine drive gear couplable with the output shaft by a clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes a first coupling assembly, a second coupling assembly, and a magnetic alignment system. The first coupling assembly includes a first body mounted on the engine drive gear. The second coupling assembly includes a sliding coupling housing mounted on the output shaft and movable between first and second positions. A second body is mounted on the housing. The second body is disengaged from the first in the first position and engaged in the second. The magnetic alignment system includes magnets on the bodies that couple magnetically in the second position.
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