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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
James Scharfenberg, Rockford, IL (US);
August Metzler, Machesney Park, IL (US);
Michael Blewett, Stillman Valley, IL (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An air turbine starter (ATS) assembly for an aircraft has an ATS mounted to an accessory drive gearbox. The ATS includes an ATS output shaft is configured to pass from the ATS into the accessory drive gearbox. The accessory drive gearbox includes an overrunning clutch assembly configured to rotationally connect the ATS output shaft to an accessory gearbox shaft when the overrunning clutch engages the ATS output shaft such that the overrunning clutch assembly transmits rotational energy from the ATS output shaft to an accessory gearbox shaft. The overrunning clutch assembly is configured to permit the accessory gearbox shaft to rotate independent of the ATS output shaft when the overrunning shaft is disengaged from the ATS output shaft. The overrunning clutch assembly is configured to be removeable from the accessory drive gearbox as a removeable clutch cartridge.