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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Eric Barre, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, OH (US);
Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine has a longitudinal centerline axis. The turbine engine includes a fan, a turbo-engine, and a unidirectional brake. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades that rotate in a first direction about the longitudinal centerline axis. The turbo-engine includes a combustor that combusts compressed air and fuel to generate combustion gases and a low-pressure turbine including a low-pressure shaft. The low-pressure turbine receives the combustion gases to rotate the low-pressure turbine. The fan is coupled to the low-pressure shaft such that rotation of the low-pressure shaft causes the fan to rotate in the first direction. A unidirectional brake is coupled to the low-pressure shaft to prevent rotation of the low-pressure shaft and, thus, the fan in a second direction opposite the first direction.