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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane Cedex, FR;
Douchane Fages, Saint-Cannat, FR;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
A modular power plant for a rotorcraft comprising at least one lift rotor, the power plant comprising: at least one combustion or electric engine; a main gearbox, comprising a gearbox housing and a toothed wheel arranged in an internal space at least partially delimited by the gearbox housing, the toothed wheel having a degree of rotational freedom about a primary axis of rotation relative to the gearbox housing, the toothed wheel mechanically transmitting an engine torque generated by the at least one engine to the at least one lift rotor; and at least two mechanical connection interfaces, a first mechanical connection interface mechanically connecting the main gearbox to a first engine, and a second mechanical connection interface being left free or mechanically connecting the main gearbox to a second engine.