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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert H Bell, III, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3 / ; 60 3966 ;
Abstract
A device to produce engine braking on a two-shaft gas turbine engine including an air brake compressor on the power turbine shaft for absorbing energy from the power turbine shaft thereby to control power transfer to a power output shaft. The system includes a variable control assembly to throttle inlet air flow to the air brake compressor so as to regulate the amount of power absorption from the power turbine shaft.