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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:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warde L Parker, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
James C Riple, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3903 ; 60 3904 ; 60 3 / ; 60 3925 ; 60 3 / ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine and method and control therefor particularly useful as the power plant for a ground vehicle. The gas turbine engine is of the free turbine type, and employs variable guide vanes to control the free turbine output. The guide vane control system is a combined hydromechanical and electronic control system to automatically regulate the guide vanes for both power regulation and braking modes.