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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1983
James W Brogdon, Daphne, AL (US);
Kenneth D Allen, Mobile, AL (US);
John S Barton, Mobile, AL (US);
Raymond J Hicks, Llandrindod Wells, GB;
Teledyne Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine construction comprises an accessory drive mechanism in which accessories are mounted circumferentially around the turbine casing. The engine includes a planetary gear mechanism driven by a shaft extending axially outward from compressor and turbine sections of the engine, and forwardly of the air intake in the turbine casing. Accessory drive assembly includes a planetary gear mechanism having a ring gear exposed through circumferentially spaced apertures in the turbine casing to driven gears extending outwardly from accessory housings secured to the periphery of the turbine casing.