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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Mark Addis, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Mark Addis, Kennebunk, ME (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are propulsion systemsproviding reduced fuel burn, weight and cost. A single gas generator coredrives multiple bladed propulsion elementswith a power train. The corehas a forward compressorand a rearward turbineand rotates about a longitudinal core axis. The bladed propulsion elementsrotate about bladed propulsion element axesthat are not coaxial with the core axis. The bladed propulsion elementsdischarge an ambient air streamrearward as a bypass streamportion and a core streamportion. The core streamportion is directed to the compressor. The propulsion systemsmount inside a fuselageof an airframeor they are suspended beneath a wingvia pylons