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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
John Leslie Henry, Westchester, OH (US);
Robert Joseph Orlando, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ory Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
John Leslie Henry, Westchester, OH (US);
Robert Joseph Orlando, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ory Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbofan engine assembly includes a core gas turbine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, and a high-pressure turbine, a low-pressure turbine coupled to said core gas turbine engine, a counter-rotating booster compressor comprising a first rotor section configured to rotate in a first direction and a second rotor section configured to rotate in an opposite second direction, and a gearbox comprising an input and an output, said gearbox output coupled to at least one of said first and second rotor sections, said gearbox input coupled to said low-pressure turbine. A method of assembling the turbofan engine assembly described herein is also provided.