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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Mark E. Bartolomeo, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Gregory Blake, Noblesville, IN (US);
Randal L. Renback, Pittsboro, IN (US);
Tony R. Mckenney, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Mark E. Bartolomeo, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Gregory Blake, Noblesville, IN (US);
Randal L. Renback, Pittsboro, IN (US);
Tony R. McKenney, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A shaft coupling arrangement and a corresponding method for coupling shafts are disclosed herein. The shaft coupling arrangement includes an input shaft operable to rotate about a first axis. The shaft coupling arrangement also includes an output shaft operable to rotate about a second axis. The shaft coupling arrangement also includes a gearing arrangement operable to engage the input and output shafts together for rotation in the same angular direction at different angular speeds. In one embodiment of the invention, the gearing arrangement includes a plurality of nested bevel gears. In another embodiment of the invention, the gearing arrangement can include a single layshaft.