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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Nagendra Somanath, South Windsor, CT (US);
Keshava B. Kumar, South Windsor, CT (US);
William A. Sowa, Simsbury, CT (US);
Nagendra Somanath, South Windsor, CT (US);
Keshava B. Kumar, South Windsor, CT (US);
William A. Sowa, Simsbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a low pressure spool, a high pressure spool, a stationary support frame, and at least one support arch. The low pressure spool extends between a low pressure compressor and a low pressure turbine. The high pressure spool extends between a high pressure compressor and a high pressure turbine. The spools are rotatable about a center axis of the engine. The support arch has a stationary support mount disposed between a low spool mount and a high spool mount. The support arch is disposed relative to the spools and the stationary support frame so that a load from each spool caused by the rotation of that spool can be transferred to the stationary support frame through the support arch. The support arch can freely rotate about the center axis of the engine relative to the spools and the stationary structural frame.