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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Keith E. Short, Rockford, IL (US);
Jeff A. Brown, Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Inventors:
Keith E. Short, Rockford, IL (US);
Jeff A. Brown, Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/06 (2006.01); F01D 15/12 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F16H 57/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/4031 (2013.01); F01D 15/12 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F16H 57/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cranking pad assembly for a gearbox of a turbomachine including a cranking pad shaft rotatably secured in a gearbox housing and engageable with a gearbox drivetrain when urged inwardly into the gearbox housing. The cranking pad shaft includes an interface for a cranking tool. An interlock pin retains the cranking tool at the cranking pad shaft and a disconnect spring is operably connected to the gearbox housing to bias the cranking pad shaft outwardly from the gearbox housing.