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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Jacques René Bart, Soisy sur Seine, FR;
Didler René André Escure, Nandy, FR;
Ornella Gastineau, Paris, FR;
Jacques René Bart, Soisy sur Seine, FR;
Didler René André Escure, Nandy, FR;
Ornella Gastineau, Paris, FR;
Snecma, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A double-body gas turbine engine, including a low-pressure body LP and a high-pressure body HP, rotatably mounted about a single shaft in a stationary casing, the low-pressure body LP including a compressor and a turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft LP. The low-pressure shaft LP is supported by an upstream LP bearing, a first downstream LP bearing, and an additional downstream LP bearing by the stationary casing, the high-pressure body being supported by an upstream HP bearing and a downstream HP bearing which is an inter-shaft bearing including an inner track rigidly connected to the HP turbine rotor and an outer track rigidly connected to the LP shaft.