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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
James B. Coffin, Windsor, CT (US);
Alessio Pescosolido, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/20 (2006.01); F01D 21/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/20 (2013.01); B64D 27/26 (2013.01); F01D 21/045 (2013.01); F01D 25/16 (2013.01); F02C 7/36 (2013.01); B64D 2027/266 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40311 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a fan, an engine static structure, a geared architecture to drive the fan and supported relative to the static structure, a fan drive turbine to drive the geared architecture, a first member secured to the geared architecture, and a second member secured to the engine static structure and configured to cooperate with the first member to limit movement of the geared architecture relative to the static structure. A fan drive gear system and method are also disclosed.