- Patent Title: Compliant shaft with a recursive configuration for turbine engines
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Application No.: US14960502Application Date: 2015-12-07
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Publication No.: US10094335B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Bugra Han Ertas , Kenneth Lee Fisher , Donald Albert Bradley
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Nitin Joshi
- Main IPC: F02K3/06
- IPC: F02K3/06 ; F02C3/10 ; F02C3/107 ; F02C7/36 ; F16C1/08 ; F16H57/00 ; F01D5/02 ; F16D1/033 ; F16H1/28

Abstract:
Embodiments of a compliant shaft for engines are provided herein. In some embodiments, a compliant shaft for a turbine engine may include: a body having a first end configured to be coupled to a shaft of a turbine and a second end coupled to a gear of a gear box, wherein at least a portion of the body is flexible.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170159608A1 COMPLIANT SHAFT FOR TURBINE ENGINES Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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