Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid gas-electric turbine engine
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Application No.: US15147284Application Date: 2016-05-05
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Publication No.: US10717539B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: David H. Menheere
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: B64D27/10
- IPC: B64D27/10 ; F02C7/275 ; F02C7/32 ; F02C6/20 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D41/00 ; F02C3/10 ; F02C3/14 ; H02K7/116 ; H02K7/118 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K16/02 ; H02K7/14 ; B64D27/02

Abstract:
A hybrid gas-electric turbine engine for turboprop or turboshaft applications is disclosed together with associated methods. In various embodiments disclosed herein, the turbine engine comprises a turbine configured to be driven by a flow of combustion gas; a turbine shaft configured to be driven by the turbine and transfer power to a load coupled to the turbine engine and an electric motor configured to transfer power to the load coupled to the turbine engine. The rotor may have a rotor axis of rotation that is radially offset from a shaft axis of rotation of the turbine shaft. In some embodiments, the electric motor may be a multi-rotor electric motor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170320584A1 HYBRID GAS-ELECTRIC TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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