Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual spool power extraction with superposition gearbox
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Application No.: US16127305Application Date: 2018-09-11
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Publication No.: US10767568B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Nicholas D. Leque , Joseph H. Polly
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F02C7/32
- IPC: F02C7/32 ; F02C7/36 ; F01D25/18 ; F02C7/268 ; H02K7/108

Abstract:
A turbofan engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes, among other possible things, a first spool including a first turbine; a second spool including a second turbine disposed axially forward of the first turbine; a first tower shaft engaged to the first spool; a second tower shaft engaged to the second spool; a superposition gearbox including a sun gear, a plurality of intermediate gears engaged to the sun gear and supported in a carrier and a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears, wherein the second tower shaft is engaged to drive the sun gear; a first clutch for selectively coupling the first tower shaft to the ring gear; a second clutch for selectively coupling the sun gear to the carrier; and an accessory gearbox driven by an output of the superposition gearbox.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200080495A1 DUAL SPOOL POWER EXTRACTION WITH SUPERPOSITION GEARBOX Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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