Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Planet carrier and method of assembling of a planet carrier
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Application No.: US16702716Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US10955045B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Giles E Harvey
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1820399 20181214
- Main IPC: F16H57/08
- IPC: F16H57/08 ; F02C7/36

Abstract:
A planet carrier for an epicyclic gearbox, the planet carrier comprising: a single piece carrier body arranged to support a plurality of gears of the epicyclic gearbox; and an opening in a wall of the carrier body; wherein: in a cross-section of the carrier body in a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the carrier body and at a longitudinal position along the carrier body that does not comprise the opening, the carrier body is substantially annular; and the opening is arranged such that the gears that the carrier body is arranged to support can be passed entirely through the opening.
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