Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic clutch for gas turbine accessories
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Application No.: US16415580Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US11009085B2Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Donald Klemen , Brian S. Maners , Erik A. Munevar
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16D27/06
- IPC: F16D27/06 ; F16D27/14 ; F02C7/32

Abstract:
A gearbox rigidly coupled to a static structure; a driven component rigidly coupled to another static structure; a clutch assembly floating between and coupled to the gearbox and driven component. The clutch may have aligned output and input shafts, defining an engagement surface, a bearing, and a magnetic friction plate coupled and rotating with the input shaft. The plate may have a friction-engagement face, and a magnetic flux generator. The magnetic flux generator may be rigidly coupled to a static housing and partially surrounded in the radial direction by a structure configured to reduce leakage of a magnetic flux, by defining a plurality of voids, which direct multiple passes of the magnetic flux through the engagement surface of the output shaft. The magnetic flux generator may create the magnetic flux that creates a magnetic force between the engagement face and the magnetic friction plate that causes them to engage.
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