Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reliable gearbox for gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US17544660Application Date: 2021-12-07
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Publication No.: US11643974B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Mark Spruce
- 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: GB 17762 2019.12.05
- Main IPC: F02C7/36
- IPC: F02C7/36 ; F16H1/28 ; F16H57/08

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine configured with an engine core. A fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox arranged to receive an input from the core shaft and to output drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox being an epicyclic gearbox comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier on which the planet gears are mounted, the planet carrier having an effective linear torsional stiffness and the gearbox having a gear mesh stiffness between the planet gears and the ring gear. Additionally, the product of the effective linear torsional stiffness of the planet carrier and the gear mesh stiffness between the planet gears and the ring gear is greater than or equal to 5.0×1018N2m−2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220090541A1 RELIABLE GEARBOX FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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