Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contra-rotating open rotor distributed propulsion system
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Application No.: US14578975Application Date: 2014-12-22
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Publication No.: US09701395B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Leo J. Veilleux, Jr. , Lubomir A. Ribarov
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64C11/48
- IPC: B64C11/48 ; B64D27/14 ; B64D35/08 ; B64D35/06 ; B64D27/00

Abstract:
A disclosed aircraft propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine supported within an aircraft fuselage, a main drive driven by the gas turbine engine and an open rotor propeller system supported outside of the aircraft fuselage separately from the gas turbine engine. A secondary drive that is driven by the main drive drives the open rotor propeller system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150284071A1 CONTRA-ROTATING OPEN ROTOR DISTRIBUTED PROPULSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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