Turbine engine assembly and method of manufacturing thereof
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGert Johannes Van Der Merwe, Charles Stanley Orkiszewski
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Abstract
A turbine engine assembly is provided. The assembly includes a stationary component, a drive shaft, and a gearbox coupled along the drive shaft, and coupled to the stationary component. The assembly also includes a vibration-reducing mechanism coupled between the stationary component and the gearbox. The vibration-reducing mechanism is configured to isolate a vibratory response of the gearbox from the stationary component.
Claims10
A turbine engine assembly comprising:
- a stationary turbine engine assembly frame;
- a drive shaft;
- a gearbox coupled along the drive shaft;
- an assembly extending between the gearbox and the stationary turbine engine assembly frame to couple the gearbox to the stationary turbine engine assembly frame, the assembly having first and second support members connected in series between the gearbox and the stationary turbine engine assembly frame, such that an outer end of the first support member is connected to the stationary turbine engine assembly frame and an inner end of the first support member is connected to an outer end of the second support member, an inner end of the second support member being connected to the gearbox;
- a first vibration-reducing mechanism coupled between the stationary turbine engine assembly frame and the outer end of the first support member;
- and
- a second vibration-reducing mechanism coupled between the inner end of the first support member and the outer end of the second support member, the first and second vibration-reducing mechanisms being configured to isolate a vibratory response of the gearbox from the stationary turbine engine assembly frame.
A method of manufacturing a turbine engine assembly that includes a stationary turbine engine assembly frame and a drive shaft, the method comprising:
- coupling a gearbox along the drive shaft;
- and
- coupling the gearbox to the stationary turbine engine assembly frame;
- wherein coupling the gearbox to the stationary turbine engine assembly frame comprises:
- coupling a first vibration-reducing mechanism between the stationary turbine engine assembly frame and an outer end of a first support member, the first vibration-reducing mechanism configured to isolate a vibratory response of the gearbox from the stationary turbine engine assembly frame;
- and coupling a second vibration-reducing mechanism between an inner end of the first support member and an outer end of a second support member, the second support member extending from the gearbox towards the first support member, the second vibration-reducing mechanism configured to isolate a vibratory response of the gearbox from the stationary component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.