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US 10,823,082 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine with a geared turbofan arrangement
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorDominic Boniface
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine with a geared turbofan arrangement with a gearbox in a drive train driven by a turbine, a driving side of the gearbox being driveably connected with a propulsive fan, with at least one torque transmission device positioned in the drive train, the torque transmission device having an asymmetric torque transmission characteristic, so that torque is transmittable by the torque transmission device under a nominal rotational direction and no torque is transmittable by the torque transmission device in a non-nominal rotational direction.
Claims7
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a turbine including a drive train driven by the turbine;
- a propulsive fan;
- a geared turbofan arrangement including a gearbox, wherein the gearbox is located in the drive train, and wherein the gearbox includes a driving side which is driveably connected with the propulsive fan;
- a torque transmission device positioned in the drive train, wherein the torque transmission device transmits torque asymmetrically, so that torque is transmitted by the torque transmission device under a nominal rotational direction and no torque is transmitted by the torque transmission device in a non-nominal rotational direction, and wherein the torque transmission device includes:
- a torque input device;
- a torque output device:
- a plurality of torque transmission elements which are one chosen from extending from the torque input device to the torque output device and extending from the torque output device to the torque input device;
- wherein the plurality of torque transmission elements under the nominal rotational direction establish at least one chosen from a friction connection and a form-locking connection between the torque input device and the torque output device;
- and
- wherein the plurality of torque transmission elements includes a plurality of eccentric cam elements which block rotation in the non-nominal rotational direction.
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