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US 11,124,305 B2Granted
Aircraft with a jet engine
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorsGideon Daniel Venter, Michael Schacht
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Abstract
An aircraft with a jet engine that has a radially outer engine cowling and an auxiliary gear appliance that has multiple auxiliary devices and that can be driven by a shaft that is in operative connection with an engine shaft that rotates about a central axis. The auxiliary gear appliance is arranged in the radial direction of the jet engine at least partially outside the outer engine cowling of the jet engine.
Claims11
An aircraft comprising:
- a jet engine having a radially outer engine cowling and an auxiliary gear appliance that comprises multiple auxiliary devices that are in operative connection with a drive shaft that is in operative connection with an engine shaft that rotates about a central axis,
- wherein the auxiliary gear appliance is arranged in a radial direction of the jet engine at least partially outside the outer engine cowling,
- a space frame that is directly connected to at least one chosen from an aircraft fuselage and an aircraft wing,
- wherein the auxiliary gear appliance is positioned in an interior of the space frame;
- wherein the jet engine comprises:
- a linking device for linking the jet engine at an element of the aircraft in a first mounting position and at least one second mounting position, and
- at least one operating equipment appliance which has a first fluid area and comprises a second fluid area,
- wherein, in the first mounting position, the first fluid area is assigned to a first functionality and the second fluid area is assigned to a second functionality, and
- wherein, in the second mounting position, the first fluid area is assigned to the second functionality and the second fluid area is assigned to the first functionality.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.