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US 11,230,942 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine electrical generator
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorJonathan P Bradley
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Abstract
An aircraft gas turbine engine (10) comprises a main engine shaft (22) arranged to couple a turbine (17) and a compressor (13), the main engine shaft (22) defining an axial direction (9). The gas turbine engine (10) further comprises at least one radially extending offtake shaft (27) coupled to the main engine shaft (22), and a radially extending electric machine (25a, 25b) coupled to the radially extending offtake shaft (22).
Claims13
An aircraft gas turbine engine comprising:
- a main engine shaft arranged to couple a turbine and a compressor, the main engine shaft defining an axial direction;
- at least one radially extending offtake shaft coupled to the main engine shaft;
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- a radially extending electric machine coupled to the radially extending offtake shaft,
- wherein the electric machine comprises an axial flux electric machine in which a stator of the electric machine is axially offset relative to a rotor of the electric machine, and
- wherein a nacelle is provided surrounding the gas turbine engine, and
- wherein the nacelle comprises a space where an outer surface contracts inwardly before expanding outwardly downstream, the electric machine being provided at the space.
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