Nose cone assembly
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorAdam MacGregor Bagnall
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Abstract
A nose cone assembly for a gas turbine engine comprises a spinner and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting members for mounting the spinner on a fan hub of the gas turbine engine. Each of the mounting members is rigid in a generally axial direction and flexible in a generally radial direction.
Claims19
A nose cone assembly for a gas turbine engine, the nose cone assembly comprising a spinner and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting members for mounting the spinner on a fan hub of the gas turbine engine, each of the mounting members being rigid in a generally axial direction and flexible in a generally radial direction.
A gas turbine engine comprises, in flow series:
- an inlet,
- a fan,
- a core engine having
- a compressor,
- a combustor,
- a turbine, and
- an exhaust, wherein the fan, compressor, and turbine are all arranged to rotate about a central common engine axis, and
- nose cone assembly having a spinner and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting members for mounting the spinner on a fan hub of the gas turbine engine, each of the mounting members being rigid in a generally axial direction and flexible in a generally radial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.