Mechanical fuse device and method for operating a mechanical fuse device
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorHannes WUESTENBERG
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Abstract
A mechanical fuse device with two connecting parts coupled to a ring gear mount of a gearbox in a geared aircraft turbofan engine, with means to automatically trigger a position change of at least one of two the connecting parts relative to the respective other connecting part from a first position into a second position in dependence of a torque effective on at least one of the two connecting parts. It also relates to a method for operating a mechanical fuse device.
Claims15
A mechanical fuse device with two connecting parts coupled to a ring gear mount of a gearbox in a geared aircraft turbofan engine, with means to automatically trigger a position change of at least one of two of the connecting parts relative to the respective other connecting part from a first position into a second position in dependence of a torque effective on at least one of the two connecting parts.
A method for operating a mechanical fuse device with two connecting parts coupled to a ring gear mount of a gearbox in a geared aircraft turbo engine, wherein
- a means automatically triggers a position change in or of the mechanical fuse device from the first position into a second position of at least one of the two connecting parts relative to the respective other connection part in dependence of a torque effective on at least one of the two connecting parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.