Gas turbine
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsAlan R. MAGUIRE, Geoffrey HUGHES
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine, in particular an aircraft engine, includes: a turbine connected via an input shaft device to a gearbox device having a sun gear, a planet carrier having a plurality of planet gears attached thereto, and a ring gear, the sun gear is connected to the input shaft device, the planet carrier or the ring gear is connected to a propulsive fan via an output shaft device of the gearbox device, with a rear carrier bearing device radially between the planet carrier and a static structure on the input side of the gearbox device or a front carrier bearing device radially between the planet carrier and a static structure on the output side of the gearbox device.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbine connected via an input shaft device to a gearbox device having a sun gear, a planet carrier having a plurality of planet gears attached thereto, and a ring gear,
- the sun gear is connected to the input shaft device,
- the planet carrier or the ring gear is connected to a propulsive fan via an output shaft device of the gearbox device, with
- a rear carrier bearing device radially between the planet carrier and a static structure on the input side of the gearbox device or
- a front carrier bearing device radially between the planet carrier and a static structure on the output side of the gearbox device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.