Gas turbine
AssigneesRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, ROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsDominic BONIFACE, Andrew SWIFT, Stewart THORNTON, Paul SIMMS, Glenn KNIGHT, Geoff HUGHES
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Abstract
The invention relates to a gas turbine engine, in particular an aircraft 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 an inter-shaft bearing system being positioned radially between the input shaft device and the planet carrier of the gearbox device.
Claims18
A gas turbine engine, in particular an aircraft 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
- an inter-shaft bearing system being positioned radially between the input shaft device and the planet carrier of the gearbox device, with
- a carrier bearing system being located radially between the input shaft device and a static structure supporting the carrier bearing system, the support connection being axially in front of the input side of the gearbox device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.