Gas turbine engine yoke and build support
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsCarlo PORCO, Geoffrey HENRIKSEN, Jason WEDEMIRE, Anthony MATHIAS, David NICOL, Filip RISTOVSKI
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine yoke includes an arcuate body mountable to a stand and rotatable between an upright orientation and a horizontal orientation. The body has an inner wall spaced apart from an outer wall and first and second side walls extending between the inner and outer walls. A mounting plane of the yoke extends through the inner and outer walls and is positioned between the first and second side walls. Engine attachments are spaced apart along the inner wall and lie in the mounting plane. A method of assembling the gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine yoke comprising:
- an arcuate body mountable to a stand and rotatable between an upright orientation and a horizontal orientation, the arcuate body having an inner wall spaced apart from an outer wall and first and second side walls extending between the inner and outer walls, a mounting plane of the yoke extending through the inner and outer walls and positioned between the first and second side walls, engine attachments spaced apart along the inner wall and lying in the mounting plane.
A build support for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a stand;
- and
- a yoke supported by the stand and rotatable between an upright orientation and a horizontal orientation, the yoke having an inner wall spaced apart from an outer wall and first and second side walls extending between the inner and outer walls, a mounting plane of the yoke extending through the inner and outer walls and positioned between the first and second side walls, the yoke having engine attachments spaced apart along the inner wall and lying in the mounting plane.
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- mounting a first component of the gas turbine engine to a yoke along attachment points lying in a single mounting plane defined by the yoke;
- rotating the yoke to rotate the first component between a horizontal orientation and an upright orientation;
- and
- mounting a second component of the gas turbine engine to the first component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.