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US 2021/0010384 A1Published application
Gas turbine engine electrical generator
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorJonathan P BRADLEY
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Abstract
An aircraft gas turbine engine (10) comprises a main engine shaft (22) arranged to couple a turbine (17) and a compressor (13), the main engine shaft (22) defining an axial direction (9). The gas turbine engine (10) further comprises at least one radially extending offtake shaft (27) coupled to the main engine shaft (22), and a radially extending electric machine (25a, 25b) coupled to the radially extending offtake shaft (22).
Claims13
An aircraft gas turbine engine comprising:
- a main engine shaft arranged to couple a turbine and a compressor, the main engine shaft defining an axial direction;
- at least one radially extending offtake shaft coupled to the main engine shaft;
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- a radially extending electric machine coupled to the radially extending offtake shaft.
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