Torque limiting device in a connection between a gearbox and a stationary structure in a gas turbine engine and a gas turbine engine
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorsTomasz GRUBBA, Jos RAVEN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a torque limiting device in a torque bearing connecting structure between a gearbox and a stationary structure in a gas turbine engine, wherein the torque limiting device comprises a mechanical fuse in the connection structure comprising an at least partially circumferential weakening of the material. The invention also relates to a gas turbine engine.
Claims13
Torque limiting device in a torque bearing connecting structure between a gearbox and a stationary structure in a gas turbine engine, wherein the torque limiting device comprises a mechanical fuse in the connection structure comprising an at least partially circumferential weakening of the material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.