Hybrid propulsion turbomachine and aircraft comprising such a turbomachine
AssigneeSafran Helicopter Engines
InventorsThomas KLONOWSKI, Lucie Stéphanie APOSTIN
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Abstract
A turbomachine includes a propeller, a propeller shaft carrying the propeller, a rotating electric machine, having at least a first configuration in which it is mechanically coupled to the propeller shaft, and a motor oil pump supplying a lubricating circuit of the turbomachine. The rotating electric machine in the first configuration is mechanically coupled to the motor oil pump in such a way that the rotating electric machine additionally drives the motor oil pump when it is supplied with current. Also disclosed is an aircraft including such a turbomachine.
Claims10
Turbomachine comprising a propeller, a propeller shaft supporting the propeller, a rotating electric machine, having at least a first configuration in which it is mechanically coupled to the propeller shaft, and an engine oil pump supplying a lubricating circuit of the turbomachine, the rotating electric machine, being capable of driving the propeller shaft in rotation when it is supplied with current in the at least one first configuration,
- wherein the rotating electric machine in the first configuration is coupled mechanically to the engine oil pump such that the rotating electric machine also drives the engine oil pump when it is supplied with current.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.