Electric machine assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEthan Patrick O'Connor, Gert Johannes van der Merwe, Alexander Thomas Hills
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Abstract
A hybrid electric gas turbine engine is provided. The hybrid electric gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section and turbine section together defining a core air flowpath, the turbomachine defining a core air flowpath exhaust; and an electric machine assembly having an electric machine disposed aft of the core air flowpath exhaust and mechanically connected to the turbine section.
Claims20
A hybrid electric gas turbine engine assembly, comprising:
- a gas turbine engine comprising a turbomachine, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section and turbine section together defining a core air flowpath, the turbomachine defining a core air flowpath exhaust;
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- an electric machine assembly comprising an electric machine disposed aft of the core air flowpath exhaust and mechanically connected to the turbine section.
An electric machine assembly for a gas turbine engine assembly having a gas turbine engine, the electric machine assembly comprising:
- a shaft coupling configured to connect a shaft assembly of the gas turbine engine with the electric machine assembly;
- an assembly housing coupling configured to connect a cowl assembly of the gas turbine engine with the electric machine assembly;
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- an electric machine disposed aft of the cowl assembly when the shaft coupling is connected to the shaft assembly and the assembly housing coupling is connected to the cowl assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.