Aircraft propulsion system with modular open propulsor rotor assembly
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsJeffrey T. Morton, JinQuan Xu, Andrew E. Breault
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AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsJeffrey T. Morton, JinQuan Xu, Andrew E. Breault
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An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a first open propulsor rotor, a turbine engine, a pylon structure, a support structure, a second open propulsor rotor and a drive system. The turbine engine includes a flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section and a rotating structure. The rotating structure includes a turbine rotor in the turbine section. The rotating structure is configured to drive rotation of the first open propulsor rotor. The pylon structure is mounted to the turbine engine. The support structure is arranged with the pylon structure independent of the turbine engine. The second open propulsor rotor is rotationally supported by the support structure. The drive system is configured to drive rotation of the second open propulsor rotor.
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, the assembly comprising:a first open propulsor rotor;a turbine engine including a flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section and a rotating structure, the flowpath extending longitudinally though the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section from an airflow inlet into the flowpath to a combustion products exhaust from the flowpath, the rotating structure comprising a turbine rotor in the turbine section, and the rotating structure configured to drive rotation of the first open propulsor rotor;a pylon structure mounted to the turbine engine;a support structure arranged with the pylon structure independent of the turbine engine;a second open propulsor rotor rotationally supported by the support structure;
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An assembly for an aircraft with an airframe and a propulsion system, the assembly comprising:a pylon structure configured to mount the propulsion system to a member of the airframe;a support structure mounted to or formed integral with the pylon structure, the support structure comprising a track and a bore, the track extending circumferentially about an axis, the bore extending axially through the support structure and configured as a receptacle for a turbine engine of the propulsion system;
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, the assembly comprising:a support structure comprising a channel and a bore, the channel extending circumferentially around an axis within the support structure, the channel projecting radially inward into the support structure towards the axis to a channel endwall, the channel extending axially along the axis within the support structure between a first channel sidewall and a second channel sidewall, and the bore extending axially along the axis through the support structure and configured to receive a turbine engine for the aircraft propulsion system;an open propulsor rotor comprising a rotor base and a plurality of open propulsor blades, the rotor base disposed in the channel and circumscribing the support structure, the plurality of open propulsor blades arranged circumferentially about the axis in an array, and each of the plurality of open propulsor blades projecting radially out from the rotor base into an external environment to a respective blade tip;
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