Distributed power train (DGD) with multiple power paths

An apparatus comprising:

• A main shaft coupled to a source of energy;
• A two-stage torque-dividing gearbox coupled to said main shaft;
• Said two-stage torque-dividing gearbox having a plurality of output shafts located around said main shaft;
• A plurality of rotational devices, each connected to a respective one of said output shafts;
• A first stage of said two-stage torque-dividing gearbox being a pair of bull gears on said main shaft and an input shaft having a double helix pinion that engages said pair of bull gears;
• and,
• A second stage of said two-stage torque-dividing gearbox being at least two adjacent intermediate gears, each intermediate gear being located on a respective input shaft;
• and,
• an output shaft, said output shaft having a single-helix output pinion that engages two adjacent intermediate gears.

An apparatus comprising:

• A rotor;
• A main shaft coupled to said rotor;
• A pair of bull gears, each bull gear having gear teeth around a perimeter of said bull gear, said pair of bull gears being coupled to said main shaft;
• A number of intermediate gears arranged around said bull gears, each one of said intermediate gears being connected to double helix pinions that engage said gear teeth on said bull gears;
• A number of single helix output pinions, each output pinion engaging two adjacent intermediate gears;
• and,
• A number of rotational devices, each one of said rotational devices coupled to one of said output pinions.