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US 8,347,637 B2Granted
Accessory gearbox with internal layshaft
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. Suciu, Christopher M. Dye, Nathan Snape, Hung Duong
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Abstract
An engine accessory system for a gas turbine engine includes a first accessory component mountable to an accessory gearbox along a first accessory axis transverse to a layshaft axis of rotation.
Claims15
An accessory system for a gas turbine engine having a central axis passing therethrough, said accessory system comprising:
- an accessory gearbox having a first face and a second face wherein said first face and said second face are oriented relative to each other to form a v-orientation;
- a layshaft within said accessory gearbox along a layshaft axis of rotation said layshaft axis in parallel with said central axis;
- a first accessory component mountable to said first face along a first accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation, said first accessory component driven by said layshaft;
- a second accessory component mounted to said second face along a second accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation;
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- a single towershaft to be disposed transverse to said gas turbine engine axis of rotation, said tower shaft for driving said layshaft wherein said layshaft drives said first and second accessories.
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A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an engine case section defined about an engine axis of rotation;
- an accessory gearbox having a first face and a second face wherein said first face and said second face are oriented relative to each other to form a v-orientation;
- a layshaft within said accessory gearbox along a layshaft axis of rotation said layshaft axis in parallel with said central axis;
- a first accessory component mountable to said first face along a first accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation, said first accessory component driven by said layshaft;
- a second accessory component mounted to said second face along a second accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation;
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- a single towershaft transverse to said gas turbine engine axis of rotation extending from said engine case section and driving said layshaft wherein said layshaft drives said first and second accessories.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.