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US 9,039,355 B2Granted
Actuator mounted to torque box
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsBernard W. Pudvah, Eugene C. Gasmen, Stanley Wiecko
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Abstract
An actuator system mounted to a gas turbine engine that communicates mechanical power for positioning variable guide vanes within the gas turbine engine. The actuator system includes a torque box having components for communicating mechanical power to the variable guide vanes for positioning the vanes and an actuator mechanically coupled to provide mechanical power to the components of the torque box used to communicate the provided mechanical power to the inlet guide vanes. The actuator is mounted to the torque box via a plurality of bolts.
Claims13
An actuator system for a gas turbine engine, the actuator system comprising:
- a torque box having components for communicating mechanical power to variable guide vanes for positioning;
- and
- an actuator mechanically coupled to provide mechanical power to the components of the torque box used to communicate the provided mechanical power to the variable guide vanes, wherein the actuator is mounted to the torque box via a first bolt and a second bolt that are attached to the torque box in a direction tangential to a circumference of a centerline axis of the gas turbine engine and a third bolt attached to the torque box in a radial direction to the centerline axis that is perpendicular with the direction of the first and second bolts.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an engine case;
- a compressor and/or turbine stage having at least a first plurality of stationary variable guide vanes (VGVs) circumferentially spaced around the gas turbine engine radially inward of the engine case, and a second plurality of stationary variable guide vanes (VGVs) circumferentially spaced around the gas turbine engine radially inward of the engine case, wherein the first plurality of VGVs are axially spaced from the second plurality of VGVs;
- a torque box mounted to the engine case that includes components for communicating mechanical power to the first plurality of VGVs and the second plurality of VGVs;
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- a linear actuator mounted to the torque box and coupled to provide mechanical force to the components of the torque box to selectively position the first plurality of VGVs and the second plurality of VGVs wherein the actuator is mounted to the torque box via a first bolt and a second bolt that are attached to the torque box in a direction tangential to a circumference of a centerline axis of the gas turbine engine and a third bolt attached to the torque box in a radial direction to the centerline axis that is perpendicular with the direction of the first and second bolts.
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An actuator system for a gas turbine engine, the actuator system comprising:
- a torque box having components for communicating mechanical power to variable guide vanes for positioning;
- and
- an actuator mechanically coupled to provide mechanical power to the components of the torque box used to communicate the provided mechanical power to the variable guide vanes, wherein the actuator is mounted to the torque box via a first bolt and a second bolt that are attached to the torque box in a radial direction to a centerline axis of the gas turbine engine and a third bolt attached to the torque box in a direction tangential to a circumference of the centerline axis that is perpendicular with the radial direction of the first and second bolts.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an engine case;
- a compressor and/or turbine stage having at least a first plurality of stationary variable guide vanes (VGVs) circumferentially spaced around the gas turbine engine radially inward of the engine case, and a second plurality of stationary variable guide vanes (VGVs) circumferentially spaced around the gas turbine engine radially inward of the engine case, wherein the first plurality of VGVs are axially spaced from the second plurality of VGVs;
- a torque box mounted to the engine case that includes components for communicating mechanical power to the first plurality of VGVs and the second plurality of VGVs;
- and
- a linear actuator mounted to the torque box and coupled to provide mechanical force to the components of the torque box to selectively position the first plurality of VGVs and the second plurality of VGVs wherein the actuator is mounted to the torque box via a first bolt and a second bolt that are attached to the torque box in a radial direction to a centerline axis of the gas turbine engine and a third bolt attached to the torque box in direction tangential to a circumference of the centerline axis that is perpendicular with the radial direction of the first and second bolts.
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