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US 9,752,510 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine driving multiple fans
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. Suciu, Alan H. Epstein, Wesley K. Lord, Michael E. McCune, Brian D. Merry
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine with a compressor section, a combustor and a turbine. The turbine drives an output shaft, and the output shaft drives at least four gears. Each of the at least four gears extends through a drive shaft to drive an associated fan rotor.
Claims17
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a core engine including a compressor section, a combustor and a turbine, said turbine driving an output shaft;
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- said output shaft driving at least four gears, each of said at least four gears extending through a drive shaft to drive an associated fan rotor and said output shaft drives a pair of bevel gears, and each of said at least four gears being driven by at least one of said pair of bevel gears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.