ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,441, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Gas turbine engine bearing and gearbox arrangement" was invented by William G. Sheridan (Southington, Conn.) and Michael E. McCune (Colchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades that deliver air into a compressor section and a drive gear system including an epicyclic transmission. A drive shaft interconnects a gear carrier of the epicyclic transmission and the plurality of blades. A turbine section drives an input of the drive gear system through a turbine shaft. The drive gear system is straddle mounted by a...