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Modular gas turbine engine

US4934140A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateMay 13, 1988
Grant dateJun 19, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/40311
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas turbine fan engine with improved maintainability features is disclosed. Forward and rearward sections of the core of the engine are joined one to the other, and each are independently separable from the pylon on which the engine is mounted without the necessity of removing the other from the airplane.

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