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Method and system of controlling shift of transmission speed ratio for gas turbine engine vehicle

US5233888A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1991
Grant dateAug 10, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2061/0232
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a gas turbine engine vehicle having a two-shaft type gas turbine engine including a gas generator constituted by a compressor and a compressor turbine arranged coaxially with the compressor, a combustion chamber, a variable nozzle, and a power turbine rotatable about a turbine shaft independently of a shaft of the compressor and the compressor turbine, a transmission speed ratio is shifted to a higher stage than the current transmission speed ratio when an engine acceleration requirement is greater than a predetermined value. As a result, a lowering of a vehicular acceleration characteristics due to a response lag in a variation of revolution speed at the compressor turbine can be prevented, and thus an enhanced acceleration and deceleration of the automotive vehicle is provided.

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