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Constant-speed twin spool turboprop unit

US6082967A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02C3/113
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A constant-speed twin spool turboprop unit including a twin spool gas generator having a low-pressure spool and a high-pressure spool each including a compressor and a turbine which drives the compressor, is described in which at least one propeller of the unit is driven by at least the high-pressure spool of the gas generator.

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