Shaft of a gas-turbine engine, in particular a radial shaft or a shaft arranged at an angle to the machine axis

US9217463B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG · DE

Inventors

• Ruediger OESSENICH · Rangsdorf, DE
• Andreas Freund · Heroldsbach, DE
• Mirko Filler · Dresden, DE
• Ole Renner · Dresden, DE
• Alexander Pabst · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/60
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A radial shaft of a gas-turbine engine which is made up of +/−45° layers, zero layers and +/−30° layers of carbon fiber composite and connected to load-input end pieces via sinusoidal connecting areas.