HOUSING LESS FRONT BEARING COMPARTMENT FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE

A fan assembly (22) of a gas turbine engine (20) includes a fan rotor (42) including a fan rotor hub (60), and a plurality of fan blades (62) extending radially outwardly from the fan rotor hub (60), and a fan case (64) including an inner case portion (68) and an outer case portion (66) surrounding...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROGERS, Daniel S, YUEN, Yuk-Kwan Brian, ANGLIN, Christopher T, NICKERSON, Matthew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES STEAM ENGINES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A fan assembly (22) of a gas turbine engine (20) includes a fan rotor (42) including a fan rotor hub (60), and a plurality of fan blades (62) extending radially outwardly from the fan rotor hub (60), and a fan case (64) including an inner case portion (68) and an outer case portion (66) surrounding the plurality of fan blades (62). A plurality of struts (70) extend between the inner case portion (68) and the outer case portion (66). A bearing assembly (72) is configured to support the fan rotor (42) at the inner case portion (68). The bearing assembly (72) includes a bearing inner race (76) secured to the fan rotor (42), a bearing outer race (78) secured to the inner case portion (68), and a plurality of bearing elements (80) located radially between the bearing inner race (76) and the bearing outer race (78).