TRANSVERSE MOUNTED ACCESSORY GEARBOX

An accessory gear box for a gas turbine engine having a drive shaft with a rotational axis and a tower shaft coupled to the drive shaft is provided. The accessory gear box includes a first plurality of gears arranged, which extend along a first axis substantially parallel to the rotational axis of t...

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Hauptverfasser: LAFFAN JAMES, HOLLINGSHEAD DOUG, HWANG MINGFONG, SCHMITTENBERG MARC, FROST CRISTOPHER, HAYDEN MARIEE, CRESTIN MICHAEL STEPHEN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An accessory gear box for a gas turbine engine having a drive shaft with a rotational axis and a tower shaft coupled to the drive shaft is provided. The accessory gear box includes a first plurality of gears arranged, which extend along a first axis substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the drive shaft. The accessory gear box includes a second plurality of gears, which extend along a second axis. The accessory gear box includes a first shaft, with one of the first plurality of gears coupled to the first shaft, and one of the second plurality of gears coupled to a second shaft. The one of the second plurality of gears coupled to the first shaft includes a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface, and the second engagement surface is coupled to another one of the second plurality of gears to drive the second shaft.