Mary B Richardson

US Patent:

20120317991, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/160380

Inventors:

Cristopher Frost - Scottsdale AZ, US
Mary Eileen Richardson - Maricopa AZ, US
Michael Stephen Crestin - Chandler AZ, US
James Laffan - Phoenix AZ, US
Mingfong Hwang - Phoenix AZ, US
Doug Hollingshead - Phoenix AZ, US
Marc Schmittenberg - Phoenix AZ, US

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

F02C 6/04

US Classification:

60784

Abstract:

A gas turbine engine and an accessory gear box (AGB) are provided for. The gas turbine engine comprises a drive shaft, a compressor, a combustor and an exhaust turbine, where the exhaust turbine and the compressor are coaxially connected by the drive shaft. The gas turbine engine further comprises an engine casing of varying diameters circumferentially enveloping the compressor, the combustor and the exhaust turbine with a waist located between the compressor and the combustor. The gas turbine engine also includes an accessory gear box (AGB) attached to the engine casing at the waist, the AGB comprising a gear rotating on an axis extending in a transverse direction relative to that of the drive shaft.