US Patent Issued to General Electric on July 7 for "Gas turbine engines and epicyclic gearboxes with planet gear clearances" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,425, issued on July 7, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engines and epicyclic gearboxes with planet gear clearances" was invented by Kedar S. Vaidya (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Bugra H. Ertas (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a gearbox assembly for delivering torque from a low speed shaft to a primary fan. The gearbox assembly includes a planet gear and a bearing pin for the planet gear. The planet gear and bearing pin are arranged so that a clearance between the two is maintained during a takeoff condition for the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine furth...