US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 26 for "Gearboxes for gas turbine engines" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,983, issued on May 26, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gearboxes for gas turbine engines" 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: "An epicyclic power gear box for a gas turbine engine delivers torque from a low speed shaft to the primary fan. The gear box includes a planet gear, a bearing pin for the planet gear, sun gear and ring 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 planet gear can be characterized by a pin clearan...