US Patent Issued to RTX on May 26 for "Epicyclic gear reduction carrier and torque frame connection" (American, Polish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,984, issued on May 26, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Epicyclic gear reduction carrier and torque frame connection" was invented by Alessio Pescosolido (Rzeszow, Poland) and David A. Carroll (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section having at least one turbine rotor. A compressor section includes at least one compressor rotor, and a propulsor. The at least one turbine rotor is connected to drive an epicyclic gear reduction to in turn drive the propulsor at a slower speed than the at least one turbine rotor. The epicyclic gear reduction includes a sun gear for re...