Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Gas turbine engine for vehicle propulsion

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7348155

A gas turbine engine for driving a vehicle includes a rotor unit comprising a compressor and a turbine rotor, a combustion chamber, a gas flow path downstream of the combustion chamber, concentric shafts arranged in the gas flow path, and a transmission. A power take-off shaft from the power turbine rotors is coaxially aligned with the transmission shaft, and a planetary gearing is enclosed in a housing and includes a sun wheel. The sun wheel is carried by the power take-off shaft, upon which a planetary wheel carrier is rotatably mounted.

Assignee:
United Turbine AB and Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 3958655
OSTI ID:
7348155
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English