Patent ID: 11959387
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. An air turbine starter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet to define an air flow path from the inlet to the outlet;
a gear box located within the housing and having a drive shaft and an output shaft, with a gear train, including a carrier, operably coupling the drive shaft and the output shaft;
a turbine having a rotor coupled to the drive shaft and a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades extending from the rotor;
a first bearing assembly rotatably supporting the drive shaft relative to the housing;
a second bearing assembly in contact with and rotatably supporting the output shaft relative to the housing; and
a third bearing assembly radially located between and rotatably supporting the carrier to the output shaft, wherein the third bearing assembly is in contact with a portion of the output shaft and at least one of the carrier or an engagement structure selectively coupled or fixed to the carrier.