Patent ID: 9745898
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F02C,F02K,F05D,F16H,Y02T

Claim:
1. A planetary gear system for a turbomachine, comprising: a forward planetary gear assembly including a plurality of forward planet gears meshed to a forward sun gear disposed on a power shaft and a forward ring gear meshed to the forward planet gears; an aft planetary gear assembly aft of the forward planetary gear assembly including a plurality of aft planet gears meshed to an aft sun gear disposed on the power shaft and an aft ring gear meshed to the aft planet gears; and a gear housing disposed between the forward planetary gear assembly and the aft planetary gear assembly, wherein the gear housing includes: a stationary carrier, wherein the forward and aft planet gears are rotatably mounted to the stationary carrier; and a mount extending radially from the stationary carrier that is connectable to a stationary portion of the turbomachine.