Patent ID: 8950724
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting system to couple an engine unit to a support structure, the engine unit including a turbine engine portion coupled to a gearbox portion about an axial axis, the system comprising: an aft mounting device to couple a turbine engine portion to a support structure; and a force determinator configured to determine a force load of the engine unit at a location of the aft mounting device, wherein a length of the aft mounting device is adjustable between the turbine engine portion and the support structure in a radial direction substantially transverse to the axial axis and is sized to a desired length to correspond to a determinable force load at an engine running condition of the engine unit to substantially align the gearbox portion and the turbine engine portion relative to the axial axis, the determinable force load including forces due to thermal expansion in the axial and radial directions.