Patent ID: 7775049

Claim:
A mid-turbine frame connected to at least one mount of a gas turbine engine for transferring a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing to the mount, the mid-turbine frame comprising: a single point load shell structure having a concave surface that opens in a radially outward direction with respect to a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine for combining the first load and the second load into a combined load and a torque box having a first member and a second member substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the gas turbine engine for transferring the combined load from the concave surface, wherein the first load is transferred to the single point load shell structure by a first bearing cone and the second load is transferred to the single point load shell structure by a second bearing cone, wherein the single point load shell structure is U-shaped with the first and second members joined by the concave surface; and a plurality of struts connected to the single point load shell structure for transferring the combined load from the single point load structure to the mount.