Epicyclic face gear reduction gearbox particularly for a gas turbine engine

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PATENT NO 6183388
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08614238

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A gear reduction gearbox connected to a gas turbine engine to reduce the shaft speed and increase the output torque. In one form of the present invention an input shaft and an output shaft are rotatable within a mechanical housing. A face gear set connects between the shafts for changing the speed of the output shaft relative to the input shaft. The present invention, in one embodiment includes load sharing wherein a plurality of pinion gear assemblies distribute the load transmitted through the gearbox.

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ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION450 S MERIDIAN STREET INDIANAPOLIS IN 46225

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Hawkins, John M Greenwood, IN 17 995

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