US 11,926,438 B2
Device for driving a shaft of a jet engine for inspection purposes
Jan Oke Peters, Hamburg (DE); Michael Thies, Hamburg (DE); and Johann Pott, Wistedt (DE)
Assigned to LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/422,208
Filed by Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/087156
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/148081, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 100 823.9 (DE), filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073216 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B64F 5/60 (2017.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/60 (2017.01) [F01D 25/285 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/402 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for driving a shaft of a jet engine for inspection purposes, the device comprising:
a drive comprising a part co-rotating with the shaft,
wherein the co-rotating part of the unit is configured to lie against a spinner of the shaft and is secured in a non-rotatable manner to at least one fan blade arranged on the shaft using at least one strap.