US 12,000,338 B2
Electric machine within a turbine engine
Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US); and Russell B. Witlicki, Wethersfield, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,360.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,340, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212979 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F02C 7/268 (2006.01); F01D 25/04 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 6/20 (2013.01) [F01D 25/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F02C 7/268 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/70 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2240/54 (2013.01); F05D 2260/85 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
a stationary structure including a base support, a first leg and a second leg;
a rotating structure rotatably mounted to the stationary structure by a first bearing and a second bearing; and
an electric machine between the first bearing and the second bearing, the electric machine including a machine case, a rotor and a stator circumscribing the rotor, the rotor connected to the rotating structure, the stator connected to the stationary structure, and the stator and the rotor housed within the machine case;
the first leg connected to and projecting out from the base support, and the first leg configured to support the first bearing; and
the second leg connected to and projecting out from the base support, and the second leg configured to support the second bearing through the machine case.