US 12,480,458 B2
Gas turbine engine ducting system having a plurality of spherical joints
Jack F Colebrooke, Derby (GB)
Assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London (GB)
Filed by ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London (GB)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/979,020.
Claims priority of application No. 2400242 (GB), filed on Jan. 8, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0223934 A1, Jul. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. F02K 1/12 (2006.01); F02K 1/80 (2006.01); F02K 1/82 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F23R 3/60 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 1/1223 (2013.01) [F02K 1/80 (2013.01); F02K 1/82 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An articulatable ducting system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:
a first structure defining a first internal volume;
a second structure defining a second internal volume, the second structure being movable with respect to the first structure;
a first spherical joint associated with the first structure;
a second spherical joint associated with the second structure; and
a conduit extending between the first and second spherical joints and thereby fluidically connecting the first internal volume to the second internal volume,
wherein the conduit is configured to move with respect to the second spherical joint so as to at least partially extend into the second internal volume.