Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combined with starting feature
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-07
2007-08-07
Kim, Ted (Department: 3746)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combined with starting feature
C060S785000, C060S728000, C060S039830
Reexamination Certificate
active
10880820
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a compressor, a turbine, a combustor, and a starter-generator unit all integrated within a single containment housing. The turbine has an output shaft on which the compressor is mounted, and the starter-generator unit is coupled to the turbine output shaft without any intervening gears. The rotating components are all rotationally supported within the containment housing using bearings that do not receive a flow of lubricating fluid.
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Dittmar Kevin S.
Edmonds David H.
Schenk Bjoern
Sheoran Yogendra Y.
Honeywell International , Inc.
Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz
Kim Ted
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