IP Library Granted Patent US 11,056,955
Granted Patent B2
US 11,056,955 · App. 16/335,840 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Aircraft turbine with counter-rotating propellers

Inventors: Matthias Dorfner (Munich, DE); Korbinian König-Petermaier (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
H02K16/02H02K16/00B64D35/02B64D35/06
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Patent No.
US 11,056,955
App. No.
16/335,840
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an aircraft turbine having counter-rotating propellers and a primary drive, the noise development of which is significantly reduced with respect to aircraft turbines which have a primary drive based on the internal combustion principle. The invention relates to an aircraft turbine having counter-rotating propellers and a primary drive, the primary drive of which is based on the electric drive principle.

Claims (15)

1. An aircraft turbine comprising:

counter-rotating propellers;

and a primary drive;

wherein the primary drive uses an electric drive principle,

wherein the primary drive is configured as a rotationally symmetrical synchronous motor comprising a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor,

wherein the stator includes a first double layer tooth coil winding having a first number of poles,

wherein the first rotor includes a second double layer tooth coil winding having a second number of poles for a first propeller of the counter-rotating propellers,

wherein the second rotor includes a third double layer tooth coil winding having a third number of poles for a second propeller of the counter-rotating propellers, and

wherein the second number of poles of the second double layer tooth coil winding is different than the third number of poles of the third double layer tooth coil winding, such that the primary drive is configured to form an electric loading with multiple dominant harmonics.

2. The aircraft turbine of claim 1 , wherein the first rotor is an internal rotor and the second rotor is an external rotor; and

wherein the first rotor and the second rotor are each mounted so that the first rotor and the second rotor rotate independently with respect to each other.

3. The aircraft turbine of claim 2 , wherein the rotationally symmetrical synchronous motor is configured to be permanently excited.

4. The aircraft turbine of claim 2 , wherein the counter-rotating propellers rotate at different speeds as a function of a drive frequency.

5. The aircraft turbine of claim 1 , wherein the counter-rotating propellers rotate at different speeds as a function of a drive frequency.

6. The aircraft turbine of claim 1 , wherein the first number of poles, the second number of poles, and the third number of poles are all different.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
Reel/Frame 052407/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: DORFNER, MATTHIAS; KÖNIG-PETERMAIER, KORBINIAN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 050712/0907 →
Continuity (1)
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