A gas turbine engine including a fan, a core including at least one rotatable shaft, and a gearbox mechanically coupling at least one rotatable shaft of the core to the fan is provided. The gas turbine engine also includes a coupling system for mounting the gearbox within the gas turbine engine. The coupling system includes a flexible coupling connected to at least one of a fan frame or a core frame, as well as a torque frame connected to the flexible coupling and the gearbox. Moreover, a deflection limiter is provided, loosely attaching the flexible coupling to the gearbox to provide a predetermined axial range of motion, radial range of motion, and circumferential range of motion between the gearbox and the frame to which the flexible coupling is attached.

An oil tank mounting system for use on a structure of a turbine engine, includes three mounts with each mount configured to constrain the oil tank with a different number of degrees of freedom of movement. A first mount may have fix the oil tank in one degree of freedom, a second mount may fix the oil tank in two degrees of freedom, and a third mount may fix the oil tank in three degrees of freedom. This allows limited rotational and expansion movement while coupling the oil tank to the engine. The mount attachments may be embodied in rubber, with pins, or with spherical joints in a variety of configurations. Frangible pins may be used to absorb energy but still retain the oil tank in the event of a high energy event.

A gas turbine engine including a fan, a core including at least one rotatable shaft, and a gearbox mechanically coupling at least one rotatable shaft of the core to the fan is provided. The gas turbine engine also includes a coupling system for mounting the gearbox within the gas turbine engine. The coupling system includes a flexible coupling connected to at least one of a fan frame or a core frame, as well as a torque frame connected to the flexible coupling and the gearbox. Moreover, a deflection limiter is provided, loosely attaching the flexible coupling to the gearbox to provide a predetermined axial range of motion, radial range of motion, and circumferential range of motion between the gearbox and the frame to which the flexible coupling is attached.

A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal carrier located at a first rotating component of the gas turbine engine. The seal carrier includes an axially forward seal carrier and an axially aft seal carrier. The axially aft seal carrier is located aft of the axially forward seal carrier relative to an engine central longitudinal axis. The axially forward seal carrier and the axially aft seal carrier define a seal recess therebetween. A seal body is positioned in the seal recess and is configured to slidably move in the seal recess and seal to a second rotating component of the gas turbine engine.

A wastegate valve of a turbocharger includes a swing arm that includes a shaft and a lever including an insertion hole, a valve body including a valve shaft inserted into the insertion hole and a valve plate arranged on an end of the valve shaft, a support plate fixed to a portion of the valve shaft protruding out of the insertion hole, and an elastic member arranged between the support plate and the lever or the lever and the valve plate. The elastic member includes a ring, claws curved toward a first side in an axial direction of the ring, and a projection projecting from the ring toward the first side. The projection length of the projection is smaller than a distance obtained by subtracting the thickness of the lever from the distance between the valve plate and the support plate in the axial direction of the valve shaft.

Turbine nozzles are provided for gas turbine engines. The turbine nozzle includes an arcuate inner band; an arcuate outer band; and a nozzle vane disposed between the arcuate inner band and the arcuate outer band. The radially inner end of the nozzle vane is attached to the arcuate inner band through an interlocking transition zone including a plurality of projections alternately extending from the radially inner end of the nozzle vane and the arcuate inner band, respectively, to undetachably couple the nozzle vane and the arcuate inner band. Optionally, the radially outer end of each nozzle vane is also attached to the arcuate outer band through an interlocking transition zone.

A system for enhancing the thrust produced by an aircraft propulsion element having a propulsion fluid outlet includes a shroud element having an inlet, an outlet and a diffusing section positioned between the shroud element inlet and shroud element outlet. The shroud element is coupled to the aircraft such that the diffusing section is positioned directly downstream of the propulsion fluid outlet. At least one actuator is operable to rotate the shroud element about a first transverse axis of the shroud element and a second transverse axis of the shroud element.

A flex joint (22) includes a bellows (33) and a liner system (46) disposed in the bellows. The liner system includes two generally cylindrical liner pieces (50,52) that are connected to each other in an articulated joint (54). One of the two generally cylindrical liner pieces defines a ball joint end (56) and the other of the two generally cylindrical liner pieces defines a socket joint end (58). The ball joint end is engaged with the socket joint end to form a ball and socket joint as the articulated joint.

An oil tank mounting system for use on a structure of a turbine engine, includes three mounts with each mount configured to constrain the oil tank with a different number of degrees of freedom of movement. A first mount may have fix the oil tank in one degree of freedom, a second mount may fix the oil tank in two degrees of freedom, and a third mount may fix the oil tank in three degrees of freedom. This allows limited rotational and expansion movement while coupling the oil tank to the engine. The mount attachments may be embodied in rubber, with pins, or with spherical joints in a variety of configurations. Frangible pins may be used to absorb energy but still retain the oil tank in the event of a high energy event.

A fan nacelle for an aircraft gas turbine engine. The nacelle includes an aft nacelle portion including a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, the radially outer and inner surfaces defining an internal cavity therebetween. The nacelle further includes an aft nacelle segment translatable along a translation vector having an axial component, wherein the aft nacelle segment is configured to translate between a forward deployed position in which the nacelle defines a first primary fan nozzle exit area (A.sub.1) and a clean position in which the nacelle defines a second primary fan nozzle exit area (A.sub.2) less than the first primary fan nozzle exit area A.sub.1, wherein in the forward deployed position, the aft nacelle segment is at least partly located within the internal cavity.