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Trunnion retention for a turbine engine
- Patent number 12,134,971
- Issue date Nov 5, 2024
- General Electric Company
- Brandon Wayne Miller
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Variable pitch fan of a gas turbine engine
- Patent number 12,110,903
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- GE AVIO S.R.L.
- Paolo Altamura
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
After-fan system for a gas turbine engine
- Patent number 11,994,089
- Issue date May 28, 2024
- RTX Corporation
- Dmitriy B. Sidelkovskiy
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Propeller blade angle closed loop control by solenoid modulation
- Patent number 11,827,336
- Issue date Nov 28, 2023
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Timothy Maver
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Turbomachine module for a propeller having variable-pitch blades an...
- Patent number 11,780,562
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Cottet
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Variable pitch bladed disc
- Patent number 11,772,777
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Marcel Maurice Dejeu
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Turbomachine module equipped with a system for changing the pitch o...
- Patent number 11,753,143
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Cottet
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Variable vane arm mechanism for gas turbine engine and method of op...
- Patent number 11,708,767
- Issue date Jul 25, 2023
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Edward Cox
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Vane arm torque transfer plate
- Patent number 11,680,494
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Christopher F. Duffy
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Variable pitch bladed disc
- Patent number 11,591,913
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Marcel Maurice Dejeu
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Shape memory alloy reinforced casing
- Patent number 11,591,932
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Blade pivot of adjustable orientation and of reduced bulk for a tur...
- Patent number 11,572,889
- Issue date Feb 7, 2023
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Vincent François Georges Millier
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Propeller control unit with bypass drain line
- Patent number 11,530,027
- Issue date Dec 20, 2022
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Jagoda Krzywon
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Variable turbomachine vane
- Patent number 11,525,369
- Issue date Dec 13, 2022
- MTU Aero Engines AG
- Vitalis Mairhanser
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
Vane arm clip for variable stator vanes
- Patent number 11,391,174
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Jonathan D. Little
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a turbine engine
- Patent number 11,274,676
- Issue date Mar 15, 2022
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Serge René Morreale
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Fan module having variable-pitch blades for a turbine engine
- Patent number 11,162,506
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Serge Rene Morreale
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Link setting assembly and method
- Patent number 11,156,120
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Christopher R. Osborne
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Self retained linkage and system including the self retained linkag...
- Patent number 11,149,580
- Issue date Oct 19, 2021
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Jacob Fassett
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a turbomachine
- Patent number 11,124,287
- Issue date Sep 21, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Serge Rene Morreale
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Trunnion retention for a turbine engine
- Patent number 11,053,812
- Issue date Jul 6, 2021
- General Electric Company
- Brandon Wayne Miller
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Variable pitch bladed disc
- Patent number 11,046,424
- Issue date Jun 29, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Marcel Maurice Dejeu
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Oil transfer for a control system regulating the propeller pitch of...
- Patent number 11,021,235
- Issue date Jun 1, 2021
- SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
- Xavier Paul Lucien Hert
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Variable pitch change control method
- Patent number 10,934,866
- Issue date Mar 2, 2021
- Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
- Patrick Bailey
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Variable-pitch blade control ring for a turbomachine
- Patent number 10,927,699
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Alain Marc Lucien Bromann
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbomachine module comprising a rotor supporting pitchable blades
- Patent number 10,907,486
- Issue date Feb 2, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Fan module with variable pitch blades
- Patent number 10,899,432
- Issue date Jan 26, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Gilles Alain Marie Charier
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
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Lever connection of a guide vane adjustment for turbomachinery
- Patent number 10,876,425
- Issue date Dec 29, 2020
- MTU Aero Engines AG
- Werner Humhauser
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Grant
Pitch actuation system for a turbomachine propeller
- Patent number 10,870,481
- Issue date Dec 22, 2020
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Huguette De Wergifosse
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Retention clip for variable vane arm
- Patent number 10,837,309
- Issue date Nov 17, 2020
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- William S. Pratt
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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ELECTRICAL ACTUATION OF VARIABLE STATOR VANES
- Publication number 20240426225
- Publication date Dec 26, 2024
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Ryan Shook
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
FAN MODULE HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES
- Publication number 20240337195
- Publication date Oct 10, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Ceddric BELJAMBE
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE PITCH FAN
- Publication number 20240318565
- Publication date Sep 26, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Paul Ghislain Albert LEVISSE
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
ELECTROHYDRAULIC PITCH SETTING WITH REVERSIBLE PUMP
- Publication number 20240253770
- Publication date Aug 1, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Huguette DE WERGIFOSSE
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM COMPRISING AN IMPROVED ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTU...
- Publication number 20240239474
- Publication date Jul 18, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Huguette De Wergifosse
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE PITCH FAN OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20240151240
- Publication date May 9, 2024
- GE AVIO S.r.L.
- Paolo Altamura
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE VANE ARM MECHANISM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OP...
- Publication number 20230078588
- Publication date Mar 16, 2023
- Edward COX
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBOMACHINE MODULE EQUIPPED WITH A SYSTEM FOR CHANGING THE PITCH O...
- Publication number 20220289362
- Publication date Sep 15, 2022
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement COTTET
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
TURBOMACHINE MODULE FOR A PROPELLER HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES AN...
- Publication number 20220135207
- Publication date May 5, 2022
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement COTTET
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE PITCH BLADED DISC
- Publication number 20210291962
- Publication date Sep 23, 2021
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Clement Marcel Maurice DEJEU
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE VANE SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINE WITH LINKAGE HAVING TAPERED R...
- Publication number 20210254557
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Jeffrey W. McMurray
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
TRUNNION RETENTION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20210215062
- Publication date Jul 15, 2021
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Brandon Wayne Miller
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
VANE ARM CLIP FOR VARIABLE STATOR VANES
- Publication number 20210079806
- Publication date Mar 18, 2021
- United Technologies Corporation
- Jonathan D. Little
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
RETENTION CLIP FOR VARIABLE VANE ARM
- Publication number 20200325792
- Publication date Oct 15, 2020
- United Technologies Corporation
- William S. Pratt
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
LOW-PITCH VARIABLE-SETTING FAN OF A TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20200095876
- Publication date Mar 26, 2020
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Romain Guillaume CUVILLIER
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
ALTERNATOR COOLING FAN WITH ADJUSTABLE PITCH
- Publication number 20200080567
- Publication date Mar 12, 2020
- DENSO International America, Inc.
- Gregory LEWANDOWSKI
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
LEVER CONNECTION OF A GUIDE VANE ADJUSTMENT FOR TURBOMACHINERY
- Publication number 20190249562
- Publication date Aug 15, 2019
- MTU Aero Engines AG
- Werner Humhauser
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
Verstellbare Turbomaschinenschaufel
- Publication number 20190178100
- Publication date Jun 13, 2019
- MTU Aero Engines GmbH
- Vitalis Mairhanser
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
PITCH ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE PROPELLER
- Publication number 20190118936
- Publication date Apr 25, 2019
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Huguette De Wergifosse
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
VANE ARM WITH TRI-WEDGE CIRCULAR POCKET
- Publication number 20190112940
- Publication date Apr 18, 2019
- United Technologies Corporation
- William S. Pratt
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
TRUNNION RETENTION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20190093503
- Publication date Mar 28, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Brandon Wayne Miller
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
Axial Case Ring to Maximize Thrust Bushing Contact Area Of Variable...
- Publication number 20190078461
- Publication date Mar 14, 2019
- Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Grace Aker
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
FAN MODULE WITH VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20190024672
- Publication date Jan 24, 2019
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Serge René Morreale
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
FAN MODULE HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
- Publication number 20190003484
- Publication date Jan 3, 2019
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Serge Rene MORREALE
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE-PITCH BLADE CONTROL RING FOR A TURBOMACHINE
- Publication number 20180371939
- Publication date Dec 27, 2018
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Alain Marc Lucien BROMANN
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE PITCH CHANGE CONTROL METHOD
- Publication number 20180363481
- Publication date Dec 20, 2018
- Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
- Patrick Bailey
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
TURBOMACHINE MODULE COMPRISING A ROTOR SUPPORTING PITCHABLE BLADES
- Publication number 20180334915
- Publication date Nov 22, 2018
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Nils Edouard Romain Bordoni
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL PITCH ACTUATION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE P...
- Publication number 20180170522
- Publication date Jun 21, 2018
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Huguette De Wergifosse
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM MODULE AND INLET GUIDE VANE COUPLING MECHANISM
- Publication number 20180142620
- Publication date May 24, 2018
- United Technologies Corporation
- Daniel W. Major
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
LINK SETTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
- Publication number 20170268375
- Publication date Sep 21, 2017
- United Technologies Corporation
- Christopher R. Osborne
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

Bearing, support or actuation arrangements therefor

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Trunnion retention for a turbine engine

Variable pitch fan of a gas turbine engine

After-fan system for a gas turbine engine

Propeller blade angle closed loop control by solenoid modulation

Turbomachine module for a propeller having variable-pitch blades an...

Variable pitch bladed disc

Turbomachine module equipped with a system for changing the pitch o...

Variable vane arm mechanism for gas turbine engine and method of op...

Vane arm torque transfer plate

Variable pitch bladed disc

Shape memory alloy reinforced casing

Blade pivot of adjustable orientation and of reduced bulk for a tur...

Propeller control unit with bypass drain line

Variable turbomachine vane

Vane arm clip for variable stator vanes

Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a turbine engine

Fan module having variable-pitch blades for a turbine engine

Link setting assembly and method

Self retained linkage and system including the self retained linkag...

Fan module with variable-pitch blades for a turbomachine

Trunnion retention for a turbine engine

Variable pitch bladed disc

Oil transfer for a control system regulating the propeller pitch of...

Variable pitch change control method

Variable-pitch blade control ring for a turbomachine

Turbomachine module comprising a rotor supporting pitchable blades

Fan module with variable pitch blades

Lever connection of a guide vane adjustment for turbomachinery

Pitch actuation system for a turbomachine propeller

Retention clip for variable vane arm

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ELECTRICAL ACTUATION OF VARIABLE STATOR VANES

FAN MODULE HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES

VARIABLE PITCH FAN

ELECTROHYDRAULIC PITCH SETTING WITH REVERSIBLE PUMP

PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM COMPRISING AN IMPROVED ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTU...

VARIABLE PITCH FAN OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

VARIABLE VANE ARM MECHANISM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OP...

TURBOMACHINE MODULE EQUIPPED WITH A SYSTEM FOR CHANGING THE PITCH O...

TURBOMACHINE MODULE FOR A PROPELLER HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES AN...

VARIABLE PITCH BLADED DISC

VARIABLE VANE SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINE WITH LINKAGE HAVING TAPERED R...

TRUNNION RETENTION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

VANE ARM CLIP FOR VARIABLE STATOR VANES

RETENTION CLIP FOR VARIABLE VANE ARM

LOW-PITCH VARIABLE-SETTING FAN OF A TURBINE ENGINE

ALTERNATOR COOLING FAN WITH ADJUSTABLE PITCH

LEVER CONNECTION OF A GUIDE VANE ADJUSTMENT FOR TURBOMACHINERY

Verstellbare Turbomaschinenschaufel

PITCH ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE PROPELLER

VANE ARM WITH TRI-WEDGE CIRCULAR POCKET

TRUNNION RETENTION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

Axial Case Ring to Maximize Thrust Bushing Contact Area Of Variable...

FAN MODULE WITH VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

FAN MODULE HAVING VARIABLE-PITCH BLADES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

VARIABLE-PITCH BLADE CONTROL RING FOR A TURBOMACHINE

VARIABLE PITCH CHANGE CONTROL METHOD

TURBOMACHINE MODULE COMPRISING A ROTOR SUPPORTING PITCHABLE BLADES

SYSTEM FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL PITCH ACTUATION FOR A TURBINE ENGINE P...

FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM MODULE AND INLET GUIDE VANE COUPLING MECHANISM

LINK SETTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD