ca») United States
US 20210293184A1
c2) Patent Application Publication ao) Pub. No.: US 2021/0293184 Al
Karpik et al.
(43) Pub. Date: Sep. 23, 2021
(54) DECOUPLER FOR ENGINE STARTER
(71). Applicanis:Unigon Industries, LIC, Jacksonville,
FL (US); GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
(72) Inventors: Roberto Karpik, Warsaw (PL):
brata Nayak, Karnataka (IN); David
‘Allan Danschak, Union, OH (US);
Shiloh Montegomery Meyers.
isbur, OH (US); Sharad Pundlik
Patil, Karnataka (IN); Eliel Fresco
Rodriguez, Springboro, OH (US)
(21) Appl. No: 17/183,975
(22) Filed: Feb. 24, 2021
G0) Foreign Application Priority Data
Mar, 19, 2020 (PL) 433297
86.
Publication Classification
(51) Incl,
FIC 7277 (2006.01)
FIC 736 (2006.01)
FIC 706 (2006.01),
2) US.CL
cP FO2C 7277 (2013.01); FRC 736
(2013.01), F62C 7/06 (2013.01); FSD
2240/61 (2013.01); FOSD 2240/50 (2013.01)
OSD 2260/4011 (2013.01); FOSD 226085
(2013.01), Fasp 2260/4023 (2013.01): FSD
2260/31 (201301)
ABSTRACT
An air turbine starter for stating an engine, comprising a
housing defining an inet, an outs, and a flow path extend
ing between the inlet and the outit for communicating a
flow of gas thee through, A turbine member is joumaled
Within the housing aad disposed within the low path for
rotatably extracting mechanical power from the fw of gas
‘and a gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine
member. A drive shal is operably coupled with the gear
train, and a decoupler is selectively coupled to the drive
shafl for decoupling the air turbine starter from the engine.
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