Patent attributes
A turbo propeller engine comprises a housing circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis and disposed around a gearbox. The turbo propeller engine includes a propeller outside of the housing and a shaft surrounded in part by the housing and extending along the longitudinal axis. The shaft has a front end and a rear end. The propeller is mounted to the front end. The rear end is in a driven engagement with an output of the gearbox. The shaft is rotatably supported by a first bearing and by a second bearing separated from the first bearing by an axial distance along the longitudinal axis. The first and second bearings are disposed on opposite sides of the gearbox. The first bearing is disposed between the shaft and the housing, the second bearing is disposed between the housing and a component of the gearbox to rotatingly support the component of the gearbox.
