Patent 11047338 was granted and assigned to Safran on June, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A turbofan engine including: a turbine shaft; a fan shaft; and a reduction mechanism coupling the turbine shaft and the fan shaft, is provided. The turbofan engine has a bypass ratio greater than or equal to 10, and the turbine shaft is supported by four bearings such that the flexural deformation modes of the turbine shaft are positioned in transient phase or outside the operating range of the turbofan engine.