Patent 7448198 was granted and assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A device is provided which can serve one or more of the multiple functions of impeding rotation of a shaft de-coupled turbine rotor, selectively impeding rotation of a first spool of the engine, for example to permit a second spool to generate power for use in ground operation, and facilitating reduced aircraft ground speed.