Patent 7775764 was granted and assigned to Rolls-Royce on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rotor assembly comprises at least two rotors defining a cavity therebetween. A first rotor defines a cooling air inlet in its radially inward portion. A second rotor defines a cooling air outlet in its radially outward portion, such that the cooling air passes radially outwardly through the cavity.