Disclosed is an aircraft accessory drive system (100) comprising: a drive shaft (102) configured to provide a drive input; a critical accessory (106) directly coupled to the drive shaft so as to be directly driven by the drive shaft; a parasitic drive system (110) configured to transmit drive input from the drive shaft to one or more less critical accessories, wherein the parasitic drive system comprises a torque limiter (112) configured to decouple the parasitic drive system from the drive shaft and the critical accessory in response to a jam affecting the parasitic drive system or one or more of the less critical accessories. Also disclosed are a gas turbine engine comprising an aircraft accessory drive system, and an aircraft comprising an aircraft accessory drive system.


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    Title :

    Aircraft accessory drive system


    Publication date :

    2022-06-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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