US Patent 10954864 Transmission for low spool of gas turbine engine

A power transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and a plurality of gear ratios selectably engagable with the input shaft and the output shaft to transfer rotational energy from the input shaft to the output shaft to drive the output shaft at a selected output shaft speed. A plurality of clutches, each clutch is located at a clutch lay shaft of a plurality of clutch lay shafts and is configured to control selective engagement of only one gear ratio of the plurality of gear ratios.