United Technologies Corporation

Paul A Dickie

Larry W Spires

Michael A Mike

Kurtis D Kleis

An assembly includes a reservoir for holding a fluid, and a scavenge passage connected to the reservoir at a reservoir inlet. The scavenge passage returns the fluid from a delivery location to the reservoir. A bleed passage is connected in fluid communication between the reservoir and the scavenge passage.

Reduced gulp fluid reservoir

A seal assembly 18 for blocking the leakage of fluid between a first region 26 and a second region 28 is disclosed. Various construction details are developed for improving the sealing capability under operative conditions which cause a severe reverse pressure gradient across the seal assembly. In one particular embodiment, the seal assembly includes a seal 36 having a front 88 which faces the first region and a pair of sidewalls 92, 94 which extend from the front and are urged apart by a spring means 96.

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Newington, CT, United States of America

Paul A Dickie