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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Clark, Sanford, ME (US);
Eric Charles Mundell, South Berwick, ME (US);
Gary L. Grogg, South Berwick, ME (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/66 (2006.01); F16C 27/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01); F16C 19/26 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/6677 (2013.01); F16C 27/045 (2013.01); F16F 15/0237 (2013.01); F01D 25/164 (2013.01); F16C 19/26 (2013.01); F16C 33/581 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved film damper oil delivery pathway from an oil reservoir to a thin film fluidic damper is provided. An oil supply tube may be configured to mate to a bearing outer race. The bearing outer race may comprise internal oil flow circuit(s) configured to supply oil from the oil tube to the thin film damper for improved bearing compartment designs.