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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Alan Niergarth, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Bugra Han Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Donald Albert Bradley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Robert Dickman, Monroe, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An epicyclic gearing arrangement includes a planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing that is mounted via a support pin to a carrier of the epicyclic gearing arrangement. A spring film damper is disposed between the outer surface of the bearing's outer ring and the opposing inner surface of the planet gear and includes an annular gap. The support pin and/or outer ring include oil feed holes that open into the respective annular gap(s).