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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Roger Corallo, West Suffield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B64G 1/60 (2006.01); F16J 15/3232 (2016.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0427 (2013.01); B64G 1/60 (2013.01); F16H 57/0471 (2013.01); F16H 57/0472 (2013.01); F16H 57/0495 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); F16H 57/0464 (2013.01); F16J 15/3232 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system has an input shaft driving a first gear and supported by at least one input shaft bearing. The first gear drives at least a second gear. The second gear drives an output shaft. The output shaft is supported by at least one output shaft bearing. A gear bearing also supports at least one of the first and second gears. Lubricant movement structure is associated with at least one of the first and second gears for moving lubricant in an axial and in a radial direction to drive the lubricant toward at least one of the shaft bearing and the gear bearing. A spacecraft is also disclosed.