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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Kerry J. Lighty, Plainfield, IN (US);
Phillip Burnside, Avon, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A lubricant scavenging system for a turbine engine having a pair of concentric, counter-rotating shafts. The system comprises a lubricant sump housing having a radially inner surface, a pair of pedestal mounts each adapted to receive a bearing assembly from a respective shaft, a lubricant collection point axially disposed between the pedestal mounts, and a pair of axial channels adapted to guide lubricant toward the lubricant collection point.