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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrew P. Grosskopf, Rockford, IL (US);
Aaron M. Finke, Janesville, WI (US);
Christine Lynn Ooyen, Winnebago, IL (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A deaerator shaft may have a tubular intake segment that forms an intake end of the deaerator shaft, a tubular sleeve attachment segment that is adjacent to the intake segment, a tubular central segment that is adjacent to the sleeve attachment segment, the central segment having a third diameter that is greater than the second diameter, the central segment comprising a protruding ring that radially extends from the central segment and divides the central segment, the protruding ring having opposing flat surfaces, and a tubular discharge segment that forms a discharge end of the deaerator shaft. A gear may have a central ring positioned along an axis, opposing tabs that extend from a first axial side of the central ring, and a shouldered ring that extends from a second axial side of the central ring, the shouldered ring having a lip that extends radially inward toward the axis.