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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Michel Desjardins, St-Hubert, CA;
Hervé Turcotte, Sainte-Julie, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
The epicyclic gear stage has a carrier body receiving the planet gears via corresponding planet bearings, a first bearing plane where a first axial end of the planet bearings are received by the carrier body, a second bearing plane where a second axial end of the planet bearings are received by the carrier body, a torque transfer body made integral to the carrier body externally to the sun gear, at a balanced torque transfer plane located between the first bearing plane and the second bearing plane, and extending away therefrom to a shaft coupler, for transferring torque between the carrier body and a shaft, and an oil network extending within the carrier, the oil network having an inlet in the torque transfer body, extending within the torque transfer body and into the carrier body, and extending within the carrier body and into the planet bearings.