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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gert Johannes van der Merwe, Lebanon, OH (US);
Raymond Floyd Martell, Wyoming, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F28D 7/10 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/14 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/224 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0417 (2013.01); B64D 33/08 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F02C 7/14 (2013.01); F16H 57/02 (2013.01); F16H 57/0415 (2013.01); F28D 7/005 (2013.01); F28D 7/0041 (2013.01); F02C 7/224 (2013.01); F05D 2230/30 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F28F 2255/00 (2013.01); F28F 2255/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gearbox and a method for additively manufacturing the gearbox are provided. The gearbox includes a housing having an integral heat exchanger additively manufactured within the housing. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange passageways for transferring heat between two or more fluids. The heat exchanger is defined at any suitable location or locations within the housing, for example, within voids defined between the walls of the housing and components housed within housing, such as driveshafts, gears, bearings, etc.