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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Phillip H. Burnside, Avon, IN (US);
Angela Turk, Zionsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/18 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01); F16C 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F01D 25/18 (2013.01); F16C 33/6685 (2013.01); F05D 2240/70 (2013.01); F05D 2250/71 (2013.01); F16C 19/06 (2013.01); F16C 33/6659 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing assembly may comprise a housing, a slinger disk, and a bearing. The housing may be configured to receive a shaft and having at least one scavenge passage between an outer housing portion and an inner housing portion. The slinger disk may have a plurality of flow guides configured to direct the lubricant flow toward the at least one scavenge channel. The scavenge passage may be configured to provide a lubricant flow through the bearing. Lubricant flow may be provided in a forward direction, through the bearing and opposite a windage direction.