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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Valva, Manchester, CT (US);
Brian P. Cigal, Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F01M 1/02 (2006.01); F16N 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/20 (2013.01); F01M 1/02 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F16H 57/0441 (2013.01); F16H 57/0479 (2013.01); F16H 57/0495 (2013.01); F01M 2001/0207 (2013.01); F01M 2001/0238 (2013.01); F01M 2001/0253 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); F16N 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is applicable to all gear trains using a journal bearing as a means of supporting gear shaft rotation. It is related in some embodiments to a system and method for supplying lubricant to the journal bearings of a gear-turbofan engine gear train when the fan rotor is subjected to a wind-milling condition in both directions, either clockwise or counterclockwise.