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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. Davis, Tolland, CT (US);
Reade W. James, West Hartford, CT (US);
Peter T. Schutte, Manchester, CT (US);
Juan Jimenez, Arecibo, PR (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F01D 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F01D 9/065 (2013.01); F01D 25/16 (2013.01); F16C 33/10 (2013.01); F16C 33/102 (2013.01); F16C 33/1025 (2013.01); F16C 33/66 (2013.01); F16C 33/6637 (2013.01); F16C 33/6685 (2013.01); F16H 57/042 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/50 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a passageway configured to permit fluid to drain back into a bearing compartment. The passageway has an inlet outside the bearing compartment and an outlet inside the bearing compartment. The outlet is spaced-apart from a central rotational axis of a towershaft gear.