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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
GE Avio S.r.i., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Xiaohua Zhang, Glenville, NY (US);
Bugra H. Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Flavia Turi, Turin, IT;
Walter J. Smith, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
GE AVIO S.R.L., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Abstract
A gearbox including a gear and a gutter. The gear is rotatable about a rotational axis in a rotational direction. The gear has a radial direction and an axial direction, and the gear expels oil radially outward when the gear rotates. The gutter is positioned radially outward of the gear in the radial direction of the gear to collect oil expelled by the gear when the gear rotates. The gutter includes an axial surface, a plurality of radial surfaces including a first radial surface and a second radial surface, and at least one opening to allow the oil collected in the gutter to flow therethrough. Each of the first radial surface and the second radial surface is oriented in a direction intersecting the axial surface, and the at least one opening is formed on both the axial surface and one of the first radial surface and the second radial surface.