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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
David Allen Stachowiak, Durham, CT (US);
Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/53 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40311 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a carrier that supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears and is configured for rotation about the axis. A rotating oil inlet and rotating gutter are attached to the carrier. A transfer bearing is fixed to a static engine structure and engaged to communicate oil to the rotating oil inlet. A static baffle that is disposed radially outward of the transfer bearing and configured to direct oil that is expelled from the transfer bearing into the rotating gutter.