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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Santosh Potnuru, Bengaluru, IN;
Pradeep Hemant Sangli, Bengaluru, IN;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Souvik Math, Bengaluru, IN;
Duane H. Anstead, Fairfield, OH (US);
Matthew D. Brothers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly includes a bearing, an outer race located radially outward of the bearing and supporting the bearing, a bearing housing located radially outward of the outer race and supporting the bearing and the outer race, and a bearing lubricant drain including a multi-directional passage formed in one or both of the outer race or the bearing housing, the lubricant drain arranged to cause a lubricant to flow from a first location to a second location. The second location is radially outward and axially offset from the first location. A gas turbine engine includes a shaft configured to rotate about a centerline axis of the gas turbine engine and the bearing assembly configured to facilitate the rotation of the shaft.