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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, OH (US);
Paul Pezzi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Arda Unsal, Istanbul, TR;
Andrew Hudecki, Milford, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gearbox assembly for a turbine engine. The gearbox assembly includes a gearbox having a plurality of gears, and a scavenge gutter radially outward of the gearbox and mounted to a fan frame flange of a fan frame of the turbine engine, the scavenge gutter being configured to collect lubricant that is ejected by the plurality of gears of the gearbox during rotation of the plurality of gears. An interface between the fan frame flange and the scavenge gutter is located at a first radial distance Rrelative to a longitudinal centerline axis of the turbine engine and the scavenge gutter is located at a second radial distance Rrelative to the longitudinal centerline axis. The second radial distance Ris greater than the first radial distance R. The scavenge gutter is segmented and includes a plurality of sector portions joined together to form the scavenge gutter.