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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Enzo Dibenedetto, Torrington, CT (US);
Francis Parnin, Suffield, CT (US);
Denman H. James, Windsor, CT (US);
Robert E. Peters, Portland, CT (US);
Enzo DiBenedetto, Torrington, CT (US);
Francis Parnin, Suffield, CT (US);
Denman H. James, Windsor, CT (US);
Robert E. Peters, Portland, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a gas turbine engine, a compartment wall, and a gutter system. The gas turbine engine has a spool connected to a fan shaft via a gear system. The compartment wall is positioned radially outward from the gear system. The gutter system is positioned radially outward from the gear system for capturing lubricating liquid slung from the gear system and positioned radially inward of the compartment wall. The gutter system includes a gutter and a flow passage fluidically connected to the gutter. The flow passage has a plurality of holes that allow the lubricating liquid to pass through the flow passage into a space between the flow passage and the compartment wall.