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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Curt R. Hetherington, Newington, CT (US);
Stephen H. Mattia, Middletown, CT (US);
Bradley J. Sabo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Curt R. Hetherington, Newington, CT (US);
Stephen H. Mattia, Middletown, CT (US);
Bradley J. Sabo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A case comprises a radially inner case hub, a radially outer case section with an outer wall, a plurality of circumferentially distributed struts extending radially between the inner hub and the outer case section, and a lubricant scavenge passage disposed circumferentially apart from a bottom dead center (BDC) position of the case. The lubricant scavenge passage includes an inner scavenge section extending radially through a first one of the plurality of struts.