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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Curt R. Hetherington, Newington, CT (US);

Stephen H. Mattia, Middletown, CT (US);

Bradley J. Sabo, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Curt R. Hetherington, Newington, CT (US);

Stephen H. Mattia, Middletown, CT (US);

Bradley J. Sabo, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F01D 25/18 (2013.01); F05D 2260/602 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
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.


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