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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Myron Jackson, Euless, NY (US);
Monte Alan McGlaun, Abilene, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/00 (2006.01); F16C 37/00 (2006.01); F28D 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 37/007 (2013.01); F28D 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method to cool a bearing. The system includes a heat pipe extending through a thickness of an inner ring of the bearing from a first surface to an opposing second surface and a cooling lubricant in fluid communication with the first surface. The method includes exposing the first surface of the roller bearing to lubricant and transferring heat energy through the heat pipes.