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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Christopher J. Larson, Newfield, ME (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a lubricating shaft assembly may comprise a shaft, a front seal, a front seat, an inner race, a spacer, a lubricating fitting and a nut. The front seat may define a first portion of a fluid conduit. The front seat may be part of a first load path. The inner race may define a second portion of the fluid conduit. The inner race may be installed about the shaft. The inner race may be part of the first load path. The spacer may define an internal diameter of a third portion of the fluid conduit. The lubricating fitting may be installed about at least a portion of the spacer. The lubricating fitting may define an outer diameter of the third portion of the fluid conduit. The lubricating fitting may be outside the first load path.