18370515. FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM ROTATING OIL BAFFLE (RTX Corporation)
FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM ROTATING OIL BAFFLE
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Inventor(s)
Francis Parnin of Suffield CT US
Mark A. Klein of Columbus OH US
FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM ROTATING OIL BAFFLE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18370515 titled 'FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM ROTATING OIL BAFFLE
Original Abstract Submitted
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft that is rotatable about an axis, a plurality of intermediate gears that are intermeshed with the sun gear, a ring gear assembly that is engaged with the plurality of intermediate gears, the ring gear is configured for attachment to a static structure, a carrier that supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears, the carrier configured for rotation about the axis, at least one baffle that is attached to the carrier that is configured to impart a momentum on expelled lubricant, a fixed gutter that is disposed radially outside the at least one baffle and is configured to receive lubricant that is exhausted from the at least one baffle, and a fan shaft that is rotatable about the axis and configured to be driven by the carrier.