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Bearing cavity and method of evacuating oil therefrom

US11162421B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2019
Grant dateNov 2, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16N2270/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The bearing chamber assembly can have a bearing chamber wall extending annularly and having a drain aperture, the drain aperture connecting a scavenge line, and a baffle, the baffle having an apertured sheet connected at one end to the bearing chamber wall, extending from the connected end over and past the scavenge port to a free edge, the free edge spaced from the bearing chamber wall.

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