Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low loss bearing drain
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Application No.: US14785103Application Date: 2014-04-21
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Publication No.: US09695714B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: David R. Olsen , Frederic G. Miner , Paul H. Dolman
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/034845 WO 20140421
- International Announcement: WO2014/176180 WO 20141030
- Main IPC: F01D25/16
- IPC: F01D25/16 ; F01D25/32 ; F01D25/18 ; F02C7/06 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/12 ; F16C33/66

Abstract:
A turbine module comprises a turbine shaft, a rotor assembly secured to the shaft, a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the turbine shaft, and a bearing housing containing the bearing assembly. The bearing housing includes a gutter at least partially circumscribing the bearing assembly, and a drain disposed proximate a base of the gutter. The gutter includes a first sloped floor portion circumferentially adjacent to the drain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160090871A1 LOW LOSS BEARING DRAIN Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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