Dual mode scavenge scoop

• US 8,727,628 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2012
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rtx Corporation
• Original Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Glahn, Jorn A., James, Denman H., Sheridan, William G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Waits, Alan B
• Application Number:
  US13/621,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20130016936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 384/462, 384/465, 384/466, 384/467, 384/473, 384/474, 4151691-1694, 60/390.8, 60/390.91, 602/66, 602/67, 184/6, 184/6.11, 184/6.12, 184/11.1, 184/11.2, 184/11.4, 554/23, 554/62, 554/65, 554/66
• US Class Current: 384/462
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/16 Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings bearings per se F16C
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/186 for sliding contact bearing
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/126 Baffles or ribs
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/602 Drainage
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/6022 of leakage having past a seal

Abstract

A system for removing oil from a bearing compartment has a port connected to an end wall of the compartment through which the oil exits the compartment, a scavenge scoop connected to the port for collecting the oil, and a separation device connected to the scavenge scoop for creating an oil collection region.

Claims

1. A bearing compartment comprising:

a bearing;

a buffer port for introducing an airflow into said compartment;

an oil supply nozzle for introducing a flow of oil into said compartment to lubricate said bearing and cool said compartment;

means for removing said oil from said compartment, said oil removing means comprising a port connected to an end wall of said compartment through which said oil exits said compartment, a scavenge scoop connected to said port for collecting oil, wherein said scavenge scoop has a first wall and a second wall at an angle to said first wall, said port having an exit pipe, said first wall terminating at a distance from and before reaching an entrance to said exit pipe, and a baffle mounted to said end wall and a separation device connected to said scavenge scoop for creating an oil collection region, wherein said first wall defines an upstream flow path leading to an upstream portion of said entrance and a downstream flow path leading to a downstream portion of said entrance, and wherein said baffle is mounted to said end wall upstream of said entrance and in said upstream flow path.

2. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein said scavenge scoop is a tangential scavenge scoop.

3. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein said baffle defines a recirculation region configured proximate said baffle and said end wall upstream of said entrance to said exit pipe.

4. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein said exit pipe receives oil from both sides of said scoop.

5. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein said separation device comprises a separation wall for forming a sump region with said end wall.

6. The bearing compartment according to claim 5, wherein said separation wall is attached to said second wall.

7. The bearing compartment according to claim 5, wherein said separation wall is integrally formed with said second wall.

8. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, further comprising a breather port for allowing an air/oil mist to flow out of said compartment.

9. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein said buffer port provides sealing airflow to an upstream cavity, wherein a disk separates said upstream cavity from said compartment, and holes within said disk for allowing air to flow into said compartment.

10. The bearing compartment according to claim 1, wherein the compartment has outer and inner rotor/stator interfaces, and seals to prevent oil leakage through said interfaces.

11. The bearing compartment according to claim 10, wherein said air flow in said compartment is provided to said seals.