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Turbine engine transmission gutter

  • US 9,976,444 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2016
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gutter system for capturing lubricating fluid slung from a gear system comprising:

  • a gutter extending partially circumferentially about a centerline and having a gutter first circumferential end edge;

    an inlet channel having an inlet at the gutter first circumferential end edge and locally radially outboard of the gutter; and

    at least one vane spaced apart from the gutter first circumferential end edge, the at least one vane positioned with a chord oriented with a component from an outboard edge to an inboard edge circumferentially in the same direction as an inlet flow direction, so as to pass a first portion of a lubricating fluid flowing along a gutter inboard surface into the inlet of the inlet channel and divert a second portion away from the inlet.

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