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US 10,240,483 B2Granted
Bearing race removal
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGary L. Grogg, Garth J. Vdoviak, Berci Cherpician
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Abstract
A bearing housing may include a main body integrated with a bearing receiving portion. A bearing retention stop may extend from the main body and include a plurality of access cutouts for facilitating the removal of a bearing from the bearing housing without causing damage to the bearing.
Claims15
A bearing housing for a gas turbine engine, the bearing housing comprising:
- a main body;
- a bearing receiving portion for receiving a bearing, the bearing receiving portion integrated with the main body;
- and
- a bearing retention stop extending from the main body, the bearing retention stop including a plurality of access cutouts, the bearing retention stop including a plurality of anti-rotation cutouts, the width of each of the plurality of access cutouts is less than the width of each of the plurality of anti-rotation cutouts.
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A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- at least a first shaft;
- at least a first bearing housing, the at least first bearing housing secured to the gas turbine engine;
- at least a first bearing, the at least first bearing press fit into the at least first bearing housing, the at least first bearing supporting the at least first shaft;
- and
- at least a first bearing retention stop, the at least first bearing retention stop extending from the at least first bearing housing, the at least first bearing retention stop including a plurality of access cutouts, the at least first bearing stop including a plurality of anti-rotation cutouts, the width of each of the plurality of access cutouts being less than a width of each of the plurality of anti-rotation cutouts.
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A method of constructing a bearing housing for reducing damage to a bearing during removal from the bearing housing, comprising:
- forming a main body integrated with a bearing receiving portion;
- forming a bearing retention stop extending inwardly from the main body;
- forming a plurality of access cutouts disposed on the bearing retention stop;
- and
- sizing the width of each of the plurality of access cutouts to be less than a width of each of a plurality of anti-rotation cutouts disposed on the bearing retention stop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.