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US 10,443,442 B2Granted
Lubricating fluid damped anti-rotational systems
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorChristopher T. Anglin
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Abstract
A lubricating fluid damped anti-rotational system is provided comprising a pawl carrier having an axis of rotation and a radial aperture, a pawl pivotably mounted to the pawl carrier on a pivot joint, the pawl having a contact portion and a counterweight portion, a lubricating fluid jet configured to propel a lubricating fluid through the radial aperture toward the contact portion.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- rotating a pawl carrier about an axis of rotation, the pawl carrier coupled to a shaft via a pawl nut connected to the shaft and to the pawl carrier, the pawl nut and the shaft configured to rotate about the axis of rotation,
- the pawl carrier comprising
- a first radial aperture and
- a pawl pivotably mounted to the pawl carrier on a pivot joint, the pawl having a contact portion and a counterweight portion,
- wherein the first radial aperture is disposed within the pawl carrier and configured to distribute a lubricating fluid jet radially outward toward the contact portion of the pawl, and
- the pawl nut disposed radially inward of the pawl carrier and including a second radial aperture in fluid communication with the first radial aperture;
- and
- directing a lubricating fluid through the first radial aperture and the second radial aperture toward the contact portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.