Oil baffle for gas turbine fan drive gear system
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsWilliam G. Sheridan, Michael E. McCune
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AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsWilliam G. Sheridan, Michael E. McCune
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A method of assembling an epicyclic gear train includes providing a unitary carrier that includes spaced apart walls and circumferentially spaced mounts interconnecting the walls, spaced apart apertures provided between the mounts at an outer circumference of the carrier, gear pockets provided between the walls and mounts extending to the apertures, and a central opening in at least one of the walls, inserting an intermediate gear through the central opening and moving the intermediate gear radially into the gear pocket to extend through the aperture, inserting a baffle into the carrier, and inserting a sun gear through the central opening to intermesh with the intermediate gear.
A turbo fan engine comprising:
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