Seal Plate Located Between Two Housing Portions in an Integrated Drive Generator

An integrated drive generator comprising:

• an input shaft for driving a differential, the differential connected for driving a generator rotor;
• a housing surrounding the integrated drive generator, and including two housing portions, with a seal plate positioned between the two housing portions, and securing the two housing portions secured with a plurality of bolts;
• the seal plate having a seal plate body with six zones, all of the zones are generally straight but not entirely straight;
• a first zone includes three bolt hole ears and an oil passage ear, the first zone extends along a first direction towards a second of the zones;
• the second zone extends at an angle in a second direction away from the first zone, the second direction having a component extending in an opposite direction relative to the first direction, and towards a third of the zones, the second zone includes four bolt hole ears;
• the third zone extends in a direction having a component opposed to the first direction towards a fourth of the zones, the third zone includes six bolt ears and one alignment pin ear;
• the fourth zone extends from an end of the third zone towards a fifth of the zones, the fourth zone includes three bolt hole ears;
• the fifth zone extends with a component in the second direction, and also with a component back toward the first zone, the fifth zone includes five bolt hole ears and one oil passage ear;
• a sixth zone extends from an end of the fifth zone with a component in the first direction and back to connect to an end of the first zone, the sixth zone includes three bolt hole ears and one alignment pin ear;
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• each of the bolt hole ears including a bolt hole receiving one of the plurality of bolts, and each of the oil passage ears including an oil passage hole.

A method of replacing a seal plate in an integrated drive generator comprising the steps of:

• removing an existing seal plate from an integrated drive generator having an input shaft for driving a differential, the differential connected for driving a generator rotor, a housing surrounding the integrated drive generator, and including two housing portions, with the existing seal plate positioned between the two housing portions, and the two housing portions being secured with a plurality of bolts;
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• replacing the existing seal plate with a replacement seal plate, the replacement seal plate including a seal plate body having six zones, all of the zones are generally straight but not entirely straight, a first zone includes three bolt hole ears and an oil passage ear, the first zone extends along a first direction towards a second of the zones, the second zone extends at an angle in a second direction away from the first zone, the second direction having a component extending in an opposite direction relative to the first direction, and towards a third of the zones, the second zone includes four bolt hole ears, the third zone extends in a direction having a component opposed to the first direction towards a fourth of the zones, the third zone includes six bolt ears and one alignment pin ear, the fourth zone extends from an end of the third zone towards a fifth of the zones, the fourth zone includes three bolt hole ears, the fifth zone extends with a component in the second direction, and also with a component back toward the first zone, the fifth zone includes five bolt hole ears and one oil passage ear, a sixth zone extends from an end of the fifth zone with a component in the first direction and back to connect to an end of the first zone, the sixth zone includes three bolt hole ears and one alignment pin ear, and each of the bolt hole ears including a bolt hole, and each of the oil passage ears including an oil passage hole.