Oil nozzle for bearing chamber
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsLawrence A. Binek, Christopher D. Ramsey
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Abstract
A bearing chamber is provided. The bearing chamber includes an interior surface comprising a terminal block defining a keyway and a conduit terminating at the keyway and an oil nozzle defining an internal channel. The oil nozzle includes a base tightly fittable in the keyway. When the base is tightly fit in the keyway, the internal channel is communicative with the conduit and an orientation of the keyway and a configuration of the oil nozzle are cooperatively established to aim the oil nozzle at a predefined target within the bearing chamber.
Claims20
A bearing chamber, comprising:
- an interior surface comprising a terminal block defining a keyway and a conduit terminating at the keyway;
- and
- an oil nozzle defining an internal channel and comprising a base tightly fittable in the keyway,
- wherein, when the base is tightly fit in the keyway:
- the internal channel is communicative with the conduit, and
- an orientation of the keyway and a configuration of the oil nozzle are cooperatively established to aim the oil nozzle at a predefined target within the bearing chamber.
A method of additively manufacturing a bearing chamber, the method comprising:
- additively manufacturing an interior surface comprising a terminal block defining a keyway and a conduit terminating at the keyway;
- forming an oil nozzle defining an internal channel and comprising a base;
- tightly fitting the base in the keyway such that the internal channel is communicative with the conduit;
- and
- establishing an orientation of the keyway and a configuration of the oil nozzle to aim the oil nozzle at a predefined target within the bearing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.