Back to results
US 8,998,569 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine internal compartment structure having egress feature
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorRussell B. Witlicki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a gas turbine engine internal compartment structure having an integral passageway. Wiring is routed through the integral passageway of the gas turbine engine internal compartment structure.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a gas turbine engine internal compartment structure having an integral passageway;
- wiring routed through said integral passageway and along a downstream wall of said gas turbine engine internal compartment structure;
- and
- wherein said gas turbine engine internal compartment structure includes a radially inner portion, a radially outer portion and a flange that extends between said radially inner portion and said radially outer portion, and said internal passageway includes a first opening through said flange and a second opening through one of said radially inner portion and outer portion.
1 more element
A bearing system for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a bearing housing;
- a bearing cover connected to said bearing housing, wherein said bearing cover includes an integral passageway that opens to expose at least a portion of said bearing housing;
- and
- wiring routed through an internal compartment of said bearing system, wherein a first portion of said wiring is routed along a radially inner portion of said bearing cover, a second portion of said wiring is routed through said integral passageway, and a third portion of said wiring is routed along a radially outer portion of said bearing cover.
1 more element
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a gas turbine engine internal compartment structure having an integral passageway;
- wiring routed through said integral passageway and along a downstream wall of said gas turbine engine internal compartment structure;
- and
- wherein said internal passageway includes a housing that protrudes from an upstream wall of said gas turbine engine internal compartment structure.
1 more element
A bearing system for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a bearing housing;
- a bearing cover connected to said bearing housing, wherein said bearing cover includes an integral passageway that opens to expose at least a portion of said bearing housing;
- and
- wherein said bearing housing, said bearing cover and a bearing support are mounted to one another, said bearing support including a flange that extends between said bearing housing and said bearing cover.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.