Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gearbox planet squeeze film damper
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Application No.: US15008907Application Date: 2016-01-28
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Publication No.: US10113633B2Publication Date: 2018-10-30
- Inventor: Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Bugra Han Ertas , Donald Albert Bradley , Joseph Robert Dickman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent Pamela Kachur
- Main IPC: F16H57/00
- IPC: F16H57/00 ; F02C7/36 ; F16H57/08 ; F16H57/04 ; F16C27/04

Abstract:
An epicyclic gearing arrangement includes a planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing that is mounted via a support pin to a carrier of the epicyclic gearing arrangement. A spring film damper is disposed between the cylindrical outer surface of the support pin and the opposing inner surface of the inner ring of the planet bearing and includes an annular gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170219079A1 Gearbox Planet Squeeze Film Damper Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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