Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sump auxiliary vent system
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Application No.: US16151995Application Date: 2018-10-04
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Publication No.: US11306614B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Joseph Black , Joseph A. Swift , Daniel Feinstein , Jared Isamu Taketa
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/18
- IPC: F01D25/18 ; F01D25/12 ; F01D25/16 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A system includes an air chamber and an oil capture cavity. The air chamber includes an inlet to receive pressurized air from a gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity is positioned between the air chamber and an oil sump supplying lubricating oil to the gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity includes an auxiliary vent formed in a base of the oil capture cavity. A seal may separate the oil capture cavity from fluid communication with the oil sump. A nozzle provides fluid communication between the oil capture cavity and the air chamber. The nozzle is configured and positioned to direct a stream of the pressurized air into the oil capture cavity against an opposite wall of the oil capture cavity to create a quiescent zone at the base of the oil capture cavity. The quiescent zone includes the auxiliary vent.
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