Invention Application
- Patent Title: Gearbox Planet Squeeze Film Damper
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Application No.: US15008907Application Date: 2016-01-28
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Publication No.: US20170219079A1Publication Date: 2017-08-03
- Inventor: Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brandon Wayne Miller , Bugra Han Ertas , Donald Albert Bradley , Joseph Robert Dickman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F16H57/00
- IPC: F16H57/00 ; F02C7/36 ; F16H57/08

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
- US10113633B2 Gearbox planet squeeze film damper Public/Granted day:2018-10-30
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