Gas turbine engine bearing with fuel lubrication and cooling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11181007
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16288704

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A gas turbine engine with a bearing that is supplied with fuel and compressed air for both cooling and lubrication of the bearing. The bearing housing contains a serpentine flow cooling circuit with each leg formed from a plurality of parallel flow channels, and where fuel is supplied to the cooling circuit and then discharged into a combustor. Some of the fuel is also bled off and passed into the bearing compartment along with compressed air bled off from the compressor to both cool and lubricate the bearing.

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FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES INC1701 MILITARY TRAIL SUITE 110 JUPITER FL 33458-7887

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Ress,, Jr Robert A Carmel, US 28 358
Taylor, Brian E Stuart, US 13 303

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