Lubricant filter for a turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11680525-B2
Application number	US-202117407991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2021
Priority date	Aug 20, 2021
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a journal bearing and a filter. The journal bearing has an internal bearing bore. The filter is arranged within the internal bearing bore. The filter includes a tubular filter element and a first end cap. The tubular filter element extends axially along an axis between a first end and a second end. A perforated portion of the tubular filter element is radially disposed away from the journal bearing by a cavity. The first end cap is mounted to the tubular filter element at the first end. The first end cap is sealed radially against the journal bearing by a first interference fit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
a journal bearing with an internal bearing bore; and
a filter arranged within the internal bearing bore, the filter including a tubular filter element and a first end cap;
the tubular filter element extending axially along an axis between a first end and a second end, and a perforated portion of the tubular filter element radially disposed away from the journal bearing by a cavity;
the first end cap mounted to the tubular filter element at the first end, and the first end cap sealed radially against the journal bearing by a first interference fit;
the first end cap including a tubular sidewall and an endwall, the tubular sidewall extending circumferentially about and mounted on the tubular filter element, the tubular sidewall including an end cap port, and the endwall covering the first end of the tubular filter element; and
the tubular filter element including an internal filter bore and a filter element port, and the filter element port fluidly coupling the end cap port with the internal filter bore.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein
the journal bearing includes a cylindrical inner surface; and
the first end cap includes a cylindrical outer surface pressed radially against the cylindrical inner surface to provide the first interference fit.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first end cap is sealed radially against the journal bearing without use of a ring seal.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein
the journal bearing includes a feed passage that extends to the internal bearing bore; and
the end cap port is fluidly coupled with the feed passage.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first end cap comprises a polymer.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein
the filter further includes a second end cap mounted to the tubular filter element at the second end; and
the second end cap is sealed radially against the journal bearing by a second interference fit.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the cavity is an annular cavity that extends
radially between the tubular filter element and the journal bearing; and
axially between the first end cap and the second end cap.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tubular filter element comprises metal.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein
the journal bearing includes an outlet passage fluidly coupled with the cavity; and
the outlet passage extends radially through the journal bearing to an outer side of the journal bearing.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a gear mounted on and rotatably supported by the journal bearing.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , further comprising a carrier to which the journal bearing is mounted.

12. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an epicyclic geartrain including the journal bearing and the filter.

13. The assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a turbine rotor coupled to an input of the epicyclic geartrain.

14. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
a journal bearing with an internal bearing bore; and
a filter arranged within the internal bearing bore, the filter including a tubular filter element and a first end cap;
the tubular filter element extending axially along an axis between a first end and a second end, and a perforated portion of the tubular filter element radially disposed away from the journal bearing by a cavity;
the first end cap mounted to the tubular filter element at the first end, and the first end cap sealed radially against the journal bearing by a first interference fit;
the filter further including a second end cap mounted to the tubular filter element at the second end, and the second end cap sealed radially against the journal bearing by a second interference fit;
the journal bearing including a cylindrical inner surface;
a cylindrical surface of the first end cap pressed radially against the cylindrical inner surface to provide the first interference fit; and
a cylindrical surface of the second end cap pressed radially against the cylindrical inner surface to provide the second interference fit.

15. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
a journal bearing including an internal bearing bore, a feed passage and an outlet passage, the feed passage extending radially within the journal bearing to the internal bearing bore, and the outlet passage extending radially within the journal bearing out from the internal bearing bore; and
a filter arranged within the internal bearing bore with a sealed cavity radially between the filter and the journal bearing, the sealed cavity fluidly coupled with the outlet passage, the outlet passage extending radially within the journal bearing to the seal cavity, the filter including an internal filter bore, an inlet passage and a plurality of perforations, the inlet passage extending radially through the filter and fluidly coupling the feed passage to the internal filter bore, and the plurality of perforations extending radially through the filter and fluidly coupling the internal filter bore with the sealed cavity.

16. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein
the filter includes a tubular filter element, a first end cap and a second end cap;
the tubular filter element extends axially along an axis between a first end and a second end, and the tubular filter element is radially disposed away from the journal bearing by the sealed cavity;
the first end cap is mounted on the tubular filter element at the first end, and the first end cap sealingly engages the journal bearing; and
the second end cap is mounted on the tubular filter element at the second end, and the second end cap sealingly engages the journal bearing.

17. A filter, comprising:
a tubular filter element extending axially along an axis between a first end and a second end, the tubular filter element including a first end portion at the first end, a second end portion at the second end, and a perforated portion axially between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the tubular filter element comprising metal;
a first end cap including a first tubular sidewall and a first endwall, the first tubular sidewall circumscribing and mounted on the first end portion, and the first endwall connected to the first tubular sidewall and covering the first end, the first end cap comprising a polymer, wherein the first tubular sidewall includes an end cap port; and
a second end cap including a second tubular sidewall and a second endwall, the second tubular sidewall circumscribing and mounted on the second end portion, and the second endwall connected to the second tubular sidewall and covering the second end, the second end cap comprising a polymer.

Assignees

• Pratt & Whitney Canada

Inventors

• Martin Bruno
• Desjardins Michel

Classifications

• F02C7/28

  Arrangement of seals · CPC title

• F16C33/1045

  Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing · CPC title

• F16C2360/23

  Gas turbine engines · CPC title

• F05D2240/55

  Seals · CPC title

• F02C7/06 Primary

  Arrangements of bearings (bearings F16C); Lubricating ({of turbo machines F01D25/18; of machines or} engines in general F01M) · CPC title