Patent ID: 11939917
Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 2:
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sealing element has an annular disk region which projects radially inwards into the second chamber and on which the oil volume present in the second chamber is supported in the axial direction, wherein at least one free inner edge region of the annular disk region is pressed by the oil volume in the second chamber in the axial direction against a free shaft end of the first shaft or against a boundary wall of the hollow-cylindrical shaft region, said boundary wall bounding the second chamber and the third chamber, and seals the second fluidic connection between the second chamber and third chamber if an oil volume above the defined oil volume is present in the second chamber and the rotational speed of the two shafts is greater than the rotational speed threshold.