Patent ID: 11946383
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A gas turbine engine, comprising:
a first bearing compartment;
a seal assembly within the first bearing compartment, comprising:
a rotatable seal seat; and
a gutter radially outward of the seal seat and fixed against rotation, the gutter including a channel on a radially inner face of the gutter;

a second bearing compartment; and
a scavenge pump in communication with a first supply line configured to supply the first bearing compartment and a second supply line configured to supply the second bearing compartment,
wherein the gutter is in communication with the scavenge pump through a gutter scavenge line, the channel feeds the gutter scavenge line through an air/oil separation ramp, the gutter scavenge line is attached to the gutter near the air/oil separation ramp, and the gutter includes a radially outwardly extending flange for attachment of the cutter to a stationary component of the engine.