Patent ID: 11946540
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine comprising:
a sun gear rotatable about an axis;
a plurality of intermediate gears driven by the sun gear;
a carrier supporting the intermediate gears;
a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears, wherein the ring gear is fixed and the carrier rotates about the axis; and
a baffle attached to the carrier and disposed between at least two of the plurality of intermediate gears for defining a lubricant flow path from an interface between the sun gear and at least one of the plurality of intermediate gears, the baffle including a channel with at least one flow splitter at an inlet for splitting lubricant between a first ramp portion and a second ramp portion, wherein the flow splitter includes a splitter portion and a support portion extending radially within the channel from the splitter portion toward the first ramp portion and the second ramp portion.