Patent ID: 9605592
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F01D,F02C,F05D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A bracket assembly for stabilizing a bearing lubrication tube in a gas turbine engine having an exhaust member, the bearing lubrication tube having a threaded end for attaching the threaded end into a bearing housing and an outer end having a hex ring formed on the outside of the outer end for positioning radially outside the bearing housing, the bracket assembly comprising: a bracket having a central opening for locating a bearing lubrication tube proximate its outer end, the bracket being mounted on an exhaust member of a gas turbine engine; a double hex ring having a hex-shaped inner surface and a hex-shaped outer surface, positioned in the central opening of the bracket, the outer surface positioned to engage the central opening of the bracket and the inner surface positioned to engage the bearing lubrication tube to prevent rotation of the bearing lubrication tube about its axis; and a cover positioned on the bracket for mounting the double hex ring in position to engage the bearing lubrication tube and the central opening of the bracket.