Patent ID: 8961118
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F02C

Abstract:
1. A shaft cover support for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a cooling fluid chamber having at least one hollow cavity contained within the cooling fluid chamber; a radially outward inlet at a first end of the cooling fluid chamber; a radially inward outlet at a second end of the cooling fluid chamber; a radially outward axial mounting device coupled to an outer wall forming the cooling fluid chamber near the radially outward inlet; a radially inward axial mounting device coupled to the outer wall forming the cooling fluid chamber near the radially inward outlet; wherein the radially inward outlet and radially outward inlet are generally aligned with each other, and a radially extending region of the cooling fluid chamber is offset axially relative to the radially inward outlet and radially outward inlet to accommodate a transition of the turbine engine.