A gear reduction includes a sun gear that engages a plurality of planet gears mounted on a carrier. The planet gears are engaged with a ring gear. The ring gear is fixed against rotation such that rotation of the sun gear causes rotation of the planet gears to cause rotation of the carrier. There are spray bars positioned circumferentially between adjacent ones of the planet gears. The spray bars have jet openings, such that lubricant can be passed directly onto teeth on the sun gear. One of the side faces has a plurality of windows such that oil can be scavenged. There are side surfaces between plurality of windows that do not have an opening. A gas turbine engine and a spray bar are also disclosed.

A shaft oil flow controller arrangement for pinion shaft bearings in a differential is provided, including a housing along with a pinion shaft supported therein by head and tail bearings. A ring gear is mounted for rotation and is engaged with a pinion gear. A bearing spacer is located on the pinion shaft between the head and tail bearings. A diverter is located on the bearing spacer, and includes a circumferentially extending diverter wall that is moveable from a first position in which the wall extends generally in a longitudinal direction of the pinion shaft at a first, lower rotational speed of the pinion shaft allowing a first volume of lubricant oil flow to the head bearing, to a second position, in which the wall extends radially outwardly at a second, higher rotational speed, to restrict lubricant oil flow to the head bearing to a lower volume, and increase oil flow to the tail bearing.

A lubricating liquid manifold for a crankpin of an epicyclic gear train. The epicyclic gear train is lubricated by a lubrication system conveying a first flow of a lubricating liquid towards the manifold and a second flow of the lubricating liquid towards a member to be lubricated. The manifold comprises a hollow body provided with an inlet port intended to receive the first flow and an outlet port designed such that the first flow is conveyed towards a guide device connected to the crankpin. The manifold comprises a barrier comprising a shoulder connected to the body and a deflector protruding radially outwards from the body so as to form, with the shoulder, a diversion space for diverting the second flow and preventing it from penetrating into the manifold.

An impeller for a planet carrier of a epicyclic speed reduction gear of a turbine engine is fixed in rotation to the planet carrier and is rotatable about an axis of the reduction gear. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes means for lubricating in particular planet gear bearings of the reduction gear. The lubricating means include an annular cavity located at the inner periphery of the impeller, wherein the impeller has an inner peripheral wall that closes the cavity in the radial direction. The impeller further includes an annular aperture that extends around the axis and opens in the axial direction into the cavity to supply lubricating oil thereto.

An oil transfer unit has a rotating part extending along an axis, a stationary part provided with an oil mouth, and a floating part having a cylindrical surface fitted onto an outer cylindrical surface of the rotating part in a non-contact configuration; an annular groove is provided between the floating part and the rotating part to put the oil mouth into communication with an inner chamber of the rotating part; both sides of the groove are sealed by a hydrostatic seal defined by a radial gap between the cylindrical surfaces; the unit has at least one oil transfer tube, coupled to the stationary part and the floating part in a fluid-tight manner and with freedom of movement, and a connecting rod to prevent rotation of the floating part; the opposite ends of the connecting rod are coupled to the stationary part and floating part by respective spherical joints.

An oil transfer unit has a rotating part, a stationary part provided with an oil mouth, and a floating part having a support body coupled to the stationary part; the floating part has an annular pad, that is distinct from the body and is provided with a cylindrical surface fitted onto an outer cylindrical surface of the rotating part in a non-contact configuration, with an annular groove provided between the pad and the rotating part to put the oil mouth into communication with an inner chamber of the rotating part; both sides of the groove are sealed by a hydrostatic seal between the cylindrical surfaces; an angular retaining constraint is provided to retain angularly the pad with respect to the body; at least one element is breakable or plastically deformable to release the angular constraint when the torque transferred to the body, in use, exceeds a defined threshold.

A planetary transmission includes a planetary gear set (1), another planetary gear set (2), a fluid line (3) through which fluid is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and to the other planetary gear set (2), and a fluid collecting device (4) which is in fluid communication with the fluid line (3). The fluid collecting device (4) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the planetary gear set (1). The fluid collecting device (4) is configured for dividing the fluid from the fluid line (3) which has flowed into the fluid collecting device (4) into a fluid part which is flowable to the planetary gear set (1) and another fluid part which is flowable to the other planetary gear set (2).

An axle assembly having at least one lubricant passage. A differential carrier, a motor housing, and a cover may cooperate to at least partially define a first lubricant passage that routes lubricant from an axle housing to the cover. The differential carrier, motor housing, and cover may cooperate to at least partially define a second lubricant passage that routes lubricant from the cover to the axle housing.

There is provided a lubricating structure for a power transmission mechanism in which a crankshaft is coupled to a piston disposed in a cylinder bore and in which power is transmitted from the crankshaft to a camshaft. The lubricating structure includes: an idler gear that is configured to transmit power from the crankshaft to the camshaft; and an idler gear shaft that supports the idler gear via a bearing. One end portion of the idler gear shaft protrudes into the cylinder bore, and an oil passage configured to guide oil from the cylinder bore to the bearing is formed in the idler gear shaft.

A brake device of a transmission according to the present invention includes: a rotary-side holding member including an inner peripheral surface having a cylindrical surface shape about an axis extending in a forward/rearward direction and configured to hold a rotary-side friction plate on the inner peripheral surface; a fixed-side holding member including an outer peripheral surface having a cylindrical surface shape about the axis extending in the forward/rearward direction and configured to hold a fixed-side friction plate on the outer peripheral surface; and a lubricating oil supply portion supplying lubricating oil to the fixed-side friction plate and the rotary-side friction plate. The fixed-side holding member is provided in a transmission casing so as not to rotate. The rotary-side holding member is provided in the transmission casing at a radially outer side of the fixed-side holding member and is rotatable about a central axis of the inner peripheral surface.