GEARED ARCHITECTURE GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH PLANETARY GEAR OIL SCAVENGE
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August 14, 2024
A fan drive gear system (55) for a turbofan engine (20) according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a sun gear (72) that is rotatable about an axis (A), a plurality of intermediate gears (74) driven by the sun gear (72), and a baffle (80) that is disposed between at least two of the plurality of intermediate gears (74) for defining a lubricant flow path from an interface between the sun gear (72) and at least one of the plurality of intermediate gears (74). The baffle (80) includes a channel (96) with at least one ramp portion (108, 110) directing lubricant.
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