Granted Patent B2

US 12,258,869 · App. 18/202,759 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Joseph B. Phelps (Rocky Hill, CT); Daniel E. Rosen (Colchester, CT)

Assignee: RTX CORPORATION

F01D17/06F02C7/06G01P3/488F05D2220/32F05D2260/80F05D2260/98

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:

a rotating assembly configured to rotate about an axis, the rotating assembly including an engine shaft and a phonic wheel threaded onto the engine shaft, the phonic wheel comprising a lubricant scoop; and

a sensor configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis;

wherein the lubricant scoop comprises a gutter projecting radially in an outward direction into the phonic wheel, the gutter projects axially into the phonic wheel, and the gutter extends circumferentially about the axis within the phonic wheel; and

wherein the engine shaft comprises a plurality of passages arranged circumferentially about the axis, and each of the plurality of passages extends axially into the engine shaft from the gutter.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor system comprising the phonic wheel and the sensor;

the sensor system configured to determine a rotational velocity of the rotating assembly.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein

the phonic wheel further comprises a castellated periphery; and

the castellated periphery is configured to induce the fluctuations in the magnetic field during the rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein a tip of the sensor is disposed radially outboard of and adjacent the castellated periphery.

5. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein

the castellated periphery comprises a plurality of indentations arranged circumferentially about the axis; and

each of the plurality of indentations projects radially and axially into the phonic wheel.

6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein

each of the plurality of indentations has a lateral width; and

each circumferentially neighboring pair of the plurality of indentations are spaced apart by a lateral distance that is equal to or less than the lateral width.

7. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein

the castellated periphery comprises a plurality of teeth arranged circumferentially about the axis; and

each of the plurality of teeth projects radially out to a respective distal end.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lubricant scoop comprises an axial lubricant scoop.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein

the engine shaft further comprises a shoulder;

each of the plurality of passages extends axially through the shoulder; and

the phonic wheel is threaded onto the shoulder.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the phonic wheel axially engages the engine shaft at a location discrete from a threaded interface between the phonic wheel and the engine shaft.

11. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein

the engine shaft further comprises a shoulder;

the rotating assembly further comprises an engine component mounted on the engine shaft and abutted axially against the shoulder; and

the phonic wheel circumscribes and is threaded onto the shoulder.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein

the rotating assembly further comprises a stack nut threaded onto the engine shaft; and

the engine component is axially stacked and retained between the stack nut and the shoulder.

13. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rotating assembly further comprises a bladed rotor connected to the engine shaft.

14. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:

a rotating assembly configured to rotate about an axis, the rotating assembly including an engine shaft and a phonic wheel threaded onto the engine shaft, the phonic wheel comprising a lubricant scoop; and

a sensor configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis;

wherein the engine shaft further comprises a shoulder;

wherein the rotating assembly further comprises an engine component mounted on the engine shaft and abutted axially against the shoulder;

wherein the phonic wheel circumscribes and is threaded onto the shoulder; and

wherein the engine component comprises an inner race of a rolling element bearing.

15. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:

a rotating assembly configured to rotate about an axis, the rotating assembly including an engine shaft and a phonic wheel threaded onto the engine shaft, the phonic wheel comprising a lubricant scoop; and

a sensor configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis;

wherein the rotating assembly further comprises an engine component mounted on the engine shaft; and

wherein the phonic wheel further comprises an anti-rotation tab projecting axially partially into a recess in the engine component.

16. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:

a rotating assembly configured to rotate about an axis, the rotating assembly including an engine shaft and a phonic wheel threaded onto the engine shaft at a threaded interface, the phonic wheel abutted axially against the engine shaft at a location discrete from the threaded interface, and rotating assembly further comprising an engine component mounted on the engine shaft; and

a sensor configured to measure fluctuations in a magnetic field induced by the phonic wheel during rotation of the rotating assembly about the axis, the phonic wheel rotationally fixed to the engine component by an anti-rotation feature.

17. The assembly of claim 16 , wherein the phonic wheel comprises an axial lubricant scoop.

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