Abstract: An apparatus for scavenging lubricating oil comprises an integrated slinger/runner rotatable with the turbine engine rotor discourages oil seepage out of an oil sump of a forward bearing for a gas turbine engine during all operating conditions of the gas turbine engine from idle to take-off speeds and during static non-operation. The apparatus includes a runner comprising an axially forward section and a frusto-conical aft section, and a slinger joined coaxially integrally to the aft frusto-conical aft section. The apparatus includes a means for blocking flow of oil from the frusto-conical aft section toward the axially forward section.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor includes, in an exemplary, an inner race, an outer race assembly, and a rolling element. The outer race assembly includes a body, a plurality of first springs attached to the body, and a plurality of second springs. Each first spring is radially aligned with a corresponding second spring forming a spring pair. The outer race assembly also includes a plurality of connecting members. Each connecting member extends between and connects a first end of the first spring and a first end of the second spring of said spring pair. The outer race assembly further includes a flange with each second spring attached to the flange.

Abstract: A method facilitates the assembly of a stator assembly for a turbine engine. The method includes providing a cantilevered shell including a first end and a second end, and coupling a second member within the turbine engine. The method also includes coupling the shell to a frame such that the shell extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the second member such that a non-uniform circumferential radial gap is defined radially between the second member and the shell using methods other than directing machining of an inner surface of the shell, and wherein the non-uniform circumferential radial clearance gap becomes substantially uniform during operation of the engine.