Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passive lubrication system for gas turbine engine gearbox during wind milling
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Application No.: US15903110Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US10711877B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Kenneth Lee Fisher , George Hanna Ghanime , Bugra Han Ertas , Darren Lee Hallman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04 ; F01D25/20 ; F02C7/06 ; F02C7/36 ; F01D25/18

Abstract:
A gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine used in an aircraft having passive lubrication capabilities during wind milling includes a gearbox housing, a gear train assembly housed within the gearbox housing, a lubricant in the gearbox housing for lubricating the gear train assembly, and a first scavenge port formed in the gearbox housing. The first scavenge port is changeable between an open position and a closed position. Further, the first scavenge port remains in the open position during normal operation of the gas turbine engine to allow the lubricant to drain from the gearbox housing. Upon occurrence of a loss of lubricant pressure in the gearbox assembly, the first scavenge port is changed to the closed position to trap at least a portion of the lubricant in the gearbox housing. Thus, the trapped lubricant provides passive lubrication to the gear train assembly during the loss of lubricant pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190264800A1 Passive Lubrication System for Gas Turbine Engine Gearbox During Wind Milling Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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