Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine including a lubricant bypass conduit
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Application No.: US17130802Application Date: 2020-12-22
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Publication No.: US11415051B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: James John Luz , Robert Burton Brown , Thomas Bradley Kenney , Thomas Charles McCarthy , Firas Younes
- 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: Venable LLP
- Agent Elizabeth C. G. Gitlin; Michele V. Frank
- Main IPC: F01D25/20
- IPC: F01D25/20 ; F02C7/06

Abstract:
A system for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine includes a supply pump to pump lubricant from a reservoir through a supply conduit to lubricated component. An outer body deicing circuit is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit. Moreover, a scavenge conduit extends from the lubricated component to the reservoir and a scavenge pump pumps the lubricant from the lubricated component through the scavenge conduit. In addition, a valve is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit and the scavenge conduit and a bypass conduit extends from the valve to a location on the supply conduit downstream of the deicing circuit. When the lubricant is supplied to the valve, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the reservoir. When the supply of lubricant to the valve is halted, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the bypass conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220195924A1 SYSTEM FOR LUBRICATING COMPONENTS OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING A LUBRICANT BYPASS CONDUIT Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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