Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supplemental lubrication pressurized by component or reservoir rotation
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Application No.: US15684920Application Date: 2017-08-23
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Publication No.: US10697586B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Scott David Poster
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
- Current Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: F16N7/36
- IPC: F16N7/36 ; F16H57/04 ; F02C7/36 ; F16C33/66 ; F01D25/18

Abstract:
An example lubrication system for a rotating component has a primary lubrication system providing continuous lubrication during normal operation of the rotating component and secondary lubrication system with a reservoir co-rotating with the component. The reservoir is continuously replenished from the primary lubrication system during normal operation of the rotating system, with the lubricant being forced through a discharge orifice by the centrifugal force generated by the rotation toward, for example, a bearing or a gear. When the primary pressurized lubrication system fails, lubrication will continue to be provided by the lubricant in the supplemental lubricant reservoir while the rotation speed or power supplied to the shaft is controllably decreased in an emergency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190063677A1 SUPPLEMENTAL LUBRICATION PRESSURIZED BY COMPONENT OR RESERVOIR ROTATION Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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