Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US16382923Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US11131214B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Stefan Menczykalski , Stephan Uhkoetter , John R. Mason , David A. Edwards , Neil Davies , Lynn Hammond , David Williams
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG , Rolls-Royce plc
- Applicant Address: DE Blankenfelde-Mahlow; GB London
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG,Rolls-Royce plc
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG,Rolls-Royce plc
- Current Assignee Address: DE Blankenfelde-Mahlow; GB London
- Agency: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC
- Agent Timothy J. Klima
- Priority: DE102018109100.1 20180417
- Main IPC: F01D25/20
- IPC: F01D25/20 ; F02C7/14 ; F02C7/36 ; F02C7/06

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a gearbox receiving input from a core shaft and driving a fan at a lower speed than the core shaft. First and second oil circuits fluidly couple with an inlet and outlet of the gearbox. A third oil circuit fluidly couples with an inlet and outlet of the gearbox. The outlet of the gearbox includes a device directing oil from the gearbox to the first oil circuit, to the second oil circuit and to the third oil circuit when feeding to the gearbox exceeds a predefined oil flow rate, or deviates an operational value corresponding with that oil flow rate, and directs oil from the gearbox to the third oil circuit when feeding to the gearbox is ≤ the predefined flow rate or is ≤ a corresponding operational value or is greater than or equal to a further corresponding operational value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190316488A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2019-10-17
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