Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hover-capable aircraft and lubrication method for a module of a transmission unit of said aircraft
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Application No.: US17789325Application Date: 2020-12-24
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Publication No.: US12134468B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Paolo Pisani , Federico Montagna , Roberto Regonini , Daniele Podda
- Applicant: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Rome
- Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Rome
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: EP19219920 20191227
- International Application: PCT/IB2020/062437 WO 20201224
- International Announcement: WO2021/130719 WO 20210701
- Main IPC: B64C27/14
- IPC: B64C27/14 ; B64C27/00 ; B64C27/12 ; B64C27/22 ; F16H57/04 ; F16K11/07 ; F16K31/122

Abstract:
An aircraft is described comprising a transmission unit with a first module and a lubrication system; the first module comprises a casing and a movable member; the lubrication system comprises a header, a nozzle fed with the lubricating fluid and designed to feed the lubricating fluid inside the casing of the first module, a collection tank for the lubricating fluid injected by the nozzle, and recirculation means designed to cause the recirculation of the lubricating fluid from the collection tank to the feed header; the first module comprises a valve available in a first configuration, in which it enables the outflow of said lubricating fluid from said module to the recirculation means when the pressure of the lubricating fluid inside the header is greater than a threshold value; and in a second configuration, in which it fluidically isolates the module from the recirculation means when the pressure of the lubricating fluid inside the header is less than the threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230033330A1 HOVER-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT AND LUBRICATION METHOD FOR A MODULE OF A TRANSMISSION UNIT OF SAID AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2023-02-02
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