Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubrication systems for bearing assemblies
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Application No.: US14135291Application Date: 2013-12-19
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Publication No.: US09677707B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Pierre Pasquet
- Applicant: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: ALSTOM RenewableTechnologies
- Current Assignee: ALSTOM RenewableTechnologies
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: EP13382004 20130110
- Main IPC: F16N7/38
- IPC: F16N7/38 ; F16N29/00 ; F16N7/40 ; F03D80/70 ; F16C33/66

Abstract:
A lubrication system is disclosed for a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly having at least one bearing. The lubrication system may comprise a pump circuit, an injection circuit, an extraction circuit and at least one three-way valve. The pump circuit may comprise at least a pump. The injection circuit may provide lubricant to the bearing during an injection mode of operation. The extraction circuit may extract lubricant from the bearing during an extraction mode of operation. A flow combination topology of the first three-way valve may allow operation of the lubrication system in the injection mode or in the extraction mode or in both modes simultaneously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140193263A1 LUBRICATION SYSTEMS FOR BEARING ASSEMBLIES Public/Granted day:2014-07-10
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