General electric company (20250122835). GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
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Bugra H. Ertas of Niskayuna NY US
Xiaohua Zhang of Glenville NY US
Miriam Manzoni of Rivalta di Torino IT
Arthur W. Sibbach of Boxford MA US
GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250122835 titled 'GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
Original Abstract Submitted
vis a gutter volume of the gutter and vis a gearbox volume of the gearbox. a gas turbine engine includes the gearbox assembly and a lubrication system. the lubrication system includes a tank that stores a lubricant therein, one or more lubricant pumps for generating a flow of lubricant from the tank to the gearbox assembly, and a flow rate control valve. the flow rate control valve has a flow inlet and a flow outlet and defines a variable throughput from the flow inlet to the flow outlet for controlling a flowrate of the lubricant to the gearbox assembly.