General electric company (20250122842). GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
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Inventor(s)
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 20250122842 titled 'GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO
Original Abstract Submitted
a gearbox assembly includes a gearbox and a gutter for collecting a gearbox lubricant scavenge flow from the gearbox. the gutter is characterized by a lubricant extraction volume ratio between 0.01 and 0.3, inclusive of the endpoints. the lubricant extraction volume ratio defined by: v/v. vis a gutter volume of the gutter and vis a gearbox volume. a gas turbine engine includes the gearbox assembly. the gas turbine engine includes an electric power system including at least one electric machine. the electric power system includes a plurality of power converters and a plurality of power distribution management units. at least two of the plurality of power converters or the plurality of power distribution management units are integrated together in a single housing.