ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,446, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).
"Lubrication system with a reserve tank" was invented by Laurent Zamponi (Vitrolles, France), Jerome Belmonte (Aix en Provence, France) and Eric Fabrigat (Velaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a mechanical system, the lubrication system comprising a main tank, a reserve tank and a main lubrication circuit. The main lubrication circuit comprises, in particular, a pump drawing in the lubricating liquid from the main tank via a main suction point and a main suction pipe connecting the main suction point to the pump. The reser...