ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,314, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GE AVIO S.R.L. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).
"Lubrication system for a turbine engine" was invented by Andrea Piazza (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a turbine engine. The turbine engine includes a propulsor and one or more rotating components. The lubrication system includes a sump, a primary lubrication system, an auxiliary lubrication system, and a kinetic energy storage system. The sump stores lubricant therein. The primary lubrication system supplies the lubricant from the sump to the one or more rotating components during normal operation of the turbine ...