ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,649, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Lubrication system and methods of lubricating a gearbox assembly" was invented by Brandon W. Miller (West Chester, Ohio), Ryan T. Roehm (West Chester, Ohio), Andrew Hudecki (Milford, Ohio) and Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a turbine engine includes a reservoir that stores a lubricant, a primary lubricant supply circuit including a primary supply pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir, and an auxiliary lubricant supply circuit including an auxiliary supply pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir. A...