ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,042, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Lubrication system for a turbine engine" was invented by Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio), Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.) and Andrew Hudecki (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis and one or more rotating components. The lubrication system includes a primary lubrication system that supplies lubricant to the one or more rotating components during normal operation of the turbine engine. The lubrication system also includes an auxiliary lubrication system. The ...