ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,179, issued on July 8, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Turbine engine including a lubrication system" was invented by Pravin Patil (Bengaluru, India), Narendra Hardikar (Bengaluru, India), Andrew Gumpert (West Chester Township, Ohio), Duane H. Anstead (Fairfield, Ohio), Brandon W. Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Ryan T. Roehm (West Chester, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine includes a first gearbox, lubricated by oil. A first sump, located below the first gearbox, collects the oil. A first scavenge element pumps the oil from the first sump in an operational state and does not pump the...