ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,904, issued on March 25, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Passive auxiliary lubrication system" was invented by Norman A. Turnquist (Sloansville, N.Y.) and Bugra H. Ertas (Niskayuna, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passive auxiliary lubrication system for supplying lubricant to a gearbox assembly of an engine. The passive auxiliary lubrication system includes an auxiliary tank for storing lubricant. The auxiliary tank is passively pressurized. The passive auxiliary lubrication system also includes an auxiliary tank feed line fluidly coupled with the auxiliary tank and a primary lubrication system. Th...