ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,354, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).
"Lubrication system" was invented by Yuriy Gmirya (Woodbridge, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox includes a housing defining an interior. The housing includes outer walls and inner walls defining other structure within the housing, and at least one wall of the housing includes a semi-hollow volume. A main lubricant reservoir is disposed within the interior of the housing, and at least one pump is arranged in the interior of the housing for pumping lubricant from the main lubricant reservoir and distributing the lubricant throughout the housi...