US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on May 20 for "Turbomachine lubrication system comprising a bypass for preferentially supplying lubricant to a low-speed reduction gear" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,522, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbomachine lubrication system comprising a bypass for preferentially supplying lubricant to a low-speed reduction gear" was invented by Jeremy Edmond Fert (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jacques Auriol (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubrication system for a turbomachine which includes a reduction gear. The lubrication system includes a main branch and a bypass branch which is arranged in parallel with the main branch. The main branch includes a heat exchanger. The bypass branch includes a hydraulic resistance that is lower than the hyd...