US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES on Sept. 9 for "Lubrication and cooling of equipment of an aircraft turbomachine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,731, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Lubrication and cooling of equipment of an aircraft turbomachine" was invented by Benjamin Nicolas Fulleringer (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Nicolas Maurice Marcel Herran (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft turbomachine includes a gas generator having an output shaft and a first lubricating circuit. The turbomachine further includes equipment coupled to the output shaft and including a rotor rotationally guided by at least one rolling bearing and a second lubricating circuit that is independent of the first lubricatin...