ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,466, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"System for testing aircraft emergency lubrication system" was invented by Douglas Robert Mueller (Coppell, Texas), Jason DeWitt McPeak (Weatherford, Texas) and Mark Alan Przybyla (Keller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for a rotorcraft includes first and second gearbox assemblies and a lubrication assembly. The lubrication assembly includes first and second lubrication systems and a valve connected between the first and second lubrication systems such that when the valve is in a first position, a test mode of operation of the lu...