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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.v., Lommel, BE;
Roger Bogaert, Dendermonde, BE;
Michiel Van Den Donker, GM Best, NL;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V., Lommel, BE;
Abstract
A system for emergency lubrication, with a lubricant pump () and with at least one outlet opening () for delivering lubricant to at least a first lubrication point () of a transmission (), in particular a transmission of a wind turbine. The system includes a first cavity (), and the lubricant pump () is designed to convey at least some of the lubricant into the first cavity (). The first cavity () is designed to store the lubricant intermediately and to act upon the intermediately stored lubricant with positional energy. In addition, there is a lubricant-conveying connection between the first cavity () and the outlet opening ().