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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Eric Wilson, Mooresville, IN (US);

John Gebhard, Fishers, IN (US);

Josh Gear, Plainfield, IN (US);

Mihir Desai, Yorba Linda, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 13/22 (2006.01); F16N 7/40 (2006.01); F01D 15/12 (2006.01); F01D 25/20 (2006.01); F16N 31/00 (2006.01); F16N 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 13/22 (2013.01); F01D 15/12 (2013.01); F01D 25/20 (2013.01); F16N 7/40 (2013.01); F16N 31/00 (2013.01); F16N 19/00 (2013.01); F16N 2210/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lubrication system comprises a lubricant feed tank, a lubricant feed pump, one or more lubricant nozzles, a scavenge pump drive motor, and one or more scavenge pumps. The lubricant feed pump takes suction from the lubricant feed tank and pumps a lubricant feed as lubricant jets exiting the one or more lubricant nozzles. The lubricant feed pump has a rotating feed pump shaft coupled to a power source. The scavenge pump drive motor drives a rotating scavenge pump shaft that is coupled to the one or more scavenge pumps. The scavenge pumps return lubricant to the lubricant feed tank. The feed pump shaft and scavenge pump shaft rotate independently of each other.


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