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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Inventors:
Miriam Manzoni, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;
Davide Lercara, Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Andrea Piazza, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
GE AVIO S.R.L., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B64C 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0442 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0421 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gear assembly of an aircraft including an engine is generally provided. The gear assembly includes a first gear meshed with a second gear to define a gear mesh, and a walled lubricant tank defining a lubricant reservoir and a reservoir inlet opening. The reservoir inlet opening is defined adjacent to an out-of-mesh side of the gear mesh. At least a portion of lubricant from the gear mesh enters the lubricant reservoir through the reservoir inlet opening.