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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Douglas Robert Mueller, Coppell, TX (US);
Colton Gilliland, Northlake, TX (US);
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
Various implementations described herein are directed to an emergency lubrication system for a tiltrotor aircraft. The emergency lubrication system includes a pressurized material chamber, a lubrication chamber, a first valve between the pressurized material chamber and the lubrication chamber, a gearbox, and a second valve between the lubrication chamber and the gearbox. The first valve is configured to operate in a first mode when the emergency lubrication system is in a first configuration and a second mode when the emergency lubrication system is in a second configuration.