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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2018
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Bruce P. Plasse, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gear box includes a casing having an interior. A rotating component is arranged in the interior of the casing. A bearing including a rotating element, and a fixed element is connected with the casing in the interior. A submersible pump is arranged in the interior of the casing. The submersible pump includes a first housing portion extending about the rotating component fixedly mounted to the casing at the interior. A second housing portion is fixedly mounted to the casing at the interior and is aligned with the first housing portion. The first and second housing portions form a lubricant reservoir which holds lubricant. An impeller is mounted to the rotating component and arranged in the lubricant reservoir. One of the first and second housing portions includes an outlet through which the pumped lubricant is directed toward the rotating element.