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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Eric Stephen Olson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David Bockmiller, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0427 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0482 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary passive oil system includes a reservoir housing configured in operation to rotate around a rotational axis, the reservoir housing defining a reservoir between a top wall, a bottom wall, innermost side, and an outer sidewall; and an outlet positioned adjacent the outer sidewall to discharge a lubrication fluid contained in the reservoir in response to the reservoir housing rotating around the rotational axis.