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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:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Yamarthi, Bengaluru, IN;

Paul Mathew, Bengaluru, IN;

Parmeet Chhabra, Bengaluru, IN;

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;

Souvik Porel, Bengaluru, IN;

Gautam Naik, Bengaluru, IN;

Norman A. Turnquist, Sloansville, NY (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2006.01); F01D 25/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F01D 25/18 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F05D 2250/291 (2013.01); F05D 2260/232 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40311 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); F05D 2300/612 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a hollow gear. The hollow gear has one or more reservoirs configured to store a lubricant and one or more passages configured to supply the lubricant to one or more gear meshes in the gearbox assembly. The hollow gear provides a dampening system configured to absorb vibrations and loading experienced in the gearbox assembly and configured to provide impact resistance for the gearbox assembly.


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