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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Andrea Piazza, Turin, IT;
GE AVIO S.R.L., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Abstract
A lubrication system for a turbine engine. The turbine engine includes a propulsor and one or more rotating components. The lubrication system includes a sump, a primary lubrication system, an auxiliary lubrication system, and a kinetic energy storage system. The sump stores lubricant therein. The primary lubrication system supplies the lubricant from the sump to the one or more rotating components during normal operation of the turbine engine. The auxiliary lubrication system includes an auxiliary pump including an auxiliary pump shaft. The kinetic energy storage system includes a flywheel that engages the auxiliary pump shaft to power the auxiliary pump when the propulsor is windmilling such that the auxiliary pump pumps the lubricant from the sump to the one or more rotating components.