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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Turin, IT;
Miriam Manzoni, Rivalta di Turin, IT;
Michele Gravina, Milan, IT;
Federico Leonardi, Vinovo, IT;
Alessandro Anderlini, Poggibonsi, IT;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Matthew D. Brothers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
GE AVIO S.R.L., Rivalta di Turin, IT;
Abstract
A turbine engine including a turbo-engine, a gearbox assembly, a propulsor, and a lubrication system. The lubrication system includes a lubricant tank that stores lubricant therein, one or more primary gearbox lubricant supply lines in fluid communication with the lubricant tank and the gearbox assembly, one or more secondary gearbox lubricant supply lines in fluid communication with the lubricant tank and the gearbox assembly, and a lubricant pump for supplying the lubricant to the gearbox assembly from the lubricant tank through the one or more primary gearbox lubricant supply lines and the one or more secondary gearbox lubricant supply lines. The lubrication system modulates a mass flow rate of the lubricant to the gearbox assembly through at least one of the one or more primary gearbox lubricant supply lines or the one or more secondary gearbox lubricant supply lines.