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US 10,480,636 B2Granted
Anti-clog lubricant distribution assembly
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorEric James Hodgkinson
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Abstract
A fluid distribution assembly for distributing a fluid includes a first inlet housing; an outlet housing fluidly coupled to the first inlet housing; and a second inlet housing fluidly coupled to the outlet housing; the second inlet housing having a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to the outlet housing at a stagnation dam, the stagnation dam controlling direction of fluid flow through the second inlet housing in response to velocity of fluid flow in the outlet housing.
Claims13
A fluid distribution assembly for distributing a fluid, the assembly comprising:
- a first inlet housing;
- an outlet housing fluidly coupled to the first inlet housing;
- and
- a second inlet housing fluidly coupled to the outlet housing, the outlet housing being fluidically connected between the first inlet housing and the second inlet housing;
- the second inlet housing having a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to the outlet housing at a stagnation dam, the stagnation dam controlling direction of fluid flow through the second inlet housing in response to a change in velocity of fluid flow in the outlet housing from the first inlet housing.
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A rotary wing aircraft comprising:
- a rotor;
- a gearbox coupled to the rotor;
- an engine coupled to the gearbox;
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- a lubricant distribution system providing lubricant from a sump to the gearbox, the lubricant distribution system including:
- a first inlet housing fluidly coupled to the sump;
- an outlet housing fluidly couple to the first inlet housing, the outlet housing being fluidically connected between the first inlet housing and the second inlet housing;
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- a second inlet housing fluidly coupled to the outlet housing;
- the second inlet housing having a first end fluidly connected to the sump and a second end coupled to the outlet housing, the second end including a stagnation dam controlling direction of fluid flow through the second inlet housing in response to a change in velocity of fluid flow in the outlet housing from the first inlet housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.