Lubrication system for a gear assembly
AssigneeGE Avio S.r.l.
InventorsMiriam Manzoni, Michele Gravina, Federico Leonardi, Alessandro Anderlini
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Abstract
A lubrication system for a gear assembly. The gear assembly includes a first gear and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear mesh with each other at a mesh. The lubrication system includes one or more lubricant injectors. The one or more lubricant injectors include one or more first lubricant outlets directed to the mesh. The one or more first lubricant outlets supply a first portion of lubricant to the mesh. The one or more lubricant injectors include one or more second lubricant outlets directed to a location that is different than the mesh. The one or more second lubricant outlets supply a second portion of lubricant to the location different than the mesh.
Claims20
A lubrication system for a gear assembly including a first gear and a second gear that mesh with each other at a mesh, the lubrication system comprising:
- a lubricant supply line that directs a lubricant therethrough;
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- a lubricant injector in fluid communication with the lubricant supply line, the lubricant injector including:
- one or more first lubricant injector portions extending axially across the first gear and the second gear and spaced from the gear assembly, wherein the one or more first lubricant injector portions include one or more first lubricant outlets directed to the mesh, the one or more first lubricant outlets supplying a first portion of lubricant from the lubricant supply line directly to the mesh;
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- one or more second lubricant injector portions extending from the one or more first lubricant injector portions and to a location that is different than the mesh, wherein the one or more second lubricant injector portions include one or more second lubricant outlets directed to the location that is different than the mesh, the one or more second lubricant outlets supplying a second portion of lubricant from the lubricant supply line to the location different than the mesh, the location that is different than the mesh including at least one of a first axial side of the first gear and the second gear, a second axial side of the first gear and the second gear, an input shaft of the gear assembly, an output shaft of the gear assembly, a housing of the gear assembly, a sump, or one or more bearings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.