Windmill lubrication gear train for lubricant system in a geared gas turbine engine

Abstract

A gas turbine engine includes a fan driven by a fan drive turbine through a gear reduction. An oil pump is driven by a main input gear, and the main input drive gear rotates when the fan rotor rotates. A gear train is intermediate the main input gear and the oil pump. The gear train includes a forward input gear and a reverse input gear, each driven by the main input gear. The forward input gear drives a forward pinion gear through a first clutch and the reverse input gear drives a reverse pinion gear through a reverse clutch. The forward clutch transmits rotation from the forward input gear to the forward pinion gear when the fan is rotating in a first direction, and not transmitting rotation from the forward input gear to the forward pinion gear when the fan is rotating in a second opposed direction. The reverse clutch transmits rotation from the reverse input gear to the reverse pinion gear when the fan is rotating in the second opposed direction, and not transmitting rotation from the reverse input gear to the reverse pinion gear when the fan is rotating in the first direction. One of the forward and reverse pinion gears drive a pump drive gear, to, in turn, drive the pump.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.