Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft engine lubrication system and method
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Application No.: US16674647Application Date: 2019-11-05
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Publication No.: US11542845B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Dana Tomescu , Daniel Alecu
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP.
- Main IPC: F01M11/04
- IPC: F01M11/04 ; F01D25/20 ; F01M11/02 ; F01M1/02 ; B64D33/00 ; F02C7/06 ; F01M1/20 ; F01M11/00 ; B64D27/10

Abstract:
A lubrication system for an aircraft engine includes an engine lubricant tank including at least a supply port hydraulically connectable to the aircraft engine, a lubricant makeup port, and an overfill port, an auxiliary lubricant tank, a lubricant makeup conduit hydraulically connecting the auxiliary lubricant tank to the lubricant makeup port. The lubricant makeup conduit includes a pump operable to move lubricant from the auxiliary lubricant tank to the lubricant makeup port, and an overfill conduit hydraulically connecting the overfill port to the auxiliary lubricant tank. A method of operating a lubrication system of an aircraft engine of an aircraft is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210131321A1 AIRCRAFT ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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