US 12,228,042 B1
Lubrication system for a turbine engine
Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, OH (US); Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US); and Andrew Hudecki, Milford, OH (US)
Assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/537,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/517,751, filed on Aug. 4, 2023.
Int. Cl. F01D 25/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/20 (2013.01) [F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lubrication system for a turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis and one or more rotating components, the lubrication system comprising:
a primary lubrication system that supplies lubricant to the one or more rotating components during normal operation of the turbine engine; and
an auxiliary lubrication system comprising:
an auxiliary reservoir that stores the lubricant therein; and
a lubricant dispersion device that rotates about the longitudinal centerline axis, the lubricant dispersion device collecting the lubricant in the auxiliary reservoir and dispersing the lubricant to the one or more rotating components as the lubricant dispersion device rotates.