A lubrication system includes a primary lubrication system for a gearbox of the aircraft, the primary lubrication system comprising a first lubricant tank, and an emergency lubrication system for the gearbox. The emergency lubrication system includes a second lubricant tank coupled to a gearbox of an aircraft, a passive thermostat coupled between the second lubricant tank and the gearbox via a lubricant line, a conductor coupled between the passive thermostat and the gearbox and configured to conduct heat from the gearbox to the passive thermostat, and wherein the passive thermostat is configured to open in response to the conductor being exposed to a temperature that exceeds a threshold temperature.

A gear assembly for an aeronautical engine that includes a first gear disposed at a centerline axis of the gear assembly; a second gear coupled to the first gear in adjacent radial arrangement to form a first mesh between the first gear and the second gear; a third gear coupled to the second gear in adjacent radial arrangement to form a second mesh between the second gear and the third gear; a collector rotatably coupled with the third gear; and a lubricant input portion disposed between a portion of the first gear and the second gear such that a first supply opening of the lubricant input portion is directed at the first mesh between the first gear and the second gear. The first supply opening provides a flow of lubricant to the first mesh with a portion of the flow of lubricant is collected by the collector.

A drive system for an aircraft such as a tiltrotor aircraft. The drive system includes first and second gearbox assemblies in mechanical communication with each other. A first lubrication system is associated with the first gearbox assembly and includes a bifurcated tank configured to contain a lubricant in an operating chamber including a lower sump and in an emergency chamber including an upper sump. A second lubrication system is associated with the second gearbox assembly. An emergency pump is in fluid communication with the emergency chamber. The emergency pump is configured to supply the lubricant to the first gearbox assembly from the emergency chamber responsive to a failure in the first lubrication system. In addition, the emergency pump is configured to supply the lubricant to the second gearbox assembly and to the operating chamber from the emergency chamber responsive to a failure in the second lubrication system.

An oil supply device has: a first hydraulic pump driven by power transmitted through a power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a second driving force source independent from the power transmission path; a first supply oil passage that supplies oil discharged by the first hydraulic pump to a lubrication required part of a transmission; and a second supply oil passage that supplies oil discharged by the second hydraulic pump to a hydraulic drive portion of a specific engagement device.

An oil supply device has: a first hydraulic pump driven by power transmitted through a power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a second driving force source independent from the power transmission path; and a hydraulic circuit. In a specific state in which a first forward speed is formed by oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump being supplied to a hydraulic drive portion, when a failure occurs in which a discharge pressure of the second hydraulic pump is decreased, a state of the hydraulic circuit is switched from a first state in which oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump is supplied to the hydraulic drive portion to a second state in which oil discharged from the first hydraulic pump is supplied to the hydraulic drive portion.

A fan drive gear system includes at least one intermediate gear that includes an axial gear passage for receiving and conveying a fluid suitable for cooling and/or lubricating. At least a first axial end of the intermediate gear includes a first fluid storage trap for capturing fluid entering and/or exiting the gear passage and storing the fluid therein during powered operation of the fan drive gear system. The fluid is capable of being passively supplied to the intermediate gear passage during an interrupted power event.

A lubrication device of a mechanical system, the lubrication device having a main tank, at least one recovery tank, a lubrication circuit, a flow generator supplying the lubrication circuit with a lubrication liquid located in the main tank and a delivery system for each recovery tank. Each delivery system has an ejector arranged in a recovery tank and first and second conduits linking the ejector firstly to the lubrication circuit and secondly to the main tank in order to deliver the lubrication liquid located in the recovery tank to the main tank using the ejector.

A lubrication system for a transmission assembly includes a primary reservoir, at least one primary jet, a primary circulating system fluidly coupling the primary reservoir and the at least one primary jet, a secondary reservoir, at least one secondary jet, and a secondary circulating system fluidly coupling the primary reservoir and the at least one secondary jet and fluidly coupling the primary reservoir and the secondary reservoir.

A system is provided in one example embodiment and may include a first reservoir for a lubricant; a second reservoir for the lubricant, wherein the first reservoir and the second reservoir are interconnected; a first pumping element to pump the lubricant from the first reservoir at a first flow rate; a second pumping element to pump the lubricant at a second flow rate, wherein the first flow rate and the second flow rate are different; and a gearbox coupled to the first pumping element and the second pumping element. The first reservoir may have a larger volume than the second reservoir and the first flow rate may be higher than the second flow rate.

Embodiments are directed to solid lubricant assemblies for providing over temperature protection for bearings and gears in rotorcraft systems. A solid lubricant enters a fluid state above a certain temperature and is positioned so that fluid lubricant is applied to the bearings or gears.