Patent ID: 11920585
Assignee: EKU POWER DRIVES INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. A method of lubricating a machine, the method comprising:
pumping, via a first line system and at a first pressure, a lubricant from a reservoir into the machine, wherein the reservoir comprises:
a machine inlet, a machine outlet, a regulation inlet, and a regulation outlet,
a baffle system separating the reservoir into a first zone and a second zone, wherein a temperature of the lubricant in the reservoir in the first zone is warmer than the temperature of the lubricant in the second zone, wherein:
the first zone and the second zone are in fluid communication with each other,
the machine inlet and the regulation outlet are in fluid communication with the first zone, and
the machine outlet and the regulation inlet are in fluid communication with the second zone;

draining, via the first line system, the lubricant from the machine into the first zone of the reservoir via the machine inlet;
pumping, via a second line system and at a second pressure, the lubricant from the first zone of the reservoir, and via the regulation outlet, into a temperature regulation system, wherein:
the second pressure is less than the first pressure,
the second pressure is out of a first lubricant pressure tolerance for the machine,
the first pressure is out of a second lubrication pressure tolerance of the temperature regulation system;

regulating, by the temperature regulation system, the temperature of the lubricant in the second line system; and
returning, via the second line system, the lubricant from the temperature regulation system to the second zone of the reservoir via the regulation inlet.