Patent ID: 9677663
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B64C,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A gear box to transmit torque from an engine to a driven element, the gear box comprising: a gear train configured to transmit the torque from the engine to the driven element, the gear train including a gear configured to be used within a secondary lubrication system of said gear train, said gear comprising: a body having an axis of rotation, an axial face oriented transversely with respect to the axis and a radial face oriented transversely with respect to the axial face, the axial face being formed to define a fluid reservoir, and fluid paths defined in the body extending from the fluid reservoir to the radial face and being rotatable about the axis to encourage a flow of fluid from the fluid reservoir, through the holes and to the radial face.