Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission
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Application No.: US15538797Application Date: 2015-11-24
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Publication No.: US10018266B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Akio Muto , Yoshiaki Shutou
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-004641 20150114
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/082908 WO 20151124
- International Announcement: WO2016/114007 WO 20160721
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04

Abstract:
Since an oil level of oil in a first space housing a transmission mechanism is lower than an oil level of the oil in a second space housing a differential gear, not only is it possible to lubricate a drive pinion and a ring gear housed in the second space with a sufficient amount of oil while cutting the total amount of oil compared with a case in which the oil levels of the first space and the second space are both high, but it is also possible to reduce the resistance of oil to stirring in the second space by discharging excess oil building up in the second space to the first space via a second oil passage formed along an axial center of a pinion shaft, and to prevent the oil level of the first space from decreasing excessively, thus avoiding aeration of an oil pump.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170350498A1 TRANSMISSION Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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