Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gearcase assembly and method
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Application No.: US17364484Application Date: 2021-06-30
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Publication No.: US11885402B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Andrew Lee Payne , Scott Patrick Leute , Santosh Reddy Sama , Uday Prakash Karmarkar , Jaime de Jesus Garcia , Dennis Richter , Elizabeth Wooden
- Applicant: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Mary D. Lawlor
- Main IPC: F16H57/029
- IPC: F16H57/029 ; F16J15/3232

Abstract:
A gearcase seal assembly includes an inboard seal body and an outboard seal body both extending about and along a center axis between respective interior and exterior portions. The inboard and outboard seal bodies include respective inboard and outboard pockets configured to receive first and second surfaces of a gearcase of an axle assembly, respectively. The interior portions of the inboard and outboard seal bodies include respective gutters configured to direct fluid away from the first and second surfaces of the gearcase, respectively. The exterior portion of the inboard seal body includes plural fingers disposed outside of the inboard pocket and extending in one or more directions away from the inboard pocket. The exterior portion of the outboard seal body includes plural other fingers disposed outside of the outboard pocket and extending in one or more directions away from the outboard pocket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220010873A1 GEARCASE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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