Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driveline thermal and lubricant flow management
- Patent Title (中): 传动系热力和润滑油流量管理
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Application No.: US14574899Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US09360104B1Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Robert Scott Lippert , John Edward Brevick , Mathew John Fast , Lawrence Marshall , Andreas E. Perakes , Danrich Henry Demitroff , W. Cary Cole , Furqan Zafar Shaikh , Michael Levin
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent James Dottavio
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04 ; F16H57/031

Abstract:
A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160178048A1 DRIVELINE THERMAL AND LUBRICANT FLOW MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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