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US 11,440,348 B1Granted
Axle assembly having a lubricant reservoir
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsAndrew Bodary, Dale Kwasniewski, Tim Mann, Leo Wenstrup
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Abstract
An axle assembly that has a lubricant reservoir. The lubricant reservoir may be disposed above a differential assembly and may capture lubricant that is splashed by the differential assembly. The lubricant reservoir may have at least one tank. The lubricant reservoir may optionally provide lubricant to a lubricant distribution trough.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- a differential assembly that is rotatable about an axis and that has a ring gear;
- a housing assembly that has an axle housing and a differential carrier that supports the differential assembly, wherein the differential carrier is mounted to the axle housing and the axle housing receives the differential assembly;
- a lubricant reservoir that is disposed inside the axle housing above the differential assembly and that captures lubricant that is splashed by the ring gear, the lubricant reservoir having a first tank and a second tank that is spaced apart from the first tank;
- a first conduit that routes lubricant from the first tank to an input shaft bearing;
- and
- a second conduit that routes lubricant from the second tank to an output shaft bearing.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- a differential assembly that is rotatable about an axis and that has a ring gear;
- a housing assembly that receives the differential assembly;
- a lubricant reservoir that is disposed above the differential assembly and that captures lubricant that is splashed by the ring gear;
- and
- a lubricant distribution trough that receives lubricant from the lubricant reservoir, the lubricant distribution trough including:
- a first trough that receives lubricant from the lubricant reservoir;
- a second trough that is disposed below the first trough;
- and
- a dam that separates the first trough from the second trough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.