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US 12,044,303 B2Granted
Apparatus and plate
AssigneesJATCO Ltd, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Kakimi, Tomoo Ikeda
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a power transmission mechanism, a lubricating oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and guides lubricating oil to the power transmission mechanism, and a drain oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and drains the lubricating oil.
Claims9
An apparatus comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power between a drive source and drive wheels;
- a lubricating oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and guides lubricating oil to the power transmission mechanism;
- a drain oil passage that drains the lubricating oil between the heat exchanger and the power transmission mechanism;
- and
- a wall that has a first face and a second face as a back face of the first face, wherein
- the power transmission mechanism is provided on the first face side of the wall,
- a member configured with no exposed rotary elements is provided on the second face side of the wall, and
- the drain oil passage drains the lubricating oil to the second face side of the wall.
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A plate comprising:
- a lubricating oil passage that connects to a downstream side of a heat exchanger;
- and
- a drain oil passage that connects to a downstream side of the heat exchanger,
- wherein the drain oil passage includes a main portion and a throttle portion having a smaller flow path area than that of the main portion, and
- wherein one end of the throttle portion opens to a surface of the plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.