Circulation sump device for an electric drive unit of a vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBenjamin Krank, Ferdinand Weidinger, Bernhard Wolf
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Abstract
A circulation sump device for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle, which can be lubricated and/or temperature-controlled via a lubricant, comprising a lubricant sump with a first axial region and a second axial region, a lubricant reservoir which extends below the lubricant sump in the first axial region and is connected to the lubricant sump via a lubricant drain opening, and a lubricant sump pump line which is designed to pump lubricant out of the second axial region of the lubricant sump into the lubricant reservoir.
Claims20
A circulation sump device for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle, which can be lubricated and/or temperature-controlled via a lubricant, comprising:
- a lubricant sump having a first axial region and a second axial region,
- a lubricant reservoir which extends below the lubricant sump in the first axial region and is connected to the lubricant sump via a lubricant outflow opening, and
- a lubricant sump-to-pump line which is specified to pump lubricant from the second axial region of the lubricant sump into the lubricant reservoir.
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