Housing
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsGraham Tarver, Steve Copping, Patrick Nevin, David Clayton
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a housing, such as a transmission housing (103; 203), configured to control vibrations. A transmission housing (103) according to a first embodiment of the present invention has one or more vibration control panels (105) formed in a sidewall of the housing (103). The vibration control panel (105) is inset from a surrounding section of the sidewall (103). A transmission housing (203) according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes an elongate undulation (205) which forms a ridge and a corresponding groove in the transmission housing (203).
Claims21
1-23. (canceled)
A vehicle powertrain component housing comprising at least one elongate undulation in a sidewall of the housing for controlling vibration, said elongate undulation forming a ridge on a first surface of the sidewall and a corresponding groove on a second surface of the sidewall, wherein said at least one elongate undulation is annular and extends around at least a portion of the housing.
A vehicle powertrain component housing comprising at least one vibration control panel formed in a sidewall of the housing, said at least one vibration control panel being radially offset from a surrounding section of the sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.