Truck comprising a wet brake cooling system
AssigneeLiebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co.
InventorJoshua Brown
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a truck comprising a plurality of wheels; at least one electric traction motor; at least one traction gear; at least one wet brake; and at least one traction gear cooling circuit. The at least one electric traction motor is configured to drive at least one out of the plurality of wheels via the at least one traction gear and the at least one traction gear cooling circuit is configured to cool the at least one traction gear. Further, the at least one traction gear cooling circuit is further configured to cool the wet brake.
Claims20
A truck comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- at least one electric traction motor;
- at least one traction gear;
- at least one wet brake;
- and
- at least one traction gear cooling circuit;
- wherein the at least one electric traction motor is configured to drive at least one out of the plurality of wheels via the at least one traction gear,
- wherein the at least one traction gear cooling circuit is configured to cool the at least one traction gear;
- and
- wherein the at least one traction gear cooling circuit is further configured to cool the wet brake.
A truck comprising
- a plurality of wheels;
- at least one electric traction motor;
- and
- at least one wet brake;
- wherein the at least one electric traction motor is configured to drive at least one out of the plurality of wheels,
- wherein a braking chamber of the at least one wet brake is filled with a first hydraulic fluid,
- wherein the wet brake comprises a housing and a heat exchanger for cooling the first hydraulic fluid, the heat exchanger being at least one out of arranged in and integrated into the housing.
A wet brake comprising
- a housing;
- a braking chamber and
- a plurality of brake discs arranged in the braking chamber,
- wherein the braking chamber is filled with a first hydraulic fluid,
- wherein a heat exchanger for cooling the first hydraulic fluid is at least one out of arranged in and integrated into the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.