A drivetrain assembly for a work vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBRADLEY A. MERRILL, RYAN A. HARMS, KEVIN R. KING, ANDREW T. STERLING
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Abstract
A drivetrain assembly for a work vehicle includes a first gearbox having a first housing, a second gearbox having a second housing, a first rotatable shaft extending between the first and second gearboxes, a first tube enclosing the first rotatable shaft, a first seal and a second seal positioned between the first tube and the first housing, the first tube forming a sealed enclosure for fluid to flow from the first housing to the second housing, and the first housing including a duct between the first and second seals, which separate the duct from the first tube, and a removable plug positioned in an end of the duct, the removable plug sealing the duct.
Claims11
A drivetrain assembly for a work vehicle, comprising:
- a first gearbox having a first housing;
- a second gearbox having a second housing;
- a first rotatable shaft extending between the first and second gearboxes;
- a first tube enclosing the first rotatable shaft;
- a first seal and a second seal positioned between the first tube and the first housing, the first tube forming a sealed enclosure for fluid to flow from the first housing to the second housing, and the first housing including a duct between the first and second seals, which separate the duct from the first tube;
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- a removable plug positioned in an end of the duct, the removable plug sealing the duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.