Method and tool for quickly draining the transmission fluid in an automotive vehicle
OwnerJohn DiMatteoinventor
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Abstract
A method of draining transmission fluid from an automotive vehicle, which vehicle has a transmission-filter element connected to a mounting bracket having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. The method includes removing the transmission-filter element from the mounting bracket mounting it to the transmission, and then connecting a transmission-fluid drainage element to the mounting bracket in place of the transmission-filter element.
Claims19
A method of draining transmission fluid from an automotive vehicle, which vehicle has a transmission-filter element connected to a mounting bracket having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, said method comprising:
- (a) removing the transmission-filter element from the mounting bracket;
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- (b) after said step (a), connecting a transmission-fluid drainage element to the mounting bracket in place of the transmission-filter element;
- said transmission-fluid drainage element having a first passageway having an upper inlet opening and a second passageway having an upper outlet opening;
- said step (b) comprising connecting the upper outlet opening to the outlet orifice of the mounting bracket;
- and draining the fluid through the upper inlet opening of the first passageway to exterior of the drainage element.
A transmission-fluid drainage element for use in draining automatic transmission fluid from an automotive vehicle, which vehicle has a mounting bracket with an inlet and an outlet spaced a specified distance from the inlet for an automatic-transmission filter-element, comprising:
- a main housing having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- an inlet opening and an outlet opening formed in said upper surface;
- at least one passageway extending between said upper and lower surfaces, said passageway being in fluid communication with said upper inlet opening, and having a lower opening;
- tube-means operatively associated with said lower opening of said passageway for directing drained transmission fluid away from said at least one passageway;
- said upper inlet opening and said upper outlet opening being spaced apart a specified distance substantially equal to the distance between the inlet and the outlet of the mounting bracket for an automatic-transmission filter-element.
In an automotive vehicle having an automatic transmission, a transmission-filter element connected to a mounting bracket having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice spaced apart a specified distance, the improvement comprising:
- a transmission-fluid drainage element for use in place of said transmission-filter element when draining transmission fluid;
- said transmission-fluid drainage element comprising a main housing having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- an inlet opening and an outlet opening formed in said upper surface;
- at least one passageway extending between said upper and lower surfaces, said passageway being in fluid communication with said upper inlet opening and having a lower opening;
- tube-means operatively associated with said lower opening of said passageway for directing drained transmission fluid away from said at least one passageway;
- said upper inlet opening and said upper outlet opening being spaced apart a specified distance substantially equal to the distance between the outlet and the inlet of said mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.