Oil sump arrangement with integral filter and heat exchanger
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorBrian Thomas Lee
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AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorBrian Thomas Lee
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In order to make more compact drive train and engine configurations, filter media and oil coolers are mounted within transmission oil pans and/or lubricating oil pans. Preferably, the heat exchanger is mounted on the upstream side of the filter media to cool the oil before the oil passes through the filter media and is recirculated by an oil pump. It is also preferable that both the filter media and the heat exchanger are integrally molded with a panel which is removably inserted into the oil pan to separate the oil pan into a first chamber, which is an upper chamber, and a second chamber, which is a lower chamber, so that oil drained into the upper chamber pools in the lower chamber and is recirculated back through the transmission or engine by a suction tube communicating with the lower chamber.
An arrangement for treating oil circulated in a drive train including an engine, a transmission and a coolant source, the arrangement comprising:
An arrangement for treating oil circulated in a drive train including an engine, a transmission, a coolant source and a sump pan having side walls and a horizontally extending floor, the sump pan including a fluid suction tube for returning liquid pooled on the floor to the drive train, the arrangement comprising:
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