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US 6,663,279 B1Granted
Device for measuring the gearbox oil temperature
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsKarl-Fritz Heinzelmann, Harald Albrecht
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for measuring the temperature of an oil in a housing (4) of a transmission (2) with a temperature sensor (20) which can come into contact with the oil. The temperature sensor (20) is arranged outside the oil sump (16) in the transmission housing (4) and is preferably integrated directly in the transmission controller (18).
Claims6
A device for measuring the temperature of a lubricating oil in a transmission (2), the device comprising:
- a transmission housing (4) having an oil sump for supplying the lubricating oil from the oil sump to a plurality of transmission components located within the transmission housing (4);
- an electronic transmission controller (18) situated in a portion of the transmission housing containing electronics for controlling a shifting actuation system of the transmission;
- a temperature sensor (20) arranged outside the oil sump (16);
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- wherein said temperature sensor (20) is situated in the portion of the transmission housing containing the electronic transmission controller and directly communicates with the electronics of the electronic transmission controller to permit direct evaluation of the lubricating oil temperature in the electronic transmission controller;
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- the device further comprises a pressurized lubricant circuit having an opening adjacent the temperature sensor (20) and, during operation of said transmission (2), the opening provides the temperature sensor with the lubricating oil by wetting the temperature sensor with an oil spray.
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A device for measuring the temperature of a lubricating oil in a transmission (2), the device comprising:
- a transmission housing (4) having an oil sump for supplying the lubricating oil from the oil sump to a plurality of transmission components located within the transmission housing (4);
- an electronic transmission controller (18) situated in a portion of the transmission housing containing electronics for controlling a shifting actuation system of the transmission;
- a temperature sensor (20) arranged outside the oil sump (16);
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- wherein said temperature sensor (20) is situated in the portion of the transmission housing containing the electronic transmission controller and directly communicates with the electronics of the electronic transmission controller to permit direct evaluation of the lubricating oil temperature in the electronic transmission controller;
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- the device further comprises a pressurized lubricant circuit, wherein the temperature sensor (20) is situated in a branch (34) in the pressurized lubricant circuit (26) and is contacted by a flow of pressurized lubricating oil.
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A device for measuring the temperature of a lubricating oil in a transmission (2), the device comprising:
- a transmission housing (4) having an oil sump for supplying the lubricating oil from the oil sump to a plurality of transmission components located within the transmission housing (4);
- an electronic transmission controller (18) having a circuit board supporting electronics controlling a shifting actuation system of the transmission, the electronic transmission controller (18) being situated in a portion of the transmission housing;
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- a temperature sensor (20) arranged outside the oil sump (16) and the temperature sensor (20), during operation of said transmission (2), is wetted by oil;
- wherein said temperature sensor (20) is a speed detector directly integrated in the circuit board with the electronics of the electronic transmission controller (18), the speed detector evaluates the temperature of the lubricating oil by a change of an internal resistance of the speed detector and directly communicates with the electronics of the electronic transmission controller to permit direct evaluation of the lubricating oil temperature in the electronic transmission controller (18).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.