Transmission case cover with radial inflow channel

A continuously variable transmission for a vehicle, the continuously variable transmission comprising:

• a sheave assembly rotatable about an axis;
• a pressurized fluid source;
• a conduit defining a first segment of a passageway through which the sheave is in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid source;
• an inner annular surface and an outer annular surface spaced a distance apart from one another, defining an annular second segment of the passageway therebetween, and sufficiently positioned with respect to the conduit such that at least a portion of fluid conveyed through the first segment flows circumferentially along the inner annular surface in the second segment;
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• a case cover member at least partially forming a chamber that defines a third segment of the passageway;
• wherein the third segment is sufficiently positioned with respect to the second segment such that fluid from the second segment flows radially inward toward the axis in the third segment.

A case cover assembly to which a sheave assembly of a continuously variable transmission is mountable for rotation about an axis, the case cover assembly comprising:

• a conduit defining a first segment of a passageway for providing fluid communication between a pressurized fluid source and the sheave assembly;
• a case cover member defining a concavity with a first annular surface;
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• an insert having a disk portion, a second annular surface, and a tubular portion;
• wherein the insert and the case cover member define an annular second segment of the passageway between the first annular surface and the second annular surface;
• wherein the disk portion and the case cover member define a chamber therebetween forming a third portion of the passageway;
• and wherein the third segment is sufficiently positioned with respect to the second segment such that fluid from the second segment flows radially inward toward the axis in the third segment.