Multi-component fluid distribution system
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorRaymond Bruce McLauchlan
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Abstract
A multi-component fluid distribution system includes a first substrate component having an inlet for receiving fluid and an internal channel for communicating lubricant. A second substrate component is interlocked to the first substrate component. The second substrate component includes an inlet to receive fluid from the first component. The fluid distribution system also includes an over-molded portion sealing a joint between the first and second substrate components. The fluid distribution system further includes at least one outlet nozzle connected to the second substrate component to discharge fluid to a predetermined fluid receiving component.
Claims6
A lubrication distribution system comprising:
- a first hollow substrate component and a second hollow substrate component connected in series and receiving lubricant from an inlet;
- a plurality of nozzles disposed along the substrate components in fluid communication with the inlet, the plurality of nozzles positioned to discharge lubricant to targeted traction components within a transmission, a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles comprising a separate component from the first and second hollow substrate components prior to formation of an over-molded portion;
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- an over-molded portion formed about (i) a connection between the first and second hollow substrate components, and (ii) the first nozzle, the over-molded portion creating a fluid seal between (i) the first and second hollow substrate components, and (ii) the first nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.