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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4628754 | Output gear of automatic transmission A hub of an output gear is connected detachably to a rear end of a main power train for an automatic transmission of a front engine rear wheel drive vehicle by means of splines, so that the main power train can be used as a power train of an automatic tra... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4621710 | Bearing lubrication system for extension housing of vehicular transmission A bearing lubrication system for an extension housing of automatic transmission, including an extension housing connected to a transmission case, a valve casing of a hydraulic control system fastened to the transmission case, a transmission output shaft s... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4616736 | Oil system for contiguous gear boxes An improved lubricating system for contiguous gear cases which utilizes only one oil supply, circulates the oil between the two cases, and enables the temperature of the oil in the smaller gear case to be decreased thus prolonging the life of the bearings... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4615231 | Planetary gear unit A planetary gear unit including a first planetary gear unit having an arm member supporting a pinion shaft, the pinion shaft supporting a planet pinion. The arm member includes an extending portion which extended to a point adjacent a sun gear engaged wit... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4612818 | Lubricating structure of differential carrier for vehicle A lubricating structure of a differential carrier includes a drive pinion shaft attaching portion, an oil supply hole and an oil return hole extended respectively along and provided on both sides of the attaching portion and a ring gear attaching portion ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4586395 | Lubrication device in transmission unit for automotive vehicles A transmission unit comprises a differential gear unit having a pair of side-journals rotatably supported by a pair of axially spaced side-bearings carried on a pair of carrier portions of a casing for the transmission unit, a pair of wheel axles extendin... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4582170 | Oil seal packing lubricating system of manual transmission An oil seal packing lubricating system of a manual transmission in which the lubricant is supplied from outside of the oil seal packing, including a lubricant introducing rib for guiding the lubricant fed from outside to a lip surface of the oil seal pack... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4573373 | Lubrication system for auxiliary equipment transmission A lubrication system with a lubricant feeding device disposed in the housing of a speed change mechanism for auxiliary devices. The lubricant flows from a central lubricant reservoir within the speed change mechanism through the moving surfaces to the inn... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4567784 | Method and apparatus for lubricating a transmission A method and apparatus are provided for lubricating a sun gear 32 connected to a hollow coupling shaft 30 which is adapted to be joined to a source of rotational energy. The shaft 30 defines at least one opening 90 intermediate its ends which is adapted t... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4560056 | Four-wheel drive clutch lubrication system A drive mechanism of a front-wheel drive vehicle adapted to selectively drive the rear wheels includes an overrunning clutch mounted coaxially with the rear axleshafts. The clutch and drive mechanism are lubricated by way or ports formed in the casing tha... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4541510 | Shift fork lubricating system for transmission Herein disclosed is a shift fork lubricating system for use in a transmission of the type in which shift forks (41, 43) have their bearing portions (101, 103) slidably fitted and supported on a shift fork shaft ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4531421 | Transfer case oil pump A transfer case mounted to a torque transmission member includes a clutch assembly for selectively providing driving communication between the input shaft and output shaft of the transfer case. The clutch assembly includes a vane which propells excess hyd... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4529061 | Fluid level control system A fluid level control system is disclosed which uses pressurized air from a turbocharged engine to regulate the level of fluid in an axle assembly and for returning excess fluid from the axle assembly to a transmission case. The system includes a fluid su... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4526054 | Gear transmission with splash lubrication A transmission, e.g. a wheel hub gear (1), with a load-dependent, controllable splash lubrication. It has a second, oil storage, zone (12), which is a continuation of its housing (2). This oil storage zone (12) has an annular chamber (16). By displacing o... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525995 | Oil scavening system for gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine intended for airborne applications in which several of the main bearings of the engine are contained in a bearing cavity and oil is scavenged from this cavity by allowing air from the high pressure region of the engine to leak into th... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4501167 | Transmission power output shaft assembly with bearing lubricant collecting and directing member In a transmission including a transmission casing, a rotational speed changing mechanism, and a differential mechanism which has a differential power input gear, a power output shaft transmits the rotary power output of the rotational speed changing mecha... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4489626 | Lubrication system for a planetary gear system A lubrication system is for a planetary gear system of the type which includes an input shaft for driving an output shaft through a planetary gear reducer. The system includes an oil pump driven by the input shaft to provide lubricating oil to the input s... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4488730 | Device for sealing a ring gear A ring gear mounted for rotation and driven by a pinion which dips into an oil bath is provided on each face with a sealing device. Each sealing device has a conical annulus tapering in a direction away from the ring gear and on which a ring is positioned... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4480493 | Transaxle lubrication system In a transaxle (1), a funnel-like oil pocket member (60) receives lube oil supplied from a gutter-like projection (43) formed to overlap a ring gear to collect oil sticking to a side thereof. The funnel-like member supplies lube oil to a lube oil passage ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4480492 | Lubrication conduit in a pinion gear carriage for automatic transmission A pinion gear support carriage for a planetary gear arrangement in an automatic transmission includes a first lubrication conduit leading radially from a sun gear to the needle bearings of a plurality of pinion gear shafts. Pair of thrust washers between ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4459869 | Lubricating arrangement for planet-gear bearing A planetary-gear assembly has a planet gear carrier constituted by a pair of axially spaced carrier plates bridged by a plurality of axially extending pins each carrying a respective planet gear by means of a respective bearing. An adjacent member rotatab... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4459208 | Filter system for a power transmitting device A filter system is for a power transmitting device which has an oil pump to draw lubricating oil through an oil passage from an oil sump in the housing thereof. A chamber is provided in the housing to intersect the oil passage and is partially below the n... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4448089 | Lubricating device for change-speed gearing units In a change-speed gearing unit including an extension housing formed at its rear end portion with an upright projection located in the upper opening of the housing, and a shift-and-select lever shaft slidably and rotatably supported at its rear end portio... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4442729 | Lubricating system for four-wheel drive torque transfer mechanism Pressurized lubricant from a vehicle transmission is inputted to a lubrication system of a four-wheel drive torque transfer mechanism through a cental oil passage in the transmission's output shaft. The transmission shaft coaxially joins with a shaft of t... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4429587 | Attitude insensitive lubrication systems A lubrication system for a gearbox having a forced flow of lubricant around one or more flow loops using dynamic forces imparted to the lubricant by a major element, preferably one primarily serving another function, which acts as a pump and cooperates wi... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4425817 | Lubrication system for a power take off assembly and a drive shaft therefor A lubrication system is for a power take off assembly and a drive shaft therefor. The drive shaft is mounted for rotation within a housing having a lubricating oil sump and is hollow to include lubricating supply passages therein. The power take off assem... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4420990 | Transmission filler A filler (18) for a transmission (10) is disclosed to occupy most of the space in a transmission (10) between the gears (A through G) and the housing (11), thus reducing the amount of lubricant necessary to lubricate the gears.... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4418777 | Transmission lubrication and motor cooling system The electric motor and transmission that apply power to the drive wheels of a vehicle are supplied with hydraulic fluid to lubricate the transmission and to cool the motor by a common fluidic circuit. The annular space between the motor shaft and a drives... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414861 | Gear drive cooling A gear drive unit has a shaft mounted impeller which a series of blades or vanes inside the housing for the drive. The impeller vanes are positioned to be in the path of travel of oil flung off of a bull gear which rotates in an oil pan extending into an ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4400989 | Lubrication mechanism in change-speed gearing unit A lubrication mechanism in a change-speed gearing unit in which an oil transfer trough is suspended in a fore-and-aft direction at one side of the inner wall of an extension housing secured at its front end to a transmission casing. The trough is fixed at... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4378711 | Planetary mechanism having a fluid baffle A baffle (78) encircles a planetary mechanism (10) having a ring gear element (18), a sun gear element (20), a planet carrier element (22) and a plurality of planet gear elements (24), and is connected to a stationary support (30, 48, 50, 66). The baffle ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4373421 | Emergency aerosol lubrication device, particularly for airborne engines An emergency aerosol lubrication device, particularly for airborne engines which includes a mechanism for placing a certain quantity of oil in reserve, an operator-controlled mechanism for atomizing oil in an aerosol container, which is connected to the p... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4369667 | Traction surface cooling method and apparatus A traction surface cooling method and apparatus for traction drive transmissions capable of continuous speed ratio variation in which a traction lubricant is circulated over a defined sector of a traction surface spaced from the point of rolling frictiona... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4368802 | Pressurized lubrication system A pressurized lubrication system for a rotatable power shaft of a power transmission device includes a pump which is mounted on the housing of the power transmission device. The pump has a drive shaft which is coaxially aligned with the power shaft and co... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4359909 | Transmission A transmission comprising a housing having one and the other longitudinal end walls. An input shaft is rotatably supported by a bearing in the one longitudinal end wall. A bearing retainer having therein an opening through which the input shaft extends is... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4359142 | Impeller lubrication system for transmission pocket bearing An impeller lubrication system provides lubrication oil flow to a transmission pocket bearing. Splash and spray lubrication oil is directed from the transmission casing to a collector region along a shaft adjacent the pocket bearing. As the shaft rotates,... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4356889 | Add-on forced lubrication system An add-on forced lubrication system is provided for assembly to a standard transmission (10). The forced lubrication system comprises a drive adapter (48) mountable to end of a shaft (12) accessible from the exterior of the housing (14) through a removabl... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4355542 | Scavenging pump A scavenging gear pump for use in a final drive comprising a drive gear and a driven gear, each being mounted for rotation and in mesh with each other. The drive gear is coupled with an input shaft and rotated thereby and has formed therein a fluid passag... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4352301 | Lubrication pump & filter for axle assemblies A small pump is connected externally of the differential housing of an axle assembly, picks up oil from the housing and pumps it through an external filter. This cools and cleans the oil and the oil may be routed to the outer bearing areas of the half sha... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4348914 | Mounting structure for a lubricating oil channel of an extension bushing A mounting structure for a lubricating oil channel of a bushing of an extension for a transmission of a vehicle comprises a resilient cylindrical expansion anchor formed on a mid-portion of the channel and a cylindrical cavity formed in an inner wall of t... | 09/14/1982 |
