Centrifugal lubrication system for transmission pocket bearing
Patent 4221279 Issued on September 9, 1980. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 11, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
December 11, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/000700 filed on 12/11/1978US Classes:184/11.1, Splash184/6.12, Gearing74/467LubricationExaminersPrimary: Brown, David H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF16C 33/66 (20060101)F16N 7/00 (20060101) F16N 7/36 (20060101) AbstractA centrifugal 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, theoil is centrifugally thrown from the collector region into a receiving trough defined by (a) a lubrication port extending through the shaft, and (b) an oil ring fixed to the shaft radially of the collector region at the lubrication port entrance. From the trough the oil flows through the port exit to the pocket bearing. | |
