Axle assemblies
Patent 4271717 Issued on June 9, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
July 10, 1999. 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.
July 10, 1999. 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. 06/056328 filed on 07/10/1979US Classes:74/467, Lubrication184/11.1, Splash74/606RGear casingsExaminersPrimary: Husar, C. J.Assistant: Daugherty, Mark A. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF16H 57/04 (20060101)AbstractAn axle assembly with crown-wheel and pinion gearing and lubrication of the pinion bearings by two passages having entrances disposed close to the periphery of a rotary element, to remove lubricant from a film entrained by the element from a supply of lubricant in the bottom of the housing in the gearing, the passages directing lubricant to a chamber and then to the bearings with one or other passage effective despite changed orientation or direction of operation of the assembly.Field of SearchAxle and torque tubes | |
