Abstract: A method controls the start-up of an oil pump of a gearbox by a brushless electric motor that has no position sensor. The stator coils are powered from the off mode in a constant-current open-loop control sequence until the pump reaches a speed threshold at which speed regulation switches over to closed-loop control on a setpoint corresponding to the lubrication flow rate required to ensure the reliability of the gearbox, but without in so doing exceeding a current threshold indicative of pump seizure, at which point motor control switches back over to the constant-current open-loop control sequence. The open-loop current setpoint is higher than the threshold for switching over to closed-loop control so that in the open-loop control mode the motor torque available at the pump is higher than in the closed-loop control mode.

Abstract: A method controls the start-up of an oil pump of a gearbox by a brushless electric motor that has no position sensor. The stator coils are powered from the off mode in a constant-current open-loop control sequence until the pump reaches a speed threshold at which speed regulation switches over to closed-loop control on a setpoint corresponding to the lubrication flow rate required to ensure the reliability of the gearbox, but without in so doing exceeding a current threshold indicative of pump seizure, at which point motor control switches back over to the constant-current open-loop control sequence. The open-loop current setpoint is higher than the threshold for switching over to closed-loop control so that in the open-loop control mode the motor torque available at the pump is higher than in the closed-loop control mode.

Abstract: A motor vehicle differential including a housing holding a differential mechanism including a ring gear attached to a cage of planetary gears, the housing including a first half-housing that is configured to accommodate the cage of gears and at least a part of the ring gear, and a second half-housing closing the first half-housing, the first half-housing including a chamber that accommodates at least a part of the ring gear, and that includes at least a main transverse wall adjacent to a transverse face of the ring gear. The first half-housing includes a mechanism recovering the oil splashed onto the wall and a mechanism redirecting the recovered oil to the cage of planetary gears.

Abstract: A motor vehicle differential including a housing holding a differential mechanism including a ring gear attached to a cage of planetary gears, the housing including a first half-housing that is configured to accommodate the cage of gears and at least a part of the ring gear, and a second half-housing closing the first half-housing, the first half-housing including a chamber that accommodates at least a part of the ring gear, and that includes at least a main transverse wall adjacent to a transverse face of the ring gear. The first half-housing includes a mechanism recovering the oil splashed onto the wall and a mechanism redirecting the recovered oil to the cage of planetary gears.