Abstract: An oil sump 44 and a second oil supply passage 45, which are to lead lubrication oil from a first oil supply passage 43 to where lubrication is needed, i.e., to gears and a clutch, are formed in a sun gear 21, which has a sufficient strength as a torque transmission member. In comparison with another case where an oil sump and an oil supply passage are provided in a relatively thin member such as a sleeve 3, the unfavorable effect of stress concentration around the oiling aperture and of deterioration of strength from the reduced thickness can be greatly minimized. In addition, the fabrication of the oil sump and the oil supply passage is much easier and cost-effective than if they were to be provided in a thinner member.

Abstract: A wave gear drive (1) has a silk-hat shaped flexible external gear (12) comprising a cylindrical body (13), a circular diaphragm (14), a circular boss (15) formed integrally on the diaphragm (14), and external teeth (16) formed on the body (13) at a side of an open end (13a) thereof. The boss (13) of the flexible external gear, a cross roller bearing (7) and the rigid internal gear (11) are arranged between first and second end plates (2, 3) so as to define a substantially sealed inside space of the wave gear drive (1). A resilient seal ring member (8) is mounted on the open end (13a) of the flexible external gear to divide the inside space into an inside portion (9) where a first lubricant having a high viscosity is supplied and an outside portion (10) where a second lubricant having a low viscosity is supplied.

Abstract: An automatic transmission including at least one rotary member; a rotary member enclosure enclosing the rotary member; and an oil reservoir arranged below the rotary member enclosure for collecting and reserving the oil. An oil separator is located facing the outer circumference of the rotary member for separating the oil adhering to the rotary member. Because the amount of oil left on the surface of the rotary member is reduced, the amount of oil recovered in the oil reservoir is accordingly increased and the level of the oil surface in the oil reservoir is prevented from falling.

Abstract: A manual power transmission includes a transmission casing, input and output shafts coaxially aligned with each other and a layshaft accommodated within the transmission casing and positioned below the input and output shafts. The input and output shaft has a plurality of gears of a varying size or diameter mounted thereon and associated with gearshifting positions and the layshaft has a corresponding number of countergears of a varying size or diameter mounted thereon and paired with the gears on the input and output shafts. Some of the countergears which serve as an idle gear are so juxtaposed in a direction axially of the layshaft that an envelope enclosing all of the those countergears while touching respective outer perimeters of those remaining countergears represents a generally barrel shape having a generally intermediate portion thereof bulged radially outwardly with respect to the layshaft.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for rotationally joining a first rotational member to a second rotational member is provided including a first adapter, a first bearing within the first adapter, a second adapter, a second bearing within the second adapter, and a connecting assembly. A power transmission assembly is provided, suitable for use with any one of a family of motors of different sizes, the assembly including a motor selected from the family, a speed reducer, a first adapter, a first bearing, a second adapter, a second bearing, and a connecting assembly. The first adapter is sized for use with at least two of the motors, and the first bearing is chosen from a family of bearings of different sizes, each sized for use with a corresponding one of the motors within the family. The first bearing is sized for use with the motor.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an axle assembly includes a housing defining a chamber having a first fluid contained therein. The apparatus also includes a conduit located within the chamber. The apparatus further includes a fluid source in fluid communication with the conduit, wherein (1) a second fluid located within the fluid source is advanced through the conduit, and (2) the first fluid located within the housing does not intermix with the second fluid being advanced through the conduit. A method of cooling a differential assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubrication mechanism for collecting and directing oil from a gear assembly to a bearing supporting a first component for rotation relative to a second component. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a bearing assembly is arranged to permit relative rotation between an input shaft and an output shaft in a manual transmission. A lubrication flow path including a bore and channel is formed between the bearing assembly and a gear assembly external of the input and output shafts. A lubrication guide member disposed in the flow path collects and directs oil from the gear assembly toward the bearing assembly.

Abstract: A selector fork for a change-speed gearbox, comprising first and second shafts rotatably supported by the gearbox. A pinion and gear pair are supported by the first and second shafts, respectively. A synchronizer is supported by one of the first and second shafts adjacent the pinion and gear pair. A selector rod having a longitudinal axis is supported by the gearbox. A selector fork is slidably supported by the selector rod. The selector fork provides for the directed supply of splash oil to one of the group comprising the selector fork and the synchronizer.

Abstract: A sleeve is covered on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft shaped part formed integrally with a support wall fixed to a casing of a transmission, to which sleeve a pair of seal rings are fitted putting a circumferential oil groove therebetween. A groove continuously formed in the outer peripheral surface and the tip end surface of the shaft shaped part is covered with the sleeve to form an oil passage structure. Part of oil supplied from an oil passage penetrating a main shaft to a discharge space for lubricating a bearing located at the tip end of the shaft shaped part flows into the oil passage structure and is further transferred to a space between the support wall and a clutch drum to lubricate the seal ring located on the side of the support wall from the outside.

Abstract: A gear case for a vehicle which has three casing chambers in which a first wall (11) separates the first (2) and the second (3) casing chambers from one another. The first wall (11) determines an upper lubricant level (22) while a lower lubricant level (21) of the gear casing is set by the volume of lubricant in the first (2) and the third (4) casing chambers.

Abstract: In an elastic frictional member including: a core ring fitted on a sleeve fixedly mounted on a shaft; and an elastic element engaged with the outer cylindrical surface of the core ring, a plurality of small protrusions are extended from the outer surface of a lip forming a part of the elastic element; that is, from a slide surface of the elastic element which is in slide contact with the inner cylindrical surface of a shaft hole formed in the gear. The small protrusions of the lip are in point contact with the inner cylindrical surface of the shaft hole of the gear; that is, the outer surface of the lip from which the small protrusions are extended is spaced from the inner cylindrical surface of the shaft hole of the gear, thus allowing the formation of a lubricant film in the space. The lubricant film thus formed maintains the friction coefficient substantially constant.

Abstract: A powertrain includes a multi-speed transmission having a primary storage reservoir which has sufficient volume to contain the transmission fluid when the temperature thereof is at or below a predetermined temperature. At higher temperatures, a portion of the hydraulic fluid is directed to a cooling device which also provides secondary storage. A valve mechanism is provided to control the hydraulic fluid flow such that below the predetermined temperature, hydraulic fluid is not directed to the cooling device which is drained by the valve mechanism to the primary storage. The valve mechanism is temperature-responsive whereby at temperatures above the predetermined temperature a portion of the hydraulic fluid must fill and pass through the cooling device before being directed to a lubrication circuit and returned to the primary storage, thereby increasing the storage volume available to the system.

Abstract: A device for reducing ventilation loss of a high-speed gear mechanism with a gear housing NS intermeshing gears, which are surrounded by a casing and to which lubricant is supplied in the engagement area for the purpose of reducing friction. The gear mechanism consists, in a known manner, of a gearwheel and a pinion that intermeshes therewith. Utilizing the pressure that is automatically established in the tooth engagement and disengagement area, only the pinion is encapsulated over area of more than 180.degree. of its peripheral distance. The end of the encapsulation in the tooth disengagement area is designed so that there is constant enlargement of the uncovered cross-sectional area between the pinion and the gearwheel. Additionally, and the encapsulation is sealed on both sides relative to the non-toothed shaft area of the pinion.

Abstract: A lubrication structure for a transfer mechanism distributing a driving force received from a transmission gear to two output shafts and outputting the driving force therefrom, wherein the lubrication structure comprises a slide tube section for a sliding yoke provided in a propeller shaft, the slide tube section externally mounted on a shaft section of the output shaft in a state where it can move in the axial direction but cannot relatively rotate; a lubricating oil hole provided in an extended section of a transfer case covering the slide shaft section; a lubricating oil groove provided in an internal surface of the extended section and communicating with the lubricating oil hole, the lubricating oil groove oriented in the axial direction of the extended section; a seal mechanism sealing between the slide tube section on the internal surface of the extended section at the outer end thereof; and a bushing provided between the extended section and the slide tube section so that the bushing covers the lubrica

Abstract: In a speed change gear device having a gear shaft (30 in FIG. 1), bearings (32A, 32B), and a housing (21) which accommodates the gear shaft and the bearings therein; lubricating auxiliary vessels (50, 60) are mounted within the housing (21) so as to catch oil scooped up from a collection of oil (P) and to introduce the received oil into the bearings (32A, 32B) not directly immersed in the collection of oil (P). The lubricating auxiliary vessels (50, 60) are arranged at positions which lie laterally and lower than the intermeshing portion of gears (38, 39). The level (PL) of the collection of oil (P) is set at a height at which the lower end (H2) of at least one (39) of the gears is immersed in the collection of oil (P). Due to the location of the lubricating auxiliary vessels (50, 60), the bearings (32A, 32B) are suppled with sufficient quantities of oil even during low-speed rotation of the gear (39).

Abstract: The subject invention is an improved lubrication system which supplies oil mist under pressure to externally inaccessible bearings and gears as well as supplying solid oil to externally accessible bearings, both from a single source. Both solid oil and oil mist are provided by use of conventional components. The system operates from power supplied by plant air and electricity. The subject invention employs a demister system, new to the art, which enhances the consolidation of oil particles within the gear housing, or other enclosures of moving parts to be lubricated. It reduces the amount of oil mist exhausted while retaining the benefits of a pressurized system to keep out contaminants and improves the health quality of the working environment.

Abstract: An oil-slinger device (60) is proposed for a bearing (36) of a shaft (32) in a transmission housing (34) of a motor vehicle (2). On the oil-slinger device (60) projections (72) are provided which cooperate with intakes (74) in the transmission housing (34) to form a positive locking connection. An end (84) of the oil-slinger device (60) is situated within the transmission housing (34) between the bearing (36) to be supplied and the transmission housing (34). The oil-slinger device (60) is preferably made of a heat-resistant plastic material and is divided in three sections, a first section (62) which essentially serves to collect the oil, a second section (70) designed as tank and a third section (8) which conveys the oil to the bearing (36) to be lubricated. Above the oil-slinger device (60) there can be provided ribs (94) from which oil can drip into the oil-slinger device (60).

Abstract: In a linear motion machine in which a number of rolling elements 8 are interposed between a linearly extending guide shaft 1 and a moving body 2 linearly moved while being guided by the guide shaft 1, and the elements 8 circulate along element rolling grooves 5 in the moving body 2 while rolling within the grooves 5, a lubricant supply member 14 made of lubricant-contained polymer is located near a load-receiving areal part of the element rolling grooves 5. The lubricant is oozed out of the lubricant supply member 14 and automatically supplied to the element rolling grooves 5 and the elements 8. A stable lubrication of the machine is ensured for a long time.

Abstract: A gear case assembly and lubricant retaining device therefore wherein the assembly includes a gear case having a hub and/or shaft receiving opening therein and a lubricant retaining device extending toward the interior of said case to reduce lubricant flow through said opening. A part of said lubricant retaining device acts as a diverter to restrict lubricant flow toward said opening and consequential potential losses therethrough.

Abstract: An oil distributing apparatus for use with a transmission, and method for producing the same, are disclosed to provide an improved lubrication system for supplying lubricating fluid to certain areas of the transmission. The improved lubrication system includes an oil distributing apparatus having an end plate connectable to a transmission housing and an oil dam connected to the end plate to form an oil chamber therebetween that is hydraulically connectable to a supply of lubricating fluid in the transmission. The oil chamber provides a flow path that is substantially isolated from the turbulence inducing effects of the rotating shafts and associated bearings in the transmission.

Abstract: A lubricating device for a motor vehicle including (a) a power transmission system having rotating members which are all at rest upon stopping of the vehicle, (b) a casing accommodating the power transmission system and storing a lubricating oil, and (c) an oil pump which is driven by the power transmission system and which operates to deliver the oil from the bottom portion of the casing to lubricating points of the power transmission system. An oil reservoir is provided to store a predetermined amount of the oil delivered by the pump, when a delivery amount of the pump exceeds a predetermined value with an increase in the speed of the power transmission system.

Abstract: A bearing lubrication system in which a shaft is journaled for rotation in an integral bearing in a gear box, the bearing being primarily loaded through less than its full circumference, leaving an unloaded reach of the bearing, the bearing being interrupted through a substantial arc in at least a portion of the unloaded reach to define a gap in the bearing through which lubricant travels, is provided with a fixed scoop for channeling lubricant into the gap. The bearing is a solid bearing, of a piece with a gear box housing, as is the scoop.

Abstract: A reverse idler shaft and washer assembly particularly suited for use in a compound transmission includes a lubricating washer having at least one notch for collecting and directing lubricating oil through a reverse idler gear bearing such that lubrication passageways are eliminated from the reverse idler shaft. The lubricating washer includes an annular region capable of supporting a clamping load through the inner race of the reverse idler gear bearing to resist rotation while allowing the outer race and the associated reverse idler gear to rotate freely.

Abstract: A motor vehicle power transmission system whose rotating elements are all stopped upon stopping of the vehicle, and which comprises a lubricating device including an oil sump for storing a lubricating oil and a mechanically operated oil pump which is driven by one of the rotating elements to deliver the pressurized lubricating oil to predetermined lubricating points such as bevel gears of a differential gear device. The lubricating device has a substantially fluid-tight enclosure in which the lubricating points are disposed and which stores, in a substantially fluid-tight manner, a mass of the lubricating oil delivered from the oil pump.

Abstract: A lubricating device lubricates various parts of a power transfer system for a vehicle. The lubricating device comprises a gear interconnected with an output shaft and splashes lubricating oil in an oil chamber. The splashed oil is received by a cover member and supplied to a passage for supplying the lubricating oil to a bushing for rotatably supporting an output shaft of the power transfer system. Therefore, even if the direction to which lubricating oil is splashed by the gear is changed according to an operating condition of the vehicle, the cover member securely receives the splashed oil and supplies it to the passage for the bushing.

Abstract: An apparatus to lubricate a main component. There is an idler in contact with the main component and an inlet in the idler to receive lubricant. There is at least one outlet in the idler at a point where the idler contacts the main component. A passageway in the idler links the inlet and the outlet. Lubricant can be forced into the inlet, through the passageway to the outlet so that lubricant is thus applied from the idler to the main component. The invention finds particular application in the lubrication of gear wheels and chains where the idler is a sprocket able to engage with the gear wheel or chain.

Abstract: A lubricating device for use with a planetary gear unit that includes a plug member integrally formed with a funnel member and is located in an opening formed in the pinion shaft for effectively channelling oil to the bearings of the planetary pinion gear.

Abstract: In the operation of modern day construction machinery, especially those of relatively large size, it is a common occurrence for the bearings in the axle assemblies to wear during the normal course of operation of the machine. As the wear occurs, minute particles become suspended in the fluid circulated within the axle assembly. As the particulate matter increases the wear is also accelerated and failure of one or more components in the axle assembly will frequently occur. The present invention provides an axle assembly with a filter and a cooler and flow control valve to remove the particulate matter and reduce the heat from the fluid circulated within the axle assembly.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a speed reducer, gear box, or the like. It may also be utilized as a retrofit lubrication system for speed reducers, gear boxes or the like having no filtering means previously provided for in an original design. An adapter plate is mounted to the housing of the speed reducer, gearbox or the like proximal to a shaft which is supported in the gear box. A lubricant filter is mounted to an outer surface of the adapter plate, lubricant directing bores are provided that direct flow of lubricant from a lower portion of the gear box through the adapter plate and into the filter which is pumped from the filter back into the gear box.

Abstract: An expansible dam of a configuration to seal the spacing between a reverse clutch cylinder and casing of an automatic transmission/transaxle which cooperates with a plug of a size to seal the rear oil drain in the casing to the oil pan to thereby create a buildup of lubricating oil in the area of the planetary gears of the transmission.

Abstract: A sun gear/planetary housing apparatus for use in a vehicle transfer case assembly is provided. The apparatus includes a planetary housing assembly having a body, a gear cavity formed within the body, a gear supporting ridge located within the gear cavity, a plurality of notches located on the gear supporting ridge, and a washer accepting groove located on the gear supporting ridge; a washer having a plurality of oil carrying channels and a plurality of tabs configured to engage with the notches; and a sun gear assembly having a gear end and a bearing surface located on the gear end. A method of assembling a sun gear/planetary housing apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An improved system for lubricating the gears and bearings in a vehicle transmission is provided including an improved gerotor pump mounted on the interior of the transmission housing. The gerotor pump includes an inner pump element and an outer pump element. One end of the outer element is provided with a radially inwardly extending portion which extends over the end of the inner element. This end of the outer element also includes a radially outwardly extending toothed portion which meshes with and is driven by one of the countershaft gears of the transmission. The inner and outer elements are both piloted on a flanged nut and pilot pin assembly which is secured to an interior wall of the transmission housing by a threaded stud. The gerotor pump of the invention thus eliminates the need for a pump housing and permits the use of a higher displacement set of gerotor elements in a given amount of space.

Abstract: An electric drive for a vehicle includes a motor housing; bearing plates closing opposite ends of the housing; roller bearings held in the bearing plates; an electric motor accommodated in the motor housing and including an axially hollow rotor shaft affixed to a rotor and journalling in the roller bearings; a gear housing adjoining the motor housing; a gearing accommodated in the gear housing; a gear coupling the rotor shaft with an input of the gearing; and a first output shaft coupled to an output of the gearing. The first output shaft extends through an end wall of the gear housing and passes axially through the rotor shaft and through the bearing plates. The first output shaft has an end situated externally of the motor housing. The electric drive further has a second output shaft coupled to an output of the gearing. The second output shaft extends through an end wall of the gear housing and has an end situated externally of the gear housing.

Abstract: A lubricant distribution system for a vehicle transmission includes an internal fluid pump which draws lubricant from a sump defined in the transmission housing through an intake tube and a first channel formed in an interior wall of the housing. The lubricant is delivered from the pump through a second channel formed in the interior wall to a first port formed in an outer wall of the housing. A third channel is also formed in the interior wall, extending from a second port formed in the outer wall to an internal passageway formed within the interior wall. The ports may be used to circulate lubricant from the transmission to one or more external devices for conditioning the lubricant. Alternatively, a cover plate secured to the housing may provide direct communication between the two ports. A bypass channel may be formed in the interior wall between the second channel and the third channel.

Abstract: A motor vehicle transmission extension housing enclosing an output shaft rotatably supported by a bush at the rear end of the housing which requires lubrication is provided with an orifice for delivering a stream of lubricant under pressure from a source along a first unconfined path in the housing and against a deflecting surface in the housing which intersects the first path and deflects the stream of lubricant to flow along a second unconfined path at an angle to said first path and toward the bush.

Abstract: A gear device such as a change gear transmission of the countershaft (21) type in which, mounted for rotation about the countershaft is a larger gear (17) and a smaller gear (29). The transmission housing (11) defines a first lubricant reservoir (R1), having a nominal fill level (L1), which is able to lubricate the smaller gear as it rotates. A partition member (51) is disposed around the larger gear and defines a second lubricant reservoir (R2) through which the larger gear passes as it rotates. The partition member defines fluid passages (71,73) providing restricted communication from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. The fluid passages (71,73) are sized such that as the larger gear rotates, carrying lubricant out of the second reservoir (R2), there is maintained in the second reservoir a second fill level (L2), below the first fill level (L1) such that at least a portion of the teeth of the larger gear (17) pass just below the second fill level as the larger gear rotates.

Abstract: A gear mounting for use in a compound change gear transmission (10) having an intermediate wall portion (50), and a shaft support portion (66) axially spaced from the intermediate wall portion (50). Disposed axially between the intermediate wall portion and the shaft support portion is a gear member (48). The intermediate wall portion and shaft support portions define aligned shaft bores (92,96) with the shaft member (98) disposed therein, and including retention means (122) to retain the shaft member within the bores. The shaft member defines lubricant passage means (100) permitting flow of lubrication fluid through the shaft and into a set of bearings (64) which receive the forward end of an adjacent countershaft (60). The outer surface of the shaft member (98) defines an inner race for a set of bearings (120) disposed between the shaft and the gear member (48). The disclosed mounting arrangement substantially simplifies and strengthens the mounting of the gear member (48).

Abstract: A bearing lubrication system in which a shaft is journaled for rotation in an integral bearing in a gear box, the bearing being primarily loaded through less than its full circumference, leaving an unloaded reach of the bearing, the bearing being interrupted through a substantial arc in at least a portion of the unloaded reach to define a gap in the bearing through which lubricant travels, is provided with a fixed scoop for channeling lubricant into the gap. The bearing is a solid bearing, of a piece with a gear box housing, as is the scoop.

Abstract: An automobile powertrain has at least an engine placed in an engine room and oriented so that its crankshaft is directed transversely, and a transmission placed in the engine room behind the engine. The transmission has input and output shafts arranged coaxially with each other and directed parallel to the crankshaft of the engine. An engine clutch is directly connected to the crankshaft, and a power transfer arrangement is disposed oppositely to the engine with respect to the engine clutch and operationally couples the engine clutch to the input shaft so as to transmit engine output to the transmission. The transmission, engine clutch and power transfer arrangement are independently accommodated in separate chambers of a single unit powertrain case. The transmission chamber and the power transfer chamber are connected to each other by an oil passage through which the input shaft extends from the transmission to the power transfer.

Abstract: A lubricating oil supply apparatus for a hydraulically operated vehicular transmission has a lubricating oil passage for supplying oil discharged from a discharge port of a pressure control valve which is provided in a hydraulic control circuit of the transmission to lubricating portions thereof as lubricating oil. The lubricating portions are divided into a plurality of groups depending on a change in a required amount of lubricating oil due to a temperature of the transmission. The lubricating oil passage is branched into a plurality of branches corresponding to the groups. The lubricating oil supply apparatus has a choke type of throttle which is disposed in at least one of the branches of the lubricating oil passage.

Abstract: A device for conveying lubricant oil from a gear housing through an external treatment unit for treatment or reconditioning, and back to the gear housing. The gear housing is adapted for being partially filled with a liquid lubricant or oil. The external treatment unit is fixed to the gear housing unit. A rotatable gear wheel in the gear housing moves the lubricant into an inlet duct leading to the external unit. The inlet to the inlet duct is in the vicinity of the periphery of the gear wheel in the gear housing. The inlet into the inlet duct is located generally in the vicinity of the surface of the pool of lubricant and at least in part beneath the surface. A separate outlet connection from the external unit receives reconditioned lubricant. That connection has an outlet back into the gear housing, above the surface of the pool.

Abstract: A combination generator and starter motor includes a rotor with an internal ring gear, a plurality of dual pinion gears which mesh with the rotor and two sun gears which mesh with the dual pinion gears. A large torque multiplication from the rotor to one of the sun gears is provided when the combination generator and starter motor operates as a starter motor. A one-to-one ratio of rotation between that sun gear and the rotor is provided when the combination generator and starter motor operates as a generator.

Abstract: A self-scavenging, hybrid lubrication subsystem for a main transmission gearbox includes a sump fabricated as an integral extension of the lower portion of the gearbox wherein the sump dynamic fluid level is above the gearbox bottom. The interior sidewall of the lower gearbox is modified to include a cylindrical segment having a first radius, a throat segment having a second radius, and a transition segment contiguous with the cylindrical and throat segments. The radial discontinuity between the cylindrical and throat segments defines a nozzle inlet that directs the outflow of lubricating medium in the gearbox bottom to the sump via a nozzle. The outflow end of the nozzle is positioned above the sump dynamic fluid level. Housed within the lower gearbox is a planetary gear train that includes an annular planetary carrier plate having a deflection plate mounted thereto. The periphery of the carrier plate and the cylindrical and throat segments in combination form primary and restricted flow channels.

Abstract: A modular transmission housing uses a common front case with a series of rear cases and intermediate bearing support plates. Use of a intermediate bearing support plate permits dividing the main shaft and countershaft into two approximately equal length shafts for a popular seven speed transmission where the rear portion and the front portion of the front and rear shaft portions are supported by bearings in the intermediate bearing support plate. Various transmission sizes such as a five speed, seven speed and ten speed transmission utilizes the common front case for each housing.

Abstract: A lubrication system for the helical gear thrust washer, helical gear journal and inter-axle differential in tandem drive axles. The leading drive axle input shaft is journalled in a bearing supplied on one side with a gravity flow of lubricant from a passage receiving lubricant slinging from the power divider periphery, which receives lubricant slinging from the axle ring gear. The opposite side of the bearing has an annular lubricant chamber therearound formed by an annular baffle member surrounding the input shaft on the interior side of the bearing. The bearing is operative to pump lubricant to the annular chamber. An axial passage formed through a portion of the input shaft communicates the annular chamber with the differential gears. In one form the annular baffle member rotates with the input shaft and in the other form it is stationary.

Abstract: An angle gear drive for a portable lawn care implement including first and second housing portions molded to net shape. First and second housing portions support an input shaft having a bevel gear and an output shaft having a mating bevel gear. The assembled housing portions include annular ribs for locating and restraining the input and output shafts so that the bevel gears are securely enclosed in a sealed gear cavity. The gear cavity is sealed by an anaerobic sealant. Grease is supplied to the sealed gear cavity through an axial lubrication bore formed in the input shaft along the axis of the input shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safeguard system for speed increasing/reducing mechanical assembly, especially of the helicopter "gear box" type, in case of lubricating oil loss, which comprises an additional cooling system the casing of the said mechanical assembly, with an inlet (1) and an outlet (2) arranged on the casing (3) of this mechanical assembly. The inlet (1) and the outlet (2) closed during normal operation and they open under the effect of a control device at a preset value of a parameter significant for lubricating oil loss, whereby this control device actuates simultaneously the additional cooling system, in order to provide a circulation of the coolant between the inlet (1) and the outlet (2) so that this coolant, loaded with the calories further to the warm-up caused by the lubricating oil loss, may evacuate the said calories outside via the outlet (2) of the additional cooling system, which is of the air circulation type.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved lubrication system for power transfer devices which increases the flow of lubrication along an axial bore formed within a rotating shaft. In the present invention, a rotor is disposed within the bore of a rotating shaft and secured to rotate with the shaft. The rotor acts to draw substantially more lubrication along the bore than would be drawn due to the centrifugal effect alone.

Abstract: In a driven axle assembly (12) for a motor vehicle that includes a differential housing located substantially in the center of the axle and tubes (16, 17) extending laterally from the differential, surrounding axle shafts (20) and opening into a lubricant reservoir (60) in the differential housing, a system for circulating and cooling axle lubricant includes a cover (26) for closing and sealing the housing having an aperture into the housing where a ring gear rotates through the lubricant reservoir. The aperture in the cover opens to a chamber that holds lubricant carried through the aperture by the rotating ring gear. Conduits (72, 74) connected by hydraulic fittings (76, 78) to the chamber have their opposite ends connected to the axle tubes at an outboard location distant from the differential housing. Lubricant flows through the conduits into the axle tubes and back to the housing reservoir, effectively cooling the lubricant without the addition of a pump.

Abstract: A fluid filter system for use with a positive displacement pump in an automatic power transmission having a main filter located on the suction side of the power transmission pump and an auxiliary bypass filter located on the pressure side of the pump wherein provision is made for controlling the fluid flow through the auxiliary filter whereby bypass flow path through the auxiliary filter is decreased when the flow demand on the pump is increased, the auxiliary filter being adapted to filter small particle sizes and the main filter being adapted to filter and to retain larger particles.