Aisin-warner Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki

Tamotu Kobatake

Kagenori Fukumura

Yoichi Hayakawa

Seiichi Nishikawa

A device for supplying lubricating oil in a transmission mechanism, the transmission mechanism comprising: an input shaft; an output shaft disposed parallel to the input shaft; a first rotary body provided on the input shaft; a second rotary body provided on the output shaft; a transmission member for interlocking the first rotary body with the second rotary body; and, a transmission mechanism case forming a transmission mechanism chamber separated from the exterior for housing the transmission mechanism; and, the lubricating oil supply device comprising: a partition wall assembly with an opening disposed in the transmission mechanism case chamber and defining an oil chamber to contain the lubricating oil scattered by the rotation of the transmission mechanism through the opening; and, a lubricating oil supply passage connected to the oil chamber to supply the transmission mechanism with lubricating oil, the passage being disposed at a level lower than the opening, whereby oil scattered by operation of the transmission mechanism is collected in the oil chamber and supplied to the transmission member through the passage whenever the oil in the oil chamber is at a level higher than the passage.

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Anjo, Japan

Tamotu Kobatake