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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Hydro-gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Eric S. Phanco, Plainfield, IN (US);
Gregory Barton Moebs, Avon, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 1/22 (2006.01); B60K 17/10 (2006.01); B60K 17/346 (2006.01); B60K 17/344 (2006.01); F15B 1/26 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/342 (2006.01); F16D 55/40 (2006.01); F16D 121/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0457 (2013.01); B60K 17/043 (2013.01); B60K 17/105 (2013.01); B60K 17/342 (2013.01); B60K 17/344 (2013.01); B60K 17/346 (2013.01); F15B 1/265 (2013.01); F16D 55/40 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0441 (2013.01); F16D 2121/16 (2013.01); Y10T 137/86308 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86324 (2015.04);
Abstract
A hydraulic fluid expansion tank is located inside a housing of a drive device and includes an upper check valve and a lower check valve in communication with a sump located within the drive device and an internal volume of the expansion tank. The tank may also include a vent opening in communication with a vent of the drive device that is in communication with atmospheric pressure.