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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Gkn Automotive Limited, Worcestershire, GB;
Anders Jansson, Köping, SE;
Brent M. Peura, Farmington, MI (US);
Robert Pettersson, Västerås, SE;
Daniel Lindberg, Odensbacken, SE;
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
In at least some implementations, an automotive driveline unit includes a main housing having an interior and a first reservoir in the interior arranged to collect lubricant, the main housing also having a feed passage that is open to the first reservoir, a gear located within the interior and having a periphery arranged in the first reservoir so that rotation of the gear causes the gear to engage and displace some of the lubricant from the first reservoir, and a second housing carried by the main housing. A second reservoir is defined between the main housing and the second housing, the second reservoir is communicated with the first reservoir via the feed passage and includes multiple, spaced apart outlets through which lubricant exits the second reservoir at different locations to provide lubricant to different areas of the interior of the main housing.