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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hiroko Ohtani, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Kevin Richard John Ellwood, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Arup Kumar Gangopadhyay, Novi, MI (US);
Mathew John Fast, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Phillip Bonkoski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive axle includes a housing including gears and a bath lubricating the gears, the bath including gear oil and about 0.1 to 5 wt. % secondary alcohol ethoxylate based on total weight of the bath such that during automotive operation at temperatures less than a threshold, reverse micelles form to trap air bubbles in the bath, emulsifying the bath, and at temperatures greater than the threshold, the reverse micelles dissipate.