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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); F16H 57/0441 (2013.01); F16H 57/0471 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a vehicle wheel arrangement () comprising a drive shaft (), and a hub (), the wheel arrangement further comprising a gear cavity () housing a gear arrangement () between the drive shaft and the hub, wherein the wheel arrangement comprises a container (), and wherein a circulation passage () extends from the gear cavity () to the container (), and a feeding passage () extends from the container to the gear cavity, the wheel arrangement further comprising a pump (), the pump being located along the circulation passage, the pump () being arranged to pump lubricant from the gear cavity to the container.