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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2024
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Christopher Allnoch, Kressbronn, DE;
Gabriele Glade, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Stephan Brussa, Langenargen, DE;
Andreas Geiger, Markdorf, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A lubricant drip pan for a vehicle transmission housing includes a cup-shaped separating section, which at least partially encloses a receiving area in which a receiving chamber for a rotating gear element in the vehicle transmission is defined when the drip pan is installed in the housing, and separates it from a lubrication collecting area at the bottom of the drip pan, and in which a lubricant reservoir for the vehicle transmission is formed when the drip pan is installed in the housing. There is also a suction section radially outside the separating section, partially lying in the lubricant collecting area. The suction section has a suction port and at least partially delimits a suction chamber, which supplies lubricant from the reservoir when the drip pan is installed, into which the suction port opens.