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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/193 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16N 7/40 (2006.01); F16N 31/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/193 (2013.01); F16H 57/0452 (2013.01); F16H 57/0475 (2013.01); F16N 7/40 (2013.01); F16N 31/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); F16N 2210/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circulation sump device for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle, which can be lubricated and/or temperature-controlled via a lubricant, comprising a lubricant sump with a first axial region and a second axial region, a lubricant reservoir which extends below the lubricant sump in the first axial region and is connected to the lubricant sump via a lubricant drain opening, and a lubricant sump pump line which is designed to pump lubricant out of the second axial region of the lubricant sump into the lubricant reservoir.