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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Jones, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Donald C Schultz, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184 / ; 74467 ; 184-612 ;
Abstract
A centrifugal lubrication system provides lubrication oil flow to a transmission pocket bearing. Splash and spray lubrication oil is directed from the transmission casing to a collector region along a shaft adjacent the pocket bearing. As the shaft rotates, theoil is centrifugally thrown from the collector region into a receiving trough defined by (a) a lubrication port extending through the shaft, and (b) an oil ring fixed to the shaft radially of the collector region at the lubrication port entrance. From the trough the oil flows through the port exit to the pocket bearing.