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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Rodgers, Augusta, MI (US);
Leo J Wenstrup, Portage, MI (US);
Dale J Kubicek, Gobles, MI (US);
Lawrence P Wagle, Fulton, MI (US);
Anthony Militello, Portage, MI (US);
Timothy J Morscheck, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert E Crepas, Mattawan, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7460 / ;
Abstract
A breather assembly (100) for a vehicular drive axle (10). The breather assembly includes a body member (102) having a vertically extending drainback tube portion (114) and a horizontally extending connecting portion (120), and a curved formed hose member (104) to minimize leakage of lubricant (S) from the drive axle axle housing (26) and ingestion of exterior water into the housing.