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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Dirk-olaf Leimann, Antwerp, BE;
Dirk-Olaf Leimann, Antwerp, BE;
Hansen Transmissions International NV, Antwerp, BE;
Abstract
A housing () for a gear unit, the housing being formed by a moulding process including casting, pressure casting, injection moulding or like processes. The housing () of the invention comprises housing walls and support for bearing elements of a gear shaft, the housing walls () and support () being formed in a mould wherein the support () is connected to a wall () of the housing () and extends from that wall () in a direction in which the housing is removed or demoulded from the mould. Further, a surface of the support may be shaped to provide elements to hold a liquid lubricant and elements to direct that lubricant to and/or from the bearing elements of a gear shaft.