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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
Peter Flamang, Antwerp, BE;
Warren Smook, Antwerp, ZA;
Peter Flamang, Antwerp, BE;
Warren Smook, Antwerp, ZA;
Hansen Transmissiosn International N.V., Antwerp, BE;
Abstract
A gear unit includes a planet gear rotatable about a sun gear and supported by a planet carrier, the planet carrier including an annular formation for flow of lubricant and which is substantially concentric with the major axis about which the planet carrier is rotatable, and the gear unit including a housing having at least one lubricant supply position provided at a position radially aligned with the annular formation of the planet carrier as considered relative to the major axis about which the planet carrier rotates, and the planet carrier including flow paths for flow of lubricant from the annular formation to a planet gear bearing. The invention also discloses a method of lubricating a gear unit.