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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Timothy Allen, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Thomas, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Allen, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Thomas, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a driveline for a motor vehicle that includes an automatic transmission having an output shaft that drives a transfer case, an oil sump located in the transfer case, a pump supplied with fluid from the first sump, delivers fluid to a lubrication circuit in the transmission, a second sump supplies fluid to the inlet of a second pump, whose output supplies a second lubrication circuit located in the transfer case. Both of the hydraulic pumps are continually driveably connected to a set of the vehicle's drive wheels.