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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Scott Lippert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Edward Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Mathew John Fast, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, St. Claire Shores, MI (US);
Andreas E. Perakes, Canton, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
W. Cary Cole, Livonia, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.