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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Scott Patrick Meyer, Washington, IL (US);
David Michael Thaler, Metamora, IL (US);
Kendall Robert Harrell, Peoria, IL (US);
Scott Alan Lyons, Peoria, IL (US);
James David Hill, Brimfield, VA (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic circuit is disclosed for use with a powertrain having an engine, a transmission, and an output transfer group. The hydraulic circuit may have a first sump configured to collect fluid drained from the transmission, and a second sump configured to collect fluid drained from the output transfer group. The hydraulic circuit may also have a primary pump configured to draw fluid from the first sump and generate at least one flow of pressurized fluid directed to the transmission and to the output transfer group.