Drive unit with lubricant cooling cover

A final drive unit (10) for a motor vehicle has a differential gear set (14) rotationally mounted in a gear housing (12) that has a rearward facing cover (16). The differential gear set includes a differential case driven by a ring gear. The ring gear (28) dips into lubricant in the bottom of the ge...

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Hauptverfasser:	ENDRESZL, JOSEPH M, GAGE, GARRET W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GEARING GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A final drive unit (10) for a motor vehicle has a differential gear set (14) rotationally mounted in a gear housing (12) that has a rearward facing cover (16). The differential gear set includes a differential case driven by a ring gear. The ring gear (28) dips into lubricant in the bottom of the gear housing and pumps a portion of the lubricant through a lubricant cooling passage in the cover having a plurality of vertical parallel open ended conduits connected to a manifold having an inlet at the bottom of the cover.