US 11,945,301 B2
Vehicle wheel arrangement
Jan Zachrisson, Onsala (SE); Pär Öhrfeldt, Mölnlycke (SE); and Ingemar Dagh, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/754,186
Filed by VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/076640
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058118, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/EP2019/076083 (WO), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289022 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC B60K 17/046 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); F16H 57/0441 (2013.01); F16H 57/0471 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle wheel arrangement comprising a drive shaft, and a hub, the wheel arrangement further comprising a gear cavity housing a gear arrangement between the drive shaft and the hub, characterized in that the wheel arrangement comprises a container, and in that a circulation passage extends from the gear cavity to the container, and a feeding passage extends from the container to the gear cavity, the wheel arrangement further comprising a pump, the pump being located along the circulation passage, the pump being arranged to pump lubricant from the gear cavity to the container.