US 11,833,988 B2
Lubricant consumer system for a motor vehicle
Joachim Klug, Stainz (AT)
Assigned to MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG, Lannach (AT)
Appl. No. 17/617,403
Filed by Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co KG, Lannach (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066820
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254440, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019208860.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242345 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. F01M 11/00 (2006.01); F01M 11/06 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B60R 17/02 (2006.01); F16H 57/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 17/02 (2013.01) [F01M 11/0004 (2013.01); F01M 11/065 (2013.01); F16H 57/045 (2013.01); F16H 57/0443 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0041 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0095 (2013.01); F16H 57/0473 (2013.01); F16H 57/05 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lubricant consumer system comprising:
at least one lubricant consumer,
at least one rotating component, wherein fluid lubricant can be conveyed via the rotating component, and
a lubricant distributor system, wherein the lubricant distributor system has a first lubricant tank and a second lubricant tank, and a lubricant channel, wherein the lubricant channel includes a first lubricant channel segment fluidly connecting the first lubricant tank and the second lubricant tank and a second lubricant channel segment fluidly connecting the second lubricant tank and the consumer;
wherein the first lubricant tank and the second lubricant tank each extend in a longitudinal direction between a top and a bottom,
wherein one of the first and second lubricant tanks is designed and arranged in such a way that, in a horizontal position of the lubricant consumer system, it receives the fluid lubricant of the rotating component and supplies both the other of the first and second lubricant tanks and the lubricant consumer with lubricant via the lubricant channel, and wherein the second lubricant channel extends from the bottom of the second lubricant tank such that the lubricant consumer is supplied with lubricant from the second lubricant tank while the lubricant consumer system is positioned in an inclined position;
wherein the first lubricant channel segment and the second lubricant channel segment each extend away from the bottom of the second lubricant tank in the longitudinal direction in parallel relationship with one another;
wherein a web separates the first lubricant channel segment from the second lubricant channel segment;
wherein the web extends in the longitudinal direction along a longitudinal length of the first and second lubricant channel segments.