US 11,906,033 B2
Systems for a lubrication catch
Jordan M. Houser, Sylvania, OH (US); and Langston H. Corn, Sylvania, OH (US)
Assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed by Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,449.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071421 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F16H 57/0424 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0457 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a device configured to capture lubricant directed in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction via a first passage and a second passage, wherein the device is a single, continuous piece and comprises a first collecting region, a second collecting region, and a third collecting region, wherein the third collecting region extends vertically lower than the first and second collecting regions and a rotating device, and wherein:
the rotating device rotates about an axis of rotation;
the first collecting region is positioned on a first side of the rotating device and the axis of rotation;
the second collecting region is positioned vertically above the rotating device and vertically above the axis of rotation;
the third collecting region is positioned on a second side of the rotating device and the axis of rotation, the second side being opposite the first side with the rotating device and the axis of rotation therebetween;
the third collecting region extends vertically on the second side from vertically above the axis of rotation to vertically lower than the rotating device; and
no part of the first collecting region, the second collecting region, or the third collecting region extends to a region vertically under the rotating device and the axis of rotation.