US 12,241,540 B2
Sealed cover with nozzle
Austin Morris, Avon, IN (US)
Assigned to Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,502.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/366,194, filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399962 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F16H 57/0426 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0471 (2013.01); F16H 57/043 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a housing defining a reservoir;
a shaft rotatably disposed in the housing;
wherein the shaft defines a bore;
a cap positioned to seal the reservoir;
wherein the cap defines an opening configured to supply lubricant to the shaft;
wherein the opening in the cap is positioned proximal the shaft to spray the lubricant into the bore;
wherein the cap includes a crown and a collar extending transverse to the crown;
a cap seal sandwiched between the cap and the housing;
wherein the cap seal wraps around the collar of the cap;
wherein the cap has a lip extending from the collar; and
wherein the lip of the cap retains the cap seal.