US 11,919,766 B1
Hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle
Nicholas A. Gargaro, IV, Lino Lakes, MN (US); and Thomas M. Kilgriff, Scandia, MN (US)
Assigned to Northern Wholesale Supply, LLC, Lino Lakes, MN (US)
Filed by Northern Wholesale Supply, LLC, Lino Lakes, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,558.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,057, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Int. Cl. B67D 7/32 (2010.01); B65D 90/24 (2006.01); E02D 27/38 (2006.01); F04B 17/03 (2006.01); F04B 23/02 (2006.01); F16N 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 7/3209 (2013.01) [B65D 90/24 (2013.01); E02D 27/38 (2013.01); F04B 17/03 (2013.01); F04B 23/02 (2013.01); F16N 31/002 (2013.01); F16N 31/004 (2013.01); F16N 31/006 (2013.01); Y10T 137/5762 (2015.04)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydraulic fluid assembly comprising:
a) a hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pump having a main body, the main body having at least one fluid outlet and at least one fluid inlet;
b) an electric motor engaged to the hydraulic pump for driving the pump, the electric motor having a main housing;
c) a hydraulic fluid reservoir engaged to the hydraulic pump for feeding hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump and for receiving hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump;
d) a hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle, the hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle being engaged to the main body of the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle being underneath at least a portion of the main housing of the electric motor, underneath an entirety of the main body of the hydraulic pump, and underneath an entirety of the hydraulic fluid reservoir; and
e) wherein the hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle includes a first end floor portion, the first end floor portion having an inner end section directly underneath the hydraulic fluid reservoir and an outer end section extending beyond an end of the hydraulic fluid reservoir such that no portion of the hydraulic fluid reservoir extends over the outer end section, the outer end section being disposed at an altitude lower than the inner end section such that hydraulic fluid runs downhill from the inner end section to the outer end section.