US 12,467,528 B2
Lubricant collection assembly
Matteo Dallapiccola, Arco (IT); and Andrea Bortoli, Arco (IT)
Assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Arco (IT)
Filed by DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Arco (IT)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,417.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2022 105 597.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0110623 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F16H 57/045 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0421 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Lubricant collection assembly, comprising:
a lubricant sump,
at least one guide member having a surface configured to guide a lubricant toward and/or into the lubricant sump along the surface, wherein the surface includes a plurality of protrusions and/or deepenings to slow a flow of lubricant toward the lubricant sump; and
wherein the surface of the at least one guide member comprises first surface portions, each of the first surface portions extending, in a direction of fluid flow along the surface of the at least one guide member under the influence of gravity, from a valley formed by one of the plurality of deepenings to a neighboring crest formed by one of the plurality of protrusions, and wherein a maximum slope of the first surface portions relative to a horizontal plane encloses an angle of between 1.5 degrees and 5 degrees with the horizontal plane.