IP Library Patent Application 14349695
Patent Application
App. No. 14/349,695

GEARBOX DEVICE WITH COOLED DRY-SUMP AREA

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App. No.
14/349,695
Abstract

The invention addresses the objective of providing a gearbox device with an actively cooled oil sump area. For this purpose a gearbox device is disclosed, including: a gearbox section 7 , the gearbox section 7 being designed as a power-transmitting device; a gearbox housing section 13 , said gearbox section 7 being arranged in a gearbox interior 16 of the gearbox housing section 13 and cooled and/or lubricated in the gearbox housing section 13 by a gearbox oil, and an oil sump area 11 for receiving the gearbox oil from the gearbox housing section 13 , the oil sump area 11 being cooled by at least one cooling channel 19 , the gearbox device having a partition wall 20 between the oil sump area 11 and the gearbox interior 16 so that these form two separate chambers, and including a passage area 21 connecting the two separate chambers fluidically to one another, so that the oil sump area 11 is constructed as a dry-sump area.

Claims (10)

1 . A gearbox device comprising a gearbox section, formed as a power transfer device, a gearbox housing section having a gearbox interior in which the gearbox section is arranged, wherein the gearbox section is at least one of lubricated or cooled in the gearbox housing section by a gearbox oil, an oil sump area for holding gearbox oil from the gearbox housing section, the oil sump area is cooled by at least one cooling channel, a partition wall located between the oil sump area and the gearbox interior, the oil sump area and the gearbox interior form two separate chambers, and a passage area connects the two separate chambers to each other with respect to a flow of fluid, so that the oil sump area is formed as a dry sump area.

2 . The gearbox device according to claim 1 , wherein the oil sump area is formed by an oil sump housing section, and the cooling channels are arranged in the oil sump housing section.

3 . The gearbox device according to claim 2 , wherein the cooling channels are arranged on a free side of the oil sump housing section.

4 . The gearbox device according to claim 3 , wherein ribs are arranged on the oil sump housing section.

5 . The gearbox device according to claim 2 , wherein the oil sump housing section is formed as a separate part to the gearbox housing section.

6 . The gearbox device according to claim 2 , wherein the oil sump housing section and the gearbox housing section are formed as a common part.

7 . An electromotive gearbox device for providing a drive torque for a vehicle, comprising an electric motor for generating the drive torque, the electric motor defines an axial direction and a radial direction and the electric motor is arranged in a first axial section, and the gearbox device according to claim 1 , for transferring the drive torque arranged in a second axial section offset in the axial direction relative to the electric motor.

8 . The electromotive gearbox device according to claim 7 , wherein the oil sump area extends in the axial direction into the first axial section of the electric motor.

9 . The electromotive gearbox device according to claim 7 , wherein the oil sump area is formed in the first axial section as a flat channel.

10 . The electromotive gearbox device according to claim 7 , wherein the gearbox device is formed as an electric axle that has at least one driven shaft for transferring the drive torque to a wheel of the vehicle, and the electric motor is arranged coaxial to the at least one driven shaft and the oil sump area extends into a bottom area of the first section.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2014
From: SMETANA, TOMAS
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 032602/0558 →