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Lubrication pump & filter for axle assemblies

  • US 4,352,301 A
  • Filed: 03/14/1980
  • Issued: 10/05/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an axle assembly which includes a differential assembly, a differential assembly housing for said differential assembly adapted to hold a supply of lubricating oil, half shaft casings extending from each side of said housing, half shafts within said casings, and bearing means operatively mounting the outer end portions of each of said half shafts for rotation within said casings;

  • the improvement comprising the combination;

    an oil pump mounted on said axle assembly, oil intake means on said pump, an inlet tube extending from said oil intake means to said oil supply within said housing, oil outlet means on said pump, oil filter means connected to said outlet means, conduit means operatively extending from the outlet of said oil filter means to adjacent said bearings of said half shafts to convey oil, under pressure, from said filter means to said bearings, and cam means on one of said half shafts operatively connected to drive said oil pump, said oil pump, said oil intake means, said oil outlet and said filter means being removably mounted on said axle assembly externally thereof.

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