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Splash lubrication system for motor vehicle transmissions

  • US 4,736,819 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1986
  • Issued: 04/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method for adjusting the filling level of an oil sump for splash lubricating systems of synchronized motor-car gear-boxes, including:

  • transferring a partial amount of the oil from the oil sump in a gear-box housing into an enclosure having an oil receiving cavity, the enclosure and the oil receiving cavity being connected to the housing; and

    solely altering the filling-level of the oil sump as a function of the operating temperature in the gear-box housing by transferring the partial amount of oil from the oil sump automatically at low temperatures into the cavity and by retransferring the oil from the cavity at higher temperatures to the oil sump.

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