A system includes an air chamber and an oil capture cavity. The air chamber includes an inlet to receive pressurized air from a gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity is positioned between the air chamber and an oil sump supplying lubricating oil to the gas turbine engine. The oil capture cavity includes an auxiliary vent formed in a base of the oil capture cavity. A seal may separate the oil capture cavity from fluid communication with the oil sump. A nozzle provides fluid communication between the oil capture cavity and the air chamber. The nozzle is configured and positioned to direct a stream of the pressurized air into the oil capture cavity against an opposite wall of the oil capture cavity to create a quiescent zone at the base of the oil capture cavity. The quiescent zone includes the auxiliary vent.

A proactive, prophylactic vehicle fluid capture system that embodies an inflatable air-diaper disposed under the engine. The inflatable air-diaper is deployed upon an indication of a sufficient crash event, wherein the deployed inflatable air-diaper catches the above-mentioned vehicular fluid prior to contact with the surrounding ground, thereby lessening the negative environmental impact and clean-up time resulting from the crash event. The inflatable air-diaper may deploy with peripheral sidewalls to facilitate the retention of the hazardous fluid on the inflatable air-diaper. The inflatable air-diaper is made of material adapted to absorb these hazardous vehicular fluids.

A proactive, prophylactic vehicle fluid capture system that embodies an inflatable air-diaper disposed under the engine. The inflatable air-diaper is deployed upon an indication of a sufficient crash event, wherein the deployed inflatable air-diaper catches the above-mentioned vehicular fluid prior to contact with the surrounding ground, thereby lessening the negative environmental impact and clean-up time resulting from the crash event. The inflatable air-diaper may deploy with peripheral sidewalls to facilitate the retention of the hazardous fluid on the inflatable air-diaper. The inflatable air-diaper is made of material adapted to absorb these hazardous vehicular fluids.

Apparatus for collecting and measuring oil drained from a vehicle includes a receptacle and a valve. The receptacle includes a wide upper oil collection portion with an upper receptacle wall configured to collect and contain oil drained from a vehicle, and includes a narrower lower outlet portion having a lower receptacle wall configured to allow the oil to drain from the receptacle via a gravity feed. The receptacle has markings arranged on at least one of the upper receptacle wall or the lower receptacle wall and configured to measure the oil drained and collected from the vehicle. The valve includes an upper valve inlet and coupling portion configured to connect to the narrower lower outlet portion of the receptacle and allow the oil to drain into the valve, includes a valve opening/closing portion configured either to open and allow the oil to drain through the valve or to close and allow oil to collect in the receptacle, and includes a lower valve outlet and coupling portion configured to connect to a tube or oil basin/reservoir to allow the oil to drain from the valve into the tube or oil basin/reservoir.

Apparatus for collecting and measuring oil drained from a vehicle includes a receptacle and a valve. The receptacle includes a wide upper oil collection portion with an upper receptacle wall configured to collect and contain oil drained from a vehicle, and includes a narrower lower outlet portion having a lower receptacle wall configured to allow the oil to drain from the receptacle via a gravity feed. The receptacle has markings arranged on at least one of the upper receptacle wall or the lower receptacle wall and configured to measure the oil drained and collected from the vehicle. The valve includes an upper valve inlet and coupling portion configured to connect to the narrower lower outlet portion of the receptacle and allow the oil to drain into the valve, includes a valve opening/closing portion configured either to open and allow the oil to drain through the valve or to close and allow oil to collect in the receptacle, and includes a lower valve outlet and coupling portion configured to connect to a tube or oil basin/reservoir to allow the oil to drain from the valve into the tube or oil basin/reservoir.

A turbocharger includes a tubular floating bearing inserted into a bearing housing and a shaft inserted into the floating bearing. An annular slinger is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of at least one of opposite axial ends of the shaft, which protrudes from the float bearing. The bearing housing defines an oil discharge space surrounding the slinger externally in a radial direction. The bearing housing includes a guide wall protruding from an inner wall surface of the oil discharge space. The guide wall is configured to guide oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port.

A device for lubricating a hinge includes a housing, a first elongated opening, and an absorption element. The first elongated opening allows the housing to be placed over at least a portion of a hinge. The first absorption element entirely disposed within the housing such that the first absorption element is positioned to engage a portion of a hinge when the housing is placed over the portion of the hinge.

A device for lubricating a hinge includes a housing, a first elongated opening, and an absorption element. The first elongated opening allows the housing to be placed over at least a portion of a hinge. The first absorption element entirely disposed within the housing such that the first absorption element is positioned to engage a portion of a hinge when the housing is placed over the portion of the hinge.

A turbocharger includes a rotor rotatably mounted within the turbocharger about a rotor axis, a balance ring provided at an axial end of the rotor, and a cutout provided in the balance ring, the cutout having an open end extending radially outward from the rotor axis.

A turbocharger includes a rotor rotatably mounted within the turbocharger about a rotor axis, a balance ring provided at an axial end of the rotor, and a cutout provided in the balance ring, the cutout having an open end extending radially outward from the rotor axis.