The differential device measuring tool measures an inflow amount of lubricating oil flowing into a housing space through a communication hole during the rotation of a differential case having a case main body in which the housing space and the communication hole are formed and a bearing boss having a through-hole protruding from the case main body and communicating with the housing space. The measuring tool has a collecting portion and a deriving portion. The collecting portion does not interfere with the rotating differential case in the housing space in which the differential gear mechanism is not housed, and has a recess opening and collects the lubricating oil flowing into the housing space through the communication hole. The deriving portion is inserted through the through-hole of the bearing boss and have a deriving flow channel. The deriving flow channel communicates with the recess, and extends to the outside.

A negative-pressure balance system for a gearbox of a centrifugal compressor includes the gearbox, a hermetically-sealed low-level oil collecting tank and a U-shaped negative-pressure balance pipe. The gearbox is connected to a respirator, and the back pressure of the respirator is a local ambient atmospheric pressure. The bottom of the gearbox and the low-level oil collecting tank are connected by an oil conduit. An oil demister communicated with the low-level oil collecting tank is mounted at the top of the low-level oil collecting tank. The oil demister at least includes a ventilation device. The respirator is communicated with a front-end lubricating point in the gearbox. One end of the U-shaped negative-pressure balance pipe is communicated with the respirator, and the other end of the U-shaped negative-pressure balance pipe is communicated with a rear-end lubricating point in the gearbox.

Embodiments of a cold start lubricant distribution system include a lubricant distribution circuit, which fluidly interconnects first and second actively-lubricated work vehicle assemblies onboard a work vehicle. A flow divider section is included in the lubricant distribution circuit and through which lubricant flow is apportioned between the first and second actively-lubricated work vehicle assemblies. A lubricant supply pump is further located in the lubricant distribution circuit upstream of the flow divider section. The cold start lubricant distribution system further includes a lubricant flow modification assembly operably in a cold start mode. When operating in the cold start mode, the lubricant flow modification assembly reduces a volume of lubricant flow supplied to the first actively-lubricated work vehicle assembly through the flow divider section relative to a volume of lubricant flow supplied to the second actively-lubricated work vehicle assembly through the flow divider section.

An oil management system for a vehicle includes a differential housing, a transmission housing, a lubricant tank, a suction line, a lubricant pump, and an air suction pump. The transmission housing is connected to the differential housing in an air-tight manner, and a lubricant through-passage is defined between the transmission housing and the differential housing. The lubricant tank is provided in the differential housing and has a lubricant suction opening in a lower region. The lubricant pump conveys lubricant from the lubricant tank through the suction line and conducts the lubricant to the lubrication points in the differential housing and the transmission housing. The air suction pump pumps air from the lubricant tank into the transmission housing so that an excess air pressure is maintained in the transmission housing.

A transmission lubrication system for a vehicle providing a continuous return flow of a lubricant. The transmission lubrication system includes a differential housing, a transmission housing, a lubricant tank, a suction line, a lubricant pump, and an air suction pump. The transmission housing is connected to the differential housing in an air-tight manner and a lubricant through-passage is provided between the transmission housing and the differential housing. The lubricant tank is provided in the differential housing and has a lubricant suction opening in a lower region. The lubricant pump conveys lubricant from the lubricant tank through the suction line and conducts the lubricant to the lubrication points in the differential housing and transmission housing. The air suction pump pumps air from the lubricant tank into the transmission housing so that an excess air pressure is maintained in the transmission housing.

A method for controlling a hydrodynamic machine, including the steps of: providing a hydrodynamic machine which includes a bladed primary wheel and a bladed secondary wheel, which together form a working chamber, which can be filled with a working medium from a working medium supply contained in a working medium reservoir, to transfer drive power hydrodynamically from the bladed primary wheel to the bladed secondary wheel by forming a working medium circuit in the working chamber; applying a control pressure to the working medium supply in order to force the working medium from the working medium supply into the working chamber; detecting, at least indirectly, a pressure increase in the working medium reservoir, when the control pressure is applied to the working medium supply; and determining, as a function of the pressure increase that has been detected, a fill level of the working medium supply in the working medium reservoir.

An axle drive (1) for a vehicle is provided, comprising a differential (2) and an electrical motor (17) in driving connection with said differential (2) via a disconnect (7), wherein lubrication of said axle drive (1) is adjusted automatically by means of the position of said disconnect (7).

The present invention improves the drainability of lubricating oil at a thrust bearing. The present invention comprises: a rotating shaft; a thrust bearing that is provided to the rotating shaft and restricts the axial-direction movement of the rotating shaft; and an oil reservoir part (20) that has formed therein an oil reservoir space (20a) that is provided to be adjacent to the thrust bearing in the axial direction and to open downward, the oil reservoir space (20a) having formed therein an inclined surface (20aa) that, in a region that is in and below a horizontal plane H that passes through the center of the rotating shaft, protrudes to the thrust bearing side and is inclined along the rotational direction of the rotating shaft.

An assembly includes: a fan drive reducing gear of an aircraft turbine engine, and a lubrication system including: a housing enclosing the reducing gear; a device for spraying lubricant onto the reducing gear; a lubricant supply pipe intended to convey the lubricant towards the spraying device; a lubricant recovery pipe communicating with a bottom of the housing; a controlled valve equipping the recovery pipe; and a lubricant overflow discharge pipe connected to an overflow outlet of the bottom of the housing situated above a horizontal level of a bottom point of a gearing of the reducing gear, and to the recovery pipe, downstream from the valve.

Provided is an oil recovery mechanism of a power transmission device capable of always recovering oil into an oil tank regardless of forward or reverse rotation of a rotating member. The oil recovery mechanism houses, in a case storing oil in a bottom part, a carrier (rotating member) rotating due to a drive force from an electric motor (drive source), and an oil tank having an opening open in a tangential direction on an upper part of an outer periphery of the carrier. The oil recovery mechanism scrapes up the oil by rotation of the carrier with a part immersed in the oil stored in the case to recover the oil into the oil tank. The opening of the oil tank includes a current straightening plate rotating due to a kinetic energy of the oil scraped up by the carrier to guide the oil to the oil tank.