A method and apparatus for controlling transmission oil temperature are provided. The transmission oil is heated using a motor coil of an electric oil pump (EOP) as a heater before a startup of a vehicle. The method includes applying a current to the motor coil of the EOP configured to operate a transmission of the vehicle to thus heat the transmission oil by heat generated from the motor coil.

A hybrid propulsion system includes a heat engine configured to drive a heat engine shaft. An electric motor configured to drive a motor shaft. A transmission system is connected to receive rotational input power from each of the heat engine shaft and the motor shaft and to convert the rotation input power to output power. A first lubrication/coolant system is connected for circulating a first lubricant/coolant fluid through the heat engine. A second lubricant/coolant system in fluid isolation from the first lubrication/coolant system is connected for circulating a second lubricant/coolant fluid through the electric motor.

An engine power unit for a vehicle has a crankcase made up of tow left and right crankcase members, and a lubricant feed pump disposed in one crankcase member in such a fashion that one side surface of pump rotors of the feed pump lies on the mating surface of the crankcase members. The feed pump is mounted on one end of the shaft of the feed pump while a drive gear for rotating the shaft is disposed on the opposite end of the shaft. A lubricant oil filter to which oil is delivered from the feed pump is disposed on the other crankcase member. Thus, the structure for supplying lubricating oil is simplified, and the power unit is reduced in size in its entirety.

A device and method for operating a fluid-guiding device, including an electrically operated fluid pump, which delivers fluid from a fluid sump of the fluid-guiding device and supplies it to at least one fluid consumer. A fluid volume in the fluid sump as well as a current intensity of the electric current taken up by the fluid pump and modeled on the basis of the rotational speed of the fluid pump are ascertained, and a comparison value is determined from the modeled current intensity. A deficient fluid supply of the fluid-guiding device is inferred if the fluid volume is greater than a threshold value and a measured current intensity of the electric current taken up by the fluid pump is less than the comparison value.

A system for suspending a lubricant in a marine propulsion device having a gearcase, the gearcase defining a gearset cavity for containing a propeller shaft gearset rotated by a driveshaft. The system includes a pump device configured to pump the lubricant away from the gearset cavity, and a reservoir located away from the gearset cavity and configured to receive the lubricant from the pump device. An input passage conveys the lubricant from the pump device to the reservoir, and an output passage conveys the lubricant from the reservoir to the gearset cavity. The reservoir is configured to retain at least 15% of the lubricant circulating between the gearset cavity and the reservoir.

A fluid distribution assembly for distributing a fluid includes a first inlet housing; an outlet housing fluidly coupled to the first inlet housing; and a second inlet housing fluidly coupled to the outlet housing; the second inlet housing having a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to the outlet housing at a stagnation dam, the stagnation dam controlling direction of fluid flow through the second inlet housing in response to velocity of fluid flow in the outlet housing.

An electromotive transmission device for a vehicle having an electric motor (2) comprising a stator winding (7) and a rotor (5). A drive shaft is driven by an input shaft (12) via a transmission. The transmission is arranged coaxially with the input shaft (12) and the electric motor (2). The stator winding (7) can be cooled by a cooling unit. The transmission has an annular support component, which is joined to the inner face of the radial end wall (11). Pressurized oil is supplied to a radially running annular passage (18) arranged in the end wall (11) and/or the annular support component. A plurality of spray outlets (19) are distributed around the circumference of the annular passage (18) or a radially running slot-like spray outlet. The spray or sprays from the spray outlets (19) are directed at the stator winding (7) and/or the rotor.

A pump for applying fluid to an assembly, the pump including: a pump housing featuring a circumferential wall surrounding a delivery chamber of the pump, an end-facing housing wall including an outer end-facing surface of the housing which faces axially away from the delivery chamber, an inlet and an outlet for the fluid which emerges on the outer end-facing surface of the housing; a delivery member, moveable within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid from a low-pressure side of the pump which includes the inlet to a high-pressure side of the pump which includes the outlet; and an axial gasket which fully surrounds the outlet, in order to separate it from the low-pressure side, in an axial view onto the end-facing wall of the housing. The axial gasket is a spring gasket in the form of a disc spring or hollow-profile spring or V-profile spring or bellows spring.

A pump for applying fluid, the pump including: a pump housing, including: a fluid inlet on a low-pressure side; an fluid outlet on a high-pressure side; a circumferential wall surrounding the pump delivery chamber; and an end-facing wall featuring an outer end-facing surface facing axially away from the delivery chamber and at which the outlet emerges; a delivery member, moveable in the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; a gasket including a gasket loop which surrounds the outlet to seal it off on the outer end-facing surface of the end-facing wall; a female joining element featuring an axially extending hollow space; and a male joining element protruding through or from the pump housing or the gasket. The male joining element is in a joining engagement, which can be subjected to axial tensile stress, with the female joining element in the hollow space.

An oil pump drive device (1) may include a housing (G), an oil pump drive shaft (AN), an electric motor, and a planetary gear set (RS). The planetary gear set (RS) may be supported by the housing (G) and have a first element (E1) connected to a rotor (R) of the electric motor, a second element (E2) connected to the oil pump drive shaft (AN), and a third element (E3) drivable by a drive source located outside the oil pump drive device (1). A first bearing (L1) may be supported on the housing (G) and may support at least one of the elements (E1, E2, E3) of the planetary gear set (RS) in a radial direction. The stator (S) of the electric motor is at least partially surrounded by a plastic mass (K), where the stator (S) is attached to the housing (G) via the plastic mass (K).