A device (1) for cooling and lubricating components of a vehicle (2) may include a housing (3), a coolant sump (4), a coolant pump (5) for pumping coolant (6) from the coolant sump (4), a heat exchanger (7) for cooling coolant (6) from the coolant pump (5), and a coolant line system (8) including a coolant reservoir (9) having a single coolant inlet (10) and multiple coolant outlets (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5). The coolant line system (8) fluidically connects the coolant pump (5) to the heat exchanger (7), and the heat exchanger (7) to the single coolant inlet (10) of the coolant reservoir (9). The coolant reservoir (9) receives coolant (6) from the heat exchanger (7) via the single coolant inlet (10) and directs coolant (6) via the multiple coolant outlets (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5) onto components in the housing (3) requiring cooling and lubrication.

A device (1) for cooling and lubricating components of a vehicle (2) includes at least one housing (3), a coolant sump (4), a first coolant pump (5.1) configured for delivering coolant (6) from a first housing section (A) for accommodating a transmission (12) into the coolant sump (4), a second coolant pump (5.2) configured for delivering coolant (6) from the coolant sump (4) into a coolant line system (8), and a heat exchanger (7) configured for cooling the coolant (6) delivered by the second coolant pump (5.2). The coolant line system (8) fluidically connects at least the second coolant pump (5.2) to the heat exchanger (7) and, at least indirectly, fluidically connects the heat exchanger (7) to multiple coolant outlets (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5) for spraying coolant (6) onto components in the housing (3) that require cooling and lubrication.

A transmission mechanism device of an aspect of the present invention includes a motor, a transmission mechanism including a plurality of gears, a first shaft and a bearing supporting the first shaft and transmitting power of the motor, a housing that accommodates the transmission mechanism and holds the bearing on an inner face, oil that collects in a lower region inside the housing, a catch tank that is disposed inside the housing and opens upward, an oil passage through which the oil passes, and an oil pump provided in the oil passage. The oil passage has a first path connecting the oil pump and the catch tank and a scooping path for scooping the oil by rotation of the gear to guide the scooped oil to the catch tank. The catch tank includes a feed portion for supplying the oil to the gear or the bearing.

A power transmission device includes a motor, a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor and lubricated by oil, and a box. The box has a wall part that covers an outer circumference of the gear mechanism, and a jacket part that covers an outer circumference of the wall part. A cooling chamber, in which cooling liquid is introduced, is formed between the wall part and the jacket part. The cooling chamber includes a portion that overlaps with the gear mechanism when seen from a radial direction, and a portion that overlaps the gear mechanism when seen from an axial direction.

An oil cooling structure of an engine is provided that is capable of enhancing cooling performance of oil while preventing an increase in number of components or an increase in required space from being involved as much as possible. In an oil cooling structure of an engine in which a transmission case is attached to one end wall of an engine body, and a transmission mechanism for an accessory drive is provided in the transmission case, the transmission case is formed into a potlid-shaped body having a plurality of rib walls along a front-rear direction, and is attached to an engine front wall with an engine cooling fan, and case inner chamber portions partitioned by the rib walls in the transmission case are configured as a transporting passage of oil circulated by an oil pump.

A propulsion unit (1) for a marine vessel, comprising a shell structure (2), a shaft (4) rotatably coupled to a propulsion motor (3) inside the shell structure (2), and a propeller (5) coupled to the shaft (4) outside the shell structure (2). A shaft seal arrangement (6) is provided to engage the shaft (4), such that at least a first seal chamber (6a) is delimited between adjacent seal lips (6′) and the shaft (4). A first lubrication arrangement is provided for circulating a first lubricant through the first seal chamber (6a). The first lubrication arrangement (7) further comprises a first lubricant heat exchanger (7e) arranged at least partly outside of the shell structure (2) for conducting the first lubricant therethrough and for transferring heat from the first lubricant to an outside environment of the shell structure (2). A propulsion unit for a marine vessel, including a shell structure, a shaft rotatably coupled to a propulsion motor inside the shell structure, and a propeller coupled to the shaft outside the shell structure. A shaft seal arrangement is provided to engage the shaft, such that at least a first seal chamber is delimited between adjacent seal lips and the shaft. A first lubrication arrangement is provided for circulating a first lubricant through the first seal chamber. The first lubrication arrangement further includes a first lubricant heat exchanger arranged at least partly outside of the shell structure for conducting the first lubricant therethrough and for transferring heat from the first lubricant to an outside environment of the shell structure.

An electrified drive train for a motor vehicle has a heat generator, which includes at least one electric drive machine; and a cooling circuit, which is led through the electric drive machine and has a heat exchanger for removing heat from the cooling circuit. With respect to the direction of flow of the fluid used in the cooling circuit, the heat exchanger is arranged in the cooling circuit downstream of the heat generator to be cooled.

A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes an assembly of four electric propulsion machines each having a stator and a rotor having an output shaft that is movable in rotation about an axis. Also includes is a common gearwheel that is kinematically connected to the n output shafts and that is able to receive the torque provided by the electric machines so as to form a first speed reducer, and primary gearwheels able to be driven by the common gearwheel. An intermediate shaft is able to be driven by intermediate gearwheels, each primary gearwheel being kinematically connected to a corresponding intermediate gearwheel so as to form a pair of gears with which a second speed reducer is associated, and a secondary shaft that is able to drive the vehicle and that has a secondary gearwheel kinematically connected to the intermediate shaft so as to form a third speed reducer.

Provided is a lubrication system for a drive train of a wind turbine including a main oil tank including a lubrication liquid, for lubricating the drive train when the wind turbine has connection to a grid and a main reservoir which is separate from the main oil tank and contains lubrication liquid for the drive train when the wind turbine has no connection to the grid. The main reservoir includes a first reservoir containing a first amount of lubrication liquid for at least a first component of the drive train and a second reservoir including a second amount of lubrication liquid for at least a second component of the drive train. The lubrication system is configured to supply the oil from the main reservoir to the drive train when the wind turbine has no grid connection for creating an oil sump in at least the second component of the drive train.

A transmission, includes a transmission mechanism configured to shift a rotary power input from a power source; an oil pump configured to discharge an oil to be supplied to the transmission mechanism; a lubricating oil pressure control valve configured to adjust a pressure of the oil discharged from the oil pump and supply the oil to a lubrication target portion of the transmission mechanism; and a cooler configured to cool the oil to be supplied to the lubrication target portion of the transmission mechanism by outside air. The lubricating oil pressure control valve adjusts the pressure of the oil supplied to the lubrication target portion in a manner that the pressure of the oil supplied to the lubrication target portion increases as an outside air temperature decreases.