Oil-air lubricant distributor

US10465844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Mandera · Leimen, DE
• Juergen Kreutzkaemper · Waibstadt, DE
• Andreas Schoenfeld · St. Leon-Rot, DE
• Stefan Schuermann · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2019
• Expiry date: May 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16N7/32
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An oil-air lubricant distributor with a tubular distributor body that includes an oil-air mixture inlet and a plurality of lubrication-point outlets for dispensing the oil-air mixture to at least one consumer, wherein the lubrication-point outlets are connected to the oil-air mixture inlet via line channels, and the line channels are provided with an oil-air mixture from a mixture distributor unit, the mixture distributor unit including a single oil inlet, a single air inlet, and a plurality of oil-air-mixture outlets, and wherein the oil-air mixture inlet is directly but releasably connected to the mixture distributor, and the oil-air-mixture outlets are directly but releasably fluidly connected to the line channels in the tubular distributor body.