Integrated drive box and heat exchanger and systems
US11873841B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H57/0471
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Drive casings, heat exchange systems and methods for cooling lubricant within the casings which house within a main cavity of the casing a drive shaft, bearings or gears of an engine-driven apparatus, the casing having an integrated base defining a heat exchanger cavity and separating the heat exchanger cavity from the main cavity, where the base receives cooling liquid within the heat exchanger cavity, a surface of the base within the main cavity defining a main cavity floor which is slanted with respect to a horizontal plane when in normal use.
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