Drive axle breather

US5724864A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark E. Rodgers · Jackson, US
• Leo Wenstrup · Portage, US
• Dale J. Kubicek · Gobles, US
• Lawrence P. Wagle · Portage, US
• Anthony Militello · Ypsilanti, US
• Timothy J. Morscheck · Kalamazoo, US
• Robert E. Crepas · Delta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 10, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2186
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A breather assembly (100) for a vehicular drive axle (10). The breather assembly includes a body member (102) having a vertically extending drainback tube portion (114) and a horizontally extending connecting portion (120), and a curved formed hose member (104) to minimize leakage of lubricant (S) from the drive axle axle housing (26) and ingestion of exterior water into the housing.