Hydraulic medium filtering for a motor vehicle limited slip differential
US6280613A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H57/0404
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A limited slip differential for a motor vehicle having a hydraulic medium plenum and pickup tube assembly which draws hydraulic medium from an axle sump by a vacuum generated by a hydraulic pump and transports the hydraulic medium to a hydraulic pump intake sump reservoir, the hydraulic medium plenum pickup tube assembly having a cross-sectional configuration which maintains the desired hydraulic medium flow rate, while being "thin" in at least one direction to filter out particulate contamination.
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