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Shaft arrangement

US8636113B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen · DE

Inventors

Daniel Knoblauch · San Francisco, US
Wolfgang Eichhorn · Memmingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2011
Grant date	Jan 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H57/0494
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft arrangement having a shaft and at least one component, which is arranged on the shaft and which is to be lubricated and/or cooled by a fluid. A fluid feed device being designed to feed the fluid to the shaft arrangement radially from outside. The component is a shaft sealing ring, which rests on the shaft and which is fixed to a housing. A baffle plate, which with the shaft sealing ring defines a fluid baffle chamber and which is separated by an annular gap from the outer circumference of the shaft, is arranged axially next to the shaft sealing ring. The fluid feed device is arranged so that fluid is fed into the fluid baffle chamber.

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