Reservoir assembly with breather vent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9103429-B2
Application number	US-201313919338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2013
Priority date	Jun 17, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A vehicle hydraulic oil reservoir assembly includes a main reservoir and an auxiliary reservoir. The main reservoir has a lower portion and an upper portion. The auxiliary reservoir has a lower portion and an upper portion. The auxiliary reservoir has a port formed in the upper portion thereof. The lower portion of the auxiliary reservoir is communicated with the lower portion of the main reservoir. A breather vent is in communication with atmosphere. A vent pipe communicates the port with the breather vent.

First claim

We claim:

1. A reservoir assembly comprising:
a main reservoir enclosed by a vehicle differential case, the main reservoir having a lower portion and an upper portion;
a main port formed in an upper surface of the differential case;
a main vent conduit having a first end which communicates with the main port, the main vent conduit extending away from the first end, the main vent conduit having a first resistance to air flow therethrough, and all of the main vent conduit being…

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Wiens Scott R
• Bill Randall K
• Lemire Jarrod A

Classifications

• Y10T137/3105

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16H57/027 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F02M37/0088

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• B60K2015/03118

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• F16H57/037

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic