Patent ID: 11920671
Assignee: DANA ITALIA S.R.L.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A method for operation of a lubrication system, comprising:
rotating a gear on a shaft;
wherein a portion of the gear is submerged in lubricant that is contained in a gear compartment;
wherein a level of the lubricant contained in the gear compartment is controlled via passive metering of lubricant through a housing bulkhead opening that provides fluidic communication between the gear compartment and a floater compartment of a floater container;
wherein the floater container includes a buoyant floater contained in an interior compartment that selectively blocks an inlet opening in the floater container that provides fluidic communication between a compartment and the floater compartment; and
wherein the floater container includes a conduit extending vertically and including an opening that is positioned above a lubricant level in the compartment and profiled to provide fluidic communication between an interior of the floater compartment and the compartment.