Patent ID: 11919766
Assignee: NORTHERN WHOLESALE SUPPLY, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E  F  Y | IPC B  E  F

Claim 10:
11. A hydraulic fluid spill over receptacle for collecting excess hydraulic fluid dripping from a hydraulic fluid assembly, the hydraulic fluid assembly having a hydraulic pump, an electric motor driving the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic fluid receptacle engaged to the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic fluid receptacle comprising:
a) a floor;
b) an endless peripheral wall, the endless peripheral wall extending upwardly from the floor, the endless peripheral wall having a pair of first and second sidewalls and a pair of first and second end walls between the sidewalls;
c) the floor having a first end floor portion, at least a portion of the first end floor portion disposed directly underneath at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid reservoir, the first end floor portion being defined in part by the first end wall and first and second sidewalls, the first end floor portion having an uppermost surface spaced from a bottom of the hydraulic fluid reservoir, the uppermost surface extending transversely of the first and second sidewalls, the first end floor portion tapering downwardly from the uppermost surface of the first end floor portion to the first end wall;
d) the floor having an intermediate floor portion, at least a portion of the intermediate floor portion disposed directly underneath at least a portion of the hydraulic fluid reservoir, the intermediate floor portion having an uppermost surface spaced from a bottom of the hydraulic fluid reservoir, the intermediate floor portion tapering downwardly from the uppermost surface of the intermediate floor portion to a first pocket defined in part by the first sidewall, the intermediate floor portion tapering downwardly from the uppermost surface of the intermediate floor portion to a second pocket defined in part by the second sidewall;
e) the floor having an elevated portion extending between the first and second sidewalls, the elevated portion being spaced from a plane defined by bottom portions of the hydraulic fluid receptacle that are adjacent to a surface on which the hydraulic fluid receptacle rests, the elevated portion capable of being engaged to the hydraulic pump; and
f) the floor having a second end floor portion, at least a portion of the second end floor portion being disposed directly underneath at least a portion of the electric motor, the second end floor portion being defined in part by the second end wall and first and second sidewalls.