Patent ID: 6634459
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: F04C,F16H

Abstract:
An accessory drive system to provide engagement between a driving input source and a driven accessory unit, the accessory drive assembly comprising;a housing attachable to the input source; a fluid suction port defined by said housing and being in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir of the input source; a fluid discharge port defined by said housing and in fluid communication with said suction port; a gear chamber defined by said housing; a gear assembly rotatably supported by said housing, the accessory unit being operably engaged by said input source through said gear assembly, said gear assembly structured and arranged within said housing to urge fluid away from said housing and in response to movement of said gear assembly; and a portion of said housing being in an overlaying relation with a periphery of a first gear of said gear assembly to cause directed movement of fluid therebetween and other portions of said housing being in spaced relation to a second gear of said gear assembly; wherein fluid is purged from said gear chamber through movement of said first gear.