Patent ID: 8485289
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B60B,F01M,F16N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An axle tube comprising: a transmission subsection housing a transmission; an electric motor having an outer housing, the electric motor at least partially encompassed by a motor tube to comprise a motor subsection, the outer housing having a drain orifice; and, a liquid cavity cooperatively delineated by the outer housing and the motor tube; wherein the liquid cavity and an interior of the electric motor are in fluid communication via the drain orifice; wherein the transmission subsection and the motor subsection are mounted to one another; wherein the transmission subsection fluidicly communicates with the interior of the electric motor through a first orifice; wherein the transmission subsection fluidicly communicates with the interior of the electric motor and liquid cavity through a second orifice; and, wherein the first orifice is elevated above the second orifice.