Patent ID: 6123175
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B60B,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An interconnecting vent for a motor vehicle axle assembly, the motor vehicle axle assembly including a first side axle having a cavity with lubricant therein and a first vent in an upper portion thereof and a second side axle having a cavity with lubricant therein and a second vent in an upper portion thereof, said interconnecting vent comprising:an interconnecting tube having a first end and a second end, said first end of said interconnecting tube is adapted for attachment to the first vent in the cavity of the first side axle of the motor vehicle axle assembly and said second end of said interconnecting tube is adapted for attachment to the second vent in the cavity of the second side axle of the motor vehicle axle assembly, said interconnecting tube is adapted to be in communication with and capture and retain lubricant flowing from one or more of the first vent and the second vent; anda vent positioned in an upper portion of said interconnecting tube which is in communication with the outside environment and which is adapted to act to equalize the pressure in the cavity of the first side axle of the motor vehicle axle assembly and the pressure in the cavity of the second side axle of the motor vehicle axle assembly with the outside environment.