Patent ID: 6202736
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F01P,F16H

Abstract:
A transmission fluid cooler for cooling transmission fluid of a transmission having a housing with an access opening, the transmission fluid cooler comprising:a perimeter mounting flange for mounting to the housing of the transmission, said perimeter mounting flange defining a hole for fluidly communicating with the access opening when said perimeter mounting flange is mounted to the transmission housing:a body portion having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, said peripheral wall extending upward from a periphery of said bottom wall such that an interior surface of said peripheral wall defines an interior of said body portion, said perimeter wall having, a terminal end opposite said bottom wall, said terminal end of said peripheral wall being united to said perimeter mounting flange about said hole such that the interior of said peripheral wall is aligned with said hole for permitting transmission fluid of a transmission on which said perimeter mounting flange is mounted to flow through the access hole and said mounting flange into the interior of said body portion;a plurality of fins extending outwardly from an exterior surface of said peripheral wall of said body portion such that said fins are in thermal communication with said exterior and interior surfaces of said peripheral wall for transferring thermal energy from the transmission fluid to air surrounding said fins; andwherein said interior surface of said peripheral wall of said body portion and an interior Surface of said bottom wall of said body portion are each substantially flat for facilitating movement of the transmission fluid between the transmission and said body portion.