Patent ID: 6422786
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: E04F,F16H

Abstract:
An air-cooled gearbox assembly comprising:(A) a gearbox which includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and a housing, said housing having upper and lower surfaces, an end wall which extends between said upper and lower surfaces, and outboard and inboard sidewalls which flank said end wall; and (B) a cooler comprising a blower and a plurality of spaced fins which are disposed on said end wall of said housing, said cooler being configured to deflect air flowing along said end wall of said housing over at least one of said upper and lower surfaces of said housing, wherein said blower comprises an impeller and a shroud which encases said impeller and which overlies said fins, said shroud and said fins forming air flow passages that extend between said fins to said at least one of said upper and lower surfaces of said housing.