Patent ID: 7854675
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly for use in a transmission comprising: a first shaft defining an axis and having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the first portion, the first portion at least partially defining a first passage and the second portion at least partially defining a second passage, wherein the first passage is in communication with the second passage; a sleeve concentric with the first shaft, the sleeve having at least one port for providing a fluid, the at least one port in communication with the first passage; and a second shaft aligned with the axis and having a first portion concentric with the second portion of the first shaft, the first portion at least partially defining a third passage in communication with the second passage, and wherein the fluid flows from the at least one port, through the first passage, through the second passage, and to the third passage to provide the fluid to the second shaft; and wherein the first passage is defined by an outer surface of the first portion of the first shaft and by an inner surface of the sleeve.