Patent ID: 8074534

Claim:
A flywheel for transferring a flow of lubricant, comprising: a hub portion concentrically defined around a center of the flywheel; a body portion disposed peripherally around the hub portion, the body portion having a driver-side face and a driven-side face; a plurality of passageways defined in the body portion, the plurality of passageways extending through the flywheel and fluidly connecting the driver-side face with the driven-side face of the body portion; a ring-flange concentrically connected to the driver-side face of the body portion; and a plurality of collectors connected to the flywheel, each collector corresponding and being fluidly connected to a respective passageway, wherein the plurality of collectors is defined in the driver-side face of the body portion between: at least two adjacent projections, each of the at least two projections defined on the driver-side face of the flywheel, each projection extending at least one of radially and tangentially with respect to the flywheel, a surface of the ring-flange, and a surface of the body portion of the flywheel; wherein each of the plurality of passageways is configured to receive a portion of a flow of lubricant spilling onto the driver-side of the body portion into a corresponding collector when the flywheel is rotating, and to direct the flow of lubricant out of the driven-side face of the body portion.