Patent ID: 7984792

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a component to be lubricated and operable to at least partially rotate about an axis; a tank operable to contain lubricant and having at least one tank outlet; a tube extending between first and second ends wherein said first end is in fluid communication with said at least one tank outlet; and an atomizer in fluid communication with said second end of said tube to receive lubricant from said tank and operable to dispense atomized lubricant on said component, wherein said tank, said tube, and said atomizer are all adjacent to said component, and wherein said tank, said tube, and said atomizer are further defined as substantially immediately adjacent to and partially surrounding a radially outer portion of said component such that said tank is disposed on a first axial side of said component, said atomizer receives fluid from said tube on a second axial side of said component opposite said first axial side, and said tube overlaps said component along said axis.