Patent ID: 8230973

Claim:
A system for lubricating a plurality of transmission components with a hydraulic fluid, the system comprising: a sump defining a reservoir for providing the hydraulic fluid; a first pump having a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port; a first fluid passage having a first end connected to the sump and a second end connected to the fluid inlet port of the first pump; a second fluid passage having a first end connected to the fluid outlet port of the first pump and a second end in fluid communication with the plurality of transmission components; a second pump having a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port; a third fluid passage having a first end connected to the sump and a second end connected to the fluid inlet port of the second pump; a fourth fluid passage having a first end connected to the outlet port of the second pump and a second end in fluid communication with the plurality of transmission components; a fifth fluid passage having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the fifth passage is directly connected with at least one of the first fluid passage and the inlet port of the first pump, and wherein the second end of the fifth fluid passage is directly connected with at least one of the third fluid passage and the inlet port of the second pump; and a sixth fluid passage having a first end direct in fluid communication with the plurality of transmission components and a second end directly connected to the fifth fluid passage for communicating fluid from the plurality of transmission components to the fifth fluid passage.