VEHICLE DRIVING AXLE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: proposed driving axle has rear-axle drive and two-flow final drives with misaligned input and output shafts. Each final drive has driving, driven and idler gear wheels. Idler gear wheels are installed on bearings on support rods fitted in housing at different height. Driving axle has devices for feeding lubricant to bearings of higher mounted idler gear wheels of final drives. Lubricating device has rotating rings and spring-loaded scraper in contact with ring. Scraper is installed in support rod of high mounted idler gear wheel and is provided with bath communicating with space between gear wheel and support rod in which bearing is placed. Scraper is made of tube whose end in contact with rotating ring is made is made in form of ring sector. EFFECT: increased reliability of driving axle. 3 cl, 43 dwg