Axle assemblies

摘要

An axle assembly with crown-wheel and pinion gearing and lubrication of the pinion bearings by two passages having entrances disposed close to the periphery of a rotary element, to remove lubricant from a film entrained by the element from a supply of lubricant in the bottom of the housing in the gearing, the passages directing lubricant to a chamber and then to the bearings with one or other passage effective despite changed orientation or direction of operation of the assembly.