Lubrication inventions 03/08

20080073152 - Tower shaft (uts) shielding: An oil shield for an upper tower shaft gear. The shield provides a plurality of shield members for encapsulating the upper tower shaft gear to reduce the amount of displaced oil from contacting surrounding engine components. The shield includes a first shield member adjacent a top surface of the upper... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080073153 - Oil pump unit for internal combustion engine: An oil pump unit for an internal combustion engine can reduce the number of component parts to configure a simplified pump case, reducing the size and weight thereof. In an oil pump unit has a case cover put on the outside of a crankcase via a spacer and an oil... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080073154 - Oil feed assembly: An oil feed assembly suitable for use in a gas turbine engine having a bearing housing, an outer ring surrounding the bearing housing and a monocase extending therebetween. The assembly provides an oil supply tube for extension within the monocase and between the outer ring and the bearing housing. An... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080067004 - Strand lubrication: An adaptor is provided for use in connection with an apparatus for lubricating a strand pulled through a conduit. The adaptor includes an entry end for receiving the strand and an exit end through which the strand exits the adaptor. A coupling is provided at the entry end of the... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080060879 - Reusable fluid dispenser: The invention provides, in general, a reusable gas driven fluid transportation apparatus having subsystems or components that are adapted to be reused, replaced and/or recycled. All or a portion of the subsystems or components of the apparatus may be reused by replacement of parts (such as the gas generating unit)... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20080060877 - Oil supply device: An oil supply device for automotive transmissions (2) with gear wheels arranged on shafts, with bearings, in which gear wheels and shafts are pivotably positioned, and with synchronizer mechanisms (10) which can be moved in the desired direction by operating a lever with control rods and shift-forks and a shaft... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080060878 - Strand lubrication: A strand being pulled through a conduit is automatically lubricated.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080053753 - Debris flush system for balance shaft bearings: An engine oil filtration system including a pump operable to provide pressurized oil to the system is provided. A filter is in pressurized fluid communication with the pump and an engine lubrication network is in pressurized fluid communication with both the filter and an inlet of a balance shaft module.... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC