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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Salvatore N. Grupido, Rochester, MI (US);
Aaron Leslie Minor, Howell, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A gear assembly includes gears, housing components joined to one another about the gears, and a gasket. Each housing component includes an axial end wall and a sidewall projecting axially from the axial end wall. The sidewall of each housing component has an axial end surface that faces the axial end surface of the other housing component. One of the housing components includes a rib that projects axially from the axial end wall thereof and is spaced inward from the sidewall thereof. The gasket includes a seal portion and a baffle portion. The seal portion is disposed between the axial end surfaces of the housing components to create a seal therebetween. The baffle portion extends inward from the seal portion and cooperates with the rib, the sidewall, and the axial end wall to form a channel configured guide drainage of lubricant thrown from at least one of the gears.