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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Applicant:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Moshe Rothstein, Oak Park, MI (US);
Douglas J. Chemelli, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/0483 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); F16H 57/043 (2013.01); F16H 57/0436 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle driveline component with a differential mechanism and a lubrication device for lubricating the differential mechanism. The differential mechanism has a differential input member, which is rotatable about a differential axis, and a pair of differential outputs that are driven by the differential input member. The lubrication device includes at least one discharge port that is disposed in a volume within the differential input member and along the differential axis between the differential outputs.