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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Kevin J. Kaplan, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Ramon C. Kuczera, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kevin J. Kaplan, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Ramon C. Kuczera, Clarkston, MI (US);
GKN Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vent system for use in a driveline component of an automotive vehicle. The driveline component includes a housing and a cartridge within the housing. The driveline component includes the vent system which has a vent that is secured to the housing at an orifice within a top portion of the housing. The vent system also includes a baffle extending from the housing wherein the baffle is adjacent to the vent orifice. The vent and baffle system also includes a gap that is defined by the baffle, the housing and the cartridge and is of sufficient size to prevent pooling and the forming of a meniscus near the vent assembly. The vent and baffle system is used to allow for venting of high pressures developed during high speed rotation of driveline modules within a drive train system of an automotive vehicle without allowing the expulsion of the lubricating fluid from the oil housing.