US 11,940,056 B2
Vehicle driveline component with pinned vent
Salvatore N. Grupido, Rochester, MI (US); and Mark L. White, Wixom, MI (US)
Assigned to American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,521.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358330 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16H 57/027 (2012.01); F16K 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 27/0209 (2013.01) [F16H 57/027 (2013.01); F16K 17/02 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle driveline component comprising:
a tubular body having a first axial end and a second axial end, the tubular body defining an interior circumferential surface;
a relief valve mounted in the tubular body between the first and second axial ends;
a vent cover mounted to the tubular body and covering the second axial end, the vent cover having one or more channels that vent a space in the tubular body between the relief valve and a first side of the vent cover that faces the relief valve to the atmosphere; and
a pin mounted to the tubular body at a location between the first axial end and the relief valve, the pin extending through the interior circumferential surface into a hollow interior of the tubular body.