US 12,146,564 B2
Axle assembly having a lubricant deflector
Mahesh I. Naik, Bangalore (IN); Hari Kishore Kasula, Bangalore (IN); Nagaraja Eranna, Bangalore (IN); and Abdullah Muhammad, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed by ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,791.
Claims priority of application No. 202211049563 (IN), filed on Aug. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068555 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 57/037 (2012.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/0423 (2013.01) [F16H 57/037 (2013.01); F16H 57/0424 (2013.01); F16H 57/0457 (2013.01); F16H 57/0471 (2013.01); F16H 57/0483 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. A lubricant deflector comprising:
a first panel adapted to be mounted to a differential carrier, the first panel comprising a first side, a second side disposed opposite the first side, and a boss that protrudes from the first side in a first direction, the boss comprising a hole that is adapted to receive a first fastener;
a second panel that extends at an angle less than 90 degrees from a plane of the first panel from an upper end of the first panel such that the second panel extends away from the first side and away from the first direction; and
a third panel that extends at an angle from a lower end of the first panel that is disposed opposite the upper end, wherein the third panel extends in the first direction away from the second side.