ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,005, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ArvinMeritor Technology LLC (Troy, Mich.).
"Axle assembly having a lubricant deflector" was invented by Dhanapal Vittala Raya (Troy, Mich.), Mark Smith (Troy, Mich.) and Kristen G. Byrd (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axle assembly having a differential carrier, a differential assembly, and a lubricant deflector. The differential assembly is mounted to the differential carrier and is rotatable about a differential axis. The lubricant deflector is mounted to the differential carrier and directs lubricant that is splashed or sprayed by a ring gear of the differential assembly into ...