Patent ID: 8684876

Claim:
A power transmitting component comprising: a housing having an interior cavity and a deflector, the interior cavity having a sump, the deflector extending into the interior cavity and having a first face with an impingement portion and a first edge that is adjacent the impingement portion; a lubricant disposed in the sump; and an assembly received in the housing and being rotatable in the interior cavity about a first axis, wherein the assembly includes a component that travels through the lubricant as the assembly rotates within the housing; wherein the impingement portion of the deflector is sized and positioned to extend into a stream of lubricant that is slung from the component as it rotates at a speed in excess of a predetermined speed, the impingement portion being configured to deflect a portion of the stream towards the first edge, the first edge being configured to disperse at least a portion of the portion of the stream as a spray of fluid to one or more selected areas within the interior cavity.