Patent ID: 7963186

Claim:
A vehicle driveline assembly comprising: a housing; a drive gear positioned within said housing and driven by an input shaft receiving input from a vehicle driveline component; a driven gear positioned within said housing and in meshing engagement with said drive gear at a contact point, said driven gear transferring driving torque to drive a vehicle wheel; said housing including a first housing portion that immediately surrounds at least a portion of an outer circumference of said drive gear to form a first baffle and a second housing portion that immediately surrounds at least a portion of an outer circumference of said driven gear to form a second baffle, said housing including a discharge orifice positioned adjacent said contact point; a bypass port that draws air away from said discharge orifice toward an outlet port; a fluid passage formed within said housing to communicate fluid pumped at said contact point from said discharge orifice to another predetermined location within said housing; and wherein at least one of said first and second baffles includes an inlet port in fluid communication with a sump adjacent said discharge orifice, and said inlet port being located within said housing between said discharge orifice and said bypass port on a common side of said contact point.