Vehicle driveline component having a housing with a lube feed ramp for providing increased lubrication to a bearing that supports a pinion

A vehicle driveline component comprising:

• a housing defining a pinion bore, a bearing bore, a central chamber, and a lubrication channel, the pinion bore being disposed about a first axis, the bearing bore being concentric with the pinion bore and intersecting the central chamber, the central chamber being formed along a second axis that is transverse to the first axis, the lubrication channel having a first side, which intersects the central chamber, and a second side opposite the first side that intersects the pinion bore, wherein at least a portion of the first side of the lubrication channel is formed into a surface that is transverse to the bearing bore;
• a pinion received in the housing and rotatable about the first axis, the pinon having a pinion gear and a pinion shaft;
• a ring gear received in the housing, the ring gear being rotatable about the second axis and being meshed with the pinion gear;
• and
• a bearing received in the bearing bore and mounted to both the pinion shaft and the housing, the bearing supporting the pinon relative to the housing for rotation about the first axis, the bearing being disposed proximate an end of the pinion gear that faces away from the ring gear;
• wherein the housing defines a lube feed ramp that extends between the pinion bore and the first side of the lubrication channel, the lube feed ramp being defined by a warped planar surface that provides a transverse transformation between the bearing bore and the surface that is transverse to the bearing bore, the lube feed ramp being configured to direct a portion of a lubricant exiting the bearing into the first side of the lubrication channel.