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US 10,850,560 B2Granted
Axle end assembly comprising a wheel hub unit and a wheel brake
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsMarkus Gruber, Robert Trimpe, Edgar Ruhl, Witold Kolodziejcak
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Abstract
An axle end assembly has a wheel brake arrangement and a wheel hub arrangement. The assembly is designed as a preassembled unit with a hollow shaft element on which the wheel brake arrangement and the wheel hub arrangement are disposed.
Claims25
Axle end assembly, comprising:
- a wheel brake arrangement;
- and
- a wheel hub arrangement having a wheel hub configured to receive a wheel,
- wherein
- the axle end assembly is a pre-mounted unit which has a hollow shaft element on which the wheel brake arrangement and the wheel hub arrangement are arranged,
- the pre-mounted unit is mountable as a whole on an axle body of a vehicle axle,
- the hollow shaft element is configured to be connected to a first end of the axle body, and
- the hollow shaft element has a threaded portion configured to be screwed together with a corresponding threaded portion at the first axial end of the axle body.
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Wheel axle unit, comprising:
- an axle end assembly comprising a wheel brake arrangement and a wheel hub arrangement, wherein the axle end assembly is a pre-mounted unit having a hollow shaft element on which the wheel brake arrangement and the wheel hub arrangement are arranged;
- a brake adapter of the wheel brake arrangement;
- an axle body on which the pre-mounted unit is mounted;
- a sleeve component arranged at least partially concentrically within the hollow shaft element and between the brake adapter and the axle body, the sleeve component being attached to the axle body.
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Method for mounting a wheel axle unit on an axle body, the method comprising the acts of:
- forming an axle end assembly comprising a wheel brake arrangement and a wheel hub arrangement, wherein the axle end assembly is a pre-mounted unit having a hollow shaft element on which the wheel brake arrangement and the wheel hub arrangement are arranged;
- and
- mounting said pre-mounted unit as a whole on the axle body,
- wherein the entire pre-mounted unit is connected to the axle body by connection of screw threads of the axle body with screw threads of the hollow shaft element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.