Back to results
US 10,850,562 B1Granted
Reinforced trailer axle tube with replaceable spindle assembly
OwnerJason D Heftinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An axle tube assembly includes an axle tube, a cylindrical tube reinforcement apparatus inserted into the axle tube and fixed to the axle tube, and a spindle assembly coupled to the tube reinforcement apparatus the spindle assembly having a spindle body welded to the peripheral edge of the axle tube at the end coupled to the tube reinforcement apparatus.
Claims10
An axle tube assembly comprising:
- an axle tube having a first open end and a second open end;
- a cylindrical tube reinforcement apparatus inserted into the axle tube from the first or second end and welded to the axle tube, the reinforcement apparatus including at least two cylindrical collar features oriented concentrically to the axle tube, the collar features having a uniform outside diameter enabling insertion into an inside diameter of the axle tube to allow frictional contact between the reinforcement apparatus outside surface and the axle tube inside surface;
- and
- a spindle assembly removably coupled at one end to the tube reinforcement apparatus through the first end or through the second end of the axle tube, the spindle assembly having a spindle body welded to a peripheral edge of the axle tube.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.