US 10,953,499 B2Granted

Brake system component axle mount

AssigneeHendrickson USA, L.L.C.

InventorsR. Scott Fulton, Andrew J. Westnedge, Dmitriy E. Rubalskiy, Michael J. Keeler, Phillippi R. Pierce

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Abstract

A brake system component axle mount for a vehicle axle/suspension system includes an axle having at least one depression formed therein. A sleeve is formed with at least one depression and disposed about the axle so that the axle depression and the sleeve depression matingly engage one another to form a mated pair of depressions. A brake mount assembly is rigidly attached to the sleeve. A method of forming the brake system component axle mount includes providing an axle and disposing a sleeve about the axle. At least one mated pair of depressions is simultaneously formed in the axle and the sleeve. A brake mount assembly is rigidly attached to the sleeve.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A brake system component axle mount for an axle/suspension system comprising:

a) an axle formed with at least one depression;
b) a sleeve formed with at least one depression, said at least one sleeve depression being formed in an exterior surface of the sleeve, said sleeve disposed about said axle, said at least one axle depression matingly engaging said at least one sleeve depression to form a mated pair of depressions for mechanically locking the sleeve to the axle wherein said at least one sleeve depression is plastically deformed and said at least one axle depression is plastically and elastically deformed when the sleeve is mechanically locked to the axle;
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c) a mount assembly rigidly attached to said sleeve for mounting a brake assembly of the axle/suspension system.

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Facts

Application: 13/249,420Filed 30 Sep 2011 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Sep 2010
Published: US 2012/0080573 A15 Apr 2012
Granted: 23 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B23P 11/00
Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise
B60T 1/067
Acting otherwise than on tread, e.g. employing rim, drum, disc, or transmission or on double wheels: employing drum
F16D 65/28
Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position: arranged apart from the brake
B23P 2700/14
Indexing scheme relating to the articles being treated, e.g. manufactured, repaired, assembled, connected or other operations covered in the…