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US 11,396,212 B1Granted
Vehicle having an axle assembly and a wheel end support housing
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorGregory D. Pavuk
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Abstract
A vehicle having an axle assembly and a wheel end support housing. The axle assembly may have a differential assembly. The wheel end support housing may be mounted to a frame rail and may be spaced apart from the axle assembly. A linkage may operatively connect the differential assembly to a wheel end assembly may be mounted to the wheel end support housing.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis that includes first and second frame rails;
- an axle assembly that is mounted to the chassis and that includes a differential assembly that is rotatable about a differential axis;
- a wheel end support housing that is mounted to the first frame rail and is spaced apart from the axle assembly;
- a wheel end assembly that is mounted to the wheel end support housing, wherein the wheel end assembly has a hub that is rotatable about a wheel axis that differs from the differential axis;
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- a linkage that is received in the wheel end support housing and that operatively connects the differential assembly to the hub.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis that includes first and second frame rails;
- an axle assembly that is mounted to the chassis and that includes a differential assembly that is rotatable about a differential axis;
- a wheel end support housing that is mounted to the first frame rail and is spaced apart from the axle assembly;
- a wheel end assembly that is mounted to the wheel end support housing, wherein the wheel end assembly has a hub that is rotatable about a wheel axis, wherein the differential axis is disposed below the wheel axis and the differential axis is longitudinally positioned closer to a rear of the vehicle than the wheel axis;
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- a linkage that is received in the wheel end support housing and that operatively connects the differential assembly to the hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.