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US 11,396,976 B1Granted
Axle assembly having a dipstick assembly
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsAndrew Bodary, Mailys Eichsteadt, Ginger St. Cyr, Florin Patrascu
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Abstract
An axle assembly that includes a housing assembly and a dipstick assembly. The housing assembly may at least partially define a cavity that receives a lubricant. At least a portion of the dipstick assembly may be removably mountable to the housing assembly and may include a fitting and a dipstick.
Claims19
An axle assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly that at least partially defines a cavity that receives a lubricant, the housing assembly having a mounting hole;
- and
- a dipstick assembly that is removably mountable to the housing assembly, the dipstick assembly including:
- a fitting that is removably mountable to the housing assembly and is receivable in the mounting hole, the fitting being disposed along an axis and defining a fitting hole that is disposed along the axis,
- a dipstick that is rotatably mounted to the fitting such that the dipstick is rotatable about the axis independent of the fitting;
- a magnet that extends around the axis and defines a magnet hole;
- and
- a sleeve that is partially received in the fitting hole, wherein the sleeve defines a sleeve hole through which the dipstick extends and has a sleeve flange that extends away from the axis and that engages the magnet to inhibit axial movement of the magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.