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US 11,628,684 B2Granted
Wheel end assembly and method of servicing
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorSrinivasa Perumal Rengasamy
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Abstract
A wheel end assembly and a method of servicing. The wheel end assembly may include a wheel hub, a mounting ring, and a brake rotor. The mounting ring may be removably coupled to the wheel hub with a first set of fasteners. The brake rotor may be removably mounted to the mounting ring with a second set of fasteners.
Claims20
A wheel end assembly comprising:
- a wheel hub that is rotatable about an axis;
- a mounting ring that extends around the wheel hub and is removably coupled to the wheel hub with a first set of fasteners, wherein a plurality of lug bolts that are adapted to support a wheel extend from the mounting ring;
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- a brake rotor that encircles the wheel hub and that is removably mounted to the mounting ring with a second set of fasteners.
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A method of servicing a wheel end assembly comprising:
- removing a first set of fasteners to detach a mounting ring that encircles a wheel hub from the wheel hub, the wheel hub being rotatable about an axis and having an outboard end and an inboard end, wherein a plurality of lug bolts that are adapted to support a wheel extend from the mounting ring;
- removing a second set of fasteners to detach a brake rotor from the mounting ring;
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- removing the mounting ring and the brake rotor from the wheel hub by moving the mounting ring and the brake rotor in an axial direction toward the outboard end of the wheel hub.
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A wheel end assembly comprising:
- a wheel hub that is rotatable about an axis;
- a mounting ring that extends around the wheel hub and is removably coupled to the wheel hub with a first set of fasteners, wherein the mounting ring defines a brake rotor fastener hole;
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- a brake rotor that encircles the wheel hub and that is removably mounted to the mounting ring with a second set of fasteners, wherein a member of the second set of fasteners extends through the brake rotor fastener hole to couple the brake rotor to the mounting ring and a head of the member of the second set of fasteners is completely received inside the brake rotor fastener hole.
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A wheel end assembly comprising:
- a wheel hub that is rotatable about an axis;
- a mounting ring that extends around the wheel hub and is removably coupled to the wheel hub with a first set of fasteners, wherein the mounting ring defines a mounting ring opening that receives the wheel hub, the mounting ring has a set of mounting flanges that are disposed in the mounting ring opening and first and second rotational alignment features that are disposed in the mounting ring opening and extend toward the wheel hub, the first rotational alignment feature is positioned between two members of the set of mounting flanges, and the second rotational alignment feature has a different configuration than the first rotational alignment feature;
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- a brake rotor that encircles the wheel hub and that is removably mounted to the mounting ring with a second set of fasteners, wherein the first rotational alignment feature and the second rotational alignment feature cooperate with the wheel hub to allow the mounting ring to be mounted to the wheel hub at a single rotational position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.