Fabricated axle seat assembly

An axle seat assembly attached to an axle body, the axle seat assembly and axle body comprising:

• a first axle seat piece and a second axle seat piece,
• the first axle seat piece having a first wall, a second wall and a first axle seat piece engagement portion providing a first engagement surface,
• the second axle seat piece having a third wall and a second axle seat piece engagement portion providing a second engagement surface,
• an axle body having an exterior surface that includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface and a rear surface,
• wherein the first wall of the first axle seat piece having a first axle body engagement surface abutting the front surface of the axle body, the second wall of the first axle seat piece having a second axle body engagement surface abutting the top surface of the axle body, the third wall of the second axle seat piece having a third axle body engagement surface abutting the rear surface of the axle body,
• wherein the first and second engagement surfaces of the respective first and second axle seat piece engagement portions are positioned to engage and be held together by a first fastener, and
• wherein the first axle seat piece engages only two of the top surface, the bottom surface, the front surface and the rear surface of the axle body, and the first wall of the first axle seat piece is secured to the front surface of the axle body, and the third wall of the second axle seat piece is secured to the rear surface of the axle body by a second fastener.

A method of making an axle seat assembly having a first axle seat piece and a second axle seat piece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first plate, a second plate, and a third plate of an axle seat assembly,
• bending the first plate to create a bend line that separates a first section and a second section of the first plate and wherein the first section and the second section of the first plate are angled in relation to another after said step of bending the first plate of the first axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly,
• bending the second plate to create a bend line that separates a first section and a second section of the second plate and wherein the first section and the second section of the second plate are angled in relation to another after said step of bending the second plate of the first axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly,
• bending the third plate to create a bend line that separates a first section and a second section of the third plate and wherein the first section and the second section of the third plate are angled in relation to one another after said step of bending the third plate of the first axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly
• securing the first section of the second plate to the first plate,
• securing the first section of the third plate to the first plate,
• providing a first plate of a second axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly,
• bending the first plate of the second axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly to form a first section and a second section of the second axle seat piece and wherein the first section and the second section of the first plate of the second axle seat piece of the axle seat assembly are angled in relation to one another and separated by a bend line created by said step of bending the first plate of the second axle seat piece,
• securing the first axle seat piece to the second axle seat piece with the use of a first fastener, and
• securing the first axle seat piece and the second axle seat piece to an axle with the use of a second fastener.