Axle assembly
AssigneeJ.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
InventorChristopher Jack Streat
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Abstract
An axle assembly is provided for a working machine. The axle assembly includes an axle having first and second ends, the first end having a first wheel mount for pivotably mounting a first wheel to the axle and the second end having a second wheel mount for pivotably mounting a second wheel to the axle. The assembly has a steering arrangement for pivoting the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle, the steering arrangement having a linkage connected to the first and second wheel mounts and configured to pivot the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle. The steering arrangement also includes an actuator configured to actuate the steering linkage in order to effect pivoting of the first and second wheel mounts, and the actuator is directly connected to the steering linkage.
Claims21
An axle assembly for a working machine, the axle assembly comprising:
- an axle having first and second ends, the first end having a first wheel mount for pivotably mounting a first wheel to the axle and the second end having a second wheel mount for pivotably mounting a second wheel to the axle;
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- a steering arrangement for pivoting the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle, the steering arrangement comprising a steering linkage member connected between the first and second wheel mounts and configured to pivot the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle,
- wherein the steering arrangement comprises an actuator configured to actuate the steering linkage in order to effect pivoting of the first and second wheel mounts,
- wherein the actuator is directly connected to the steering linkage member, and
- wherein the steering linkage member is substantially non-linear.
An axle assembly for a working machine, the axle assembly comprising:
- an axle having first and second ends, the first end of the axle having a first wheel mount for pivotably mounting a first wheel to the first end of the axle, the second end of the axle having a second wheel mount for pivotably mounting a second wheel to the second end of the axle;
- a steering arrangement for pivoting the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle, the steering arrangement including an actuator directly connected via an actuator connection point to only a single steering linkage member, the actuator configured to shift the steering linkage member in order to pivot each of the first and second wheel mounts relative to the axle;
- the steering linkage member being directly connected to the first wheel mount at a first connection point and being directly connected to the second wheel mount at a second connection point;
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- wherein the steering linkage member is a non-linear body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.