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US 11,708,939 B2Granted
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.
Claims18
An axle assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly that at least partially defines a cavity that receives a lubricant;
- and
- a dipstick assembly that includes:
- a fitting that is mounted to the housing assembly and that defines a fitting hole that is disposed along an axis;
- a cap that is removably mountable to the fitting;
- and
- a dipstick that includes:
- a first end portion that is mounted to the cap;
- a second end portion that is disposed opposite the first end portion;
- a first intermediate portion that extends from the first end portion and that is at least partially received in the fitting hole when the cap is mounted to the fitting;
- and
- a second intermediate portion that extends from the first intermediate portion to the second end portion, wherein the second intermediate portion is disposed outside of the fitting hole when the cap is mounted to the fitting, wherein the first intermediate portion of the dipstick includes a first segment that extends from the first end portion, a second segment that extends from an end of the first segment, and a third segment that extends from the second segment to the second intermediate portion, the first and third segments are disposed in a nonparallel and non-perpendicular relationship with the axis, and the second segment is offset from and does not intersect the axis.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly that at least partially defines a cavity that receives a lubricant and
- a dipstick assembly that includes:
- a fitting that is mounted to the housing assembly and that defines a fitting hole that is disposed along an axis;
- a cap that is removably mountable to the fitting;
- and
- a dipstick that includes:
- a first end portion that is mounted to the cap;
- a second end portion that is disposed opposite the first end portion;
- a first intermediate portion that extends from the first end portion and that is at least partially received in the fitting hole when the cap is mounted to the fitting;
- and
- a second intermediate portion that extends from the first intermediate portion to the second end portion, wherein the second intermediate portion is disposed outside of the fitting hole when the cap is mounted to the fitting, wherein the cap defines a groove that receives a portion of the fitting when the cap is mounted to the fitting and a biasing member is received in the groove that biases the cap away from the fitting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.