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US 11,859,718 B1Granted
Axle assembly having a shift collar
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsSupreeth Chandrashekar, Jeremy Cradit, David M Zueski, Nick Bofferding
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Abstract
An axle assembly having a collar that receives a shift collar that is moveable along an axis. An alignment rod may be provided to inhibit rotation of the collar about the axis. A linkage retaining device may be provided that is selectively engageable with a linkage that is operatively connected to the shift collar to inhibit rotation of the linkage.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- a drive pinion that is rotatable about an axis;
- a set of drive pinion gears that is received in a housing, wherein the set of drive pinion gears is spaced apart from the drive pinion and is rotatable about the axis;
- an alignment rod that is disposed on the housing;
- a shift collar that is rotatable about the axis with the drive pinion and moveable along the axis with respect to the drive pinion;
- and
- a collar that defines a collar hole that receives the shift collar, the collar having a collar arm that is moveably disposed on the alignment rod, wherein the alignment rod inhibits rotation of the collar about the axis.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- a drive pinion that is rotatable about an axis;
- a transmission that includes a set of drive pinion gears that is spaced apart from the drive pinion and is rotatable about the axis;
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- a shift mechanism that includes:
- a shift collar that is rotatable about the axis with the drive pinion and moveable along the axis with respect to the drive pinion;
- an actuator that is configured to move the shift collar along the axis to selectively connect a member of the set of drive pinion gears to the drive pinion;
- a detent linkage that is coupled to the actuator and is rotatable about an actuator axis;
- a linkage that is rotatably disposed on the detent linkage and is rotatable about the actuator axis;
- a collar that is coupled to the linkage and that defines a collar hole that receives the shift collar;
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- a linkage retaining device that is selectively engageable with the linkage to inhibit rotation of the linkage in at least one direction about the actuator axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.