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US 12,128,706 B2Granted
Axle assembly having a brake drum
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsTomaz Varela, Chuntao Wang
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Abstract
An axle assembly having a brake drum and inboard and outboard wheels. The brake drum the inboard wheel may cooperate to inhibit movement of the inboard wheel in an inboard direction. An outboard wheel clamp and an outboard split ring may cooperate to inhibit movement of the outboard wheel in an outboard direction.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- a wheel hub that is rotatable about an axis and that has a mounting flange;
- a brake drum that is fastened to the mounting flange;
- an inboard wheel that encircles the brake drum;
- an outboard wheel that encircles the wheel hub;
- an outboard split ring that is received inside the outboard wheel and engages the wheel hub;
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- an outboard wheel clamp that is received inside the outboard wheel, engages the outboard wheel, and is fastened to the outboard split ring, wherein the outboard wheel clamp and the outboard split ring cooperate to inhibit movement of the outboard wheel in an outboard direction and the brake drum and the inboard wheel cooperate to inhibit movement of the inboard wheel in an inboard direction that is opposite the outboard direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.