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US 12,251,962 B2Granted
Systems for axle arm
AssigneeDana Italia S.R.L.
InventorsNicola Tessaro, Davide Deimichei, Efrem Rusconi, Gianluca Terrasi
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Abstract
Systems are provided for an axle arm including a lubricant reservoir and a driveshaft. In one example, system may include a lubricant reservoir of an axle arm comprising a fill line at an edge of a driveshaft, wherein a central axis of the lubricant reservoir is misaligned with a central axis of the driveshaft.
Claims16
A system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle arm housing a lubricant reservoir, the lubricant reservoir comprising a fill line at an edge of a driveshaft, wherein a central axis of the lubricant reservoir is vertically misaligned with a central axis of the driveshaft;
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- a lubricant system coupled to the lubricant reservoir,
- wherein the vertical misalignment is with respect to gravity, and wherein the lubricant reservoir extends through a center of the axle arm,
- wherein a first dimension measured from a bottom surface of the axle arm to the central axis of the driveshaft is less than a second dimension measured from a top surface of the axle arm to the central axis of the driveshaft, and
- wherein the central axis of the driveshaft aligns with a central axis of the axle arm.
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An axle arm system, comprising:
- a driveshaft arranged and configured to rotate in a lubricant reservoir positioned in an axle arm of the axle arm system, wherein a fill line for lubricant of the lubricant reservoir contacts a bottom portion of the driveshaft,
- wherein the lubricant reservoir changes in shape from a first end of the axle arm to a second end of the axle arm, the second end opposite the first end;
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- a lubricant system coupled to the lubricant reservoir.
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A system, comprising:
- an axle arm comprising an upper wall, a lower wall, a first lateral wall, and a second lateral wall;
- a lubricant reservoir shaped by the upper wall, the lower wall, the first lateral wall, and the second lateral wall;
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- a driveshaft configured to rotate within the lubricant reservoir, wherein a central axis of the driveshaft is vertically aligned with a central axis of the axle arm and vertically misaligned with a central axis of the lubricant reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.