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US 12,617,235 B2Granted
High efficiency modular carter assembled coaxially to existing holes
AssigneeDana Italia S.R.L.
InventorsGianluca Terrasi, Davide Deimechei, Andrea Bortoli, Marco Scopesi, Viviana Enei
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Abstract
An axle including a central housing, an axle arm fastened to the central housing via multiple first fasteners, and an oil baffle fixed to the central housing via at least one fastening element that is coaxial with at least one fastener from the multiple first fasteners and at least one hole from multiple pre-existing holes of the central housing.
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An axle comprising:
- a central housing;
- a plurality of first fasteners that fasten an axle arm to the central housing;
- and
- at least one fastening element fixing a baffle to the central housing;
- wherein the at least one fastening element is coaxial with at least one fastener from the plurality of first fasteners and at least one hole from a plurality of pre-existing holes of the central housing.
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An axle comprising:
- a central housing;
- a plurality of first fasteners fastening an axle arm to the central housing;
- and
- at least one fastening system fixing an oil baffle to the central housing, wherein the at least one fastening system is coaxial with at least one fastener from the plurality of first fasteners and at least one hole from a plurality of pre-existing holes of the central housing;
- wherein the fastening system comprises a second fastener and an insert and
- wherein the second fastener has a screw type configuration or a bolt type configuration and the insert is positioned adjacent to the second fastener.
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An axle comprising:
- a central housing;
- a plurality of first fasteners fastening an axle arm to the central housing;
- and
- at least one fastening system fixing an oil baffle fixed to the central housing, wherein the at least one fastening system is coaxial with at least one fastener from the plurality of first fasteners and at least one hole from a plurality of pre-existing holes of the central housing
- wherein the fastening system comprises a fastening element that is a second fastener;
- wherein the second fastener is a fastener of a snap fit configuration and comprises a snap fit element and
- wherein the second fastener is integral or physically coupled to the baffle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.