Mounting arrangement for lower steering arm
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsTomaz D. Varela, Malcolm Green, Xinyu Wen, Kou Yang
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Abstract
A knuckle includes a spindle to support a wheel and upper and lower bosses extending inwardly of the spindle. The lower boss includes a tie rod arm mount interface. A tie rod arm is received within the tie rod arm mount interface and a steer arm is positioned on an opposite side of the knuckle from the tie rod arm. The steer arm is fixed to the tie rod arm and includes an input mount interface to receive steering input to turn a wheel. The steer arm and tie rod arm are attached to each other with at least one fastener, or can be integrally formed together as a single-piece component.
Claims18
A knuckle comprising:
- a spindle to support a wheel;
- an upper boss extending inwardly of said spindle;
- a lower boss extending inwardly of said spindle and spaced vertically below said upper boss wherein said lower boss includes a tie rod arm mount interface;
- a tie rod arm received within said tie rod arm mount interface;
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- a steer arm positioned on an opposite side of said knuckle from said tie rod arm, said steer arm being fixed to said tie rod arm and including an input mount interface to receive steering input to turn the wheel.
An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle beam laterally extending between first and second axle ends;
- a first knuckle with a first king pin to secure said first knuckle to said axle beam at said first axle end;
- a second knuckle with a second king pin to secure said second knuckle to said axle beam at said second axle end;
- a first tie rod arm mounted to said first knuckle;
- a second tie rod arm mounted to said second knuckle;
- a tie rod having opposing ends respectively coupled to said first and said second tie rod arms;
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- at least one steer arm positioned on an opposite side of one of said first and said second knuckles from a respective one of said first and said second tie rod arms, said at least one steer arm being fixed to said respective one of said first and said second tie rod arms and including an input mount interface to receive steering input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.