Driven wheel assembly and automotive vehicle equipped with such an assembly
AssigneeRenault Trucks
InventorGilles Dejean
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Abstract
A wheel assembly includes a fixed axle spindle, a rotating drive shaft extending inside the axle spindle, a bearing, a hub, a brake disc, and a wheel rim. An inner ring of the bearing is mounted on the spindle, the hub is mounted on an outer ring of the bearing and the drive shaft, the brake disc and the rim are fast in rotation with the hub. The drive shaft is mounted on the hub, the brake disc is mounted on the drive shaft and the rim is mounted on the brake disc, in that order, from an interior side to an exterior side of the wheel assembly with respect to a vehicle provided with said wheel assembly.
Claims11
Driven wheel assembly comprising:
- a fixed axle spindle,
- a rotating drive shaft extending inside the axle spindle,
- a bearing,
- a hub,
- a brake disc,
- a wheel rim,
- an inner ring of the bearing being mounted on the spindle, whereas the hub is mounted on an outer ring of the bearing and the drive shaft, the brake disc and the rim are fast in rotation with the hub, wherein:
- the drive shaft is mounted on the hub,
- the brake disc is mounted on the drive shaft,
- the rim is mounted on the brake disc,
- in that order, from an interior side to an exterior side of the wheel assembly with respect to a vehicle provided with the wheel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.