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US 2018/0022154 A1Published application
Axle Assembly Having an Axle Shaft Subassembly
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsAntonio Coletta, Jaw-Ping Pan, Gregory D. Pavuk, Bin Hu, Walter A. Santarossa, Phillip Leicht
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Abstract
An axle assembly having an axle shaft subassembly. The axle shaft subassembly may include an axle shaft and an adapter ring. The adapter ring may receive the axle shaft and may be fixedly positioned with respect to the axle shaft. A hub may receive the adapter ring and may be fixedly positioned with respect to the adapter ring.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle shaft subassembly that includes:
- an axle shaft that is rotatable about an axis;
- and
- an adapter ring that has an adapter ring hole that receives the axle shaft and an outer adapter ring spline that is disposed opposite the adapter ring hole;
- and
- a hub that has a hub opening that receives the adapter ring and a hub spline that is disposed in the hub opening and that mates with the outer adapter ring spline;
- wherein the adapter ring is fixedly positioned with respect to the axle shaft and the hub is fixedly positioned with respect to the adapter ring.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- a spindle that has a spindle hole;
- a hub that is rotatably disposed on the spindle, wherein the hub includes:
- a first hub end surface;
- a second hub end surface disposed opposite the first hub end surface;
- a hub opening that extends from the first hub end surface to the second hub end surface and that receives the spindle;
- and
- a hub spline that is disposed in the hub opening and that extends from the first hub end surface toward the second hub end surface;
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- an axle shaft subassembly that includes:
- an axle shaft that extends along and is rotatable about an axis, wherein the axle shaft extends through the spindle and has an axle shaft spline;
- an adapter ring that is received in the hub opening, wherein the adapter ring includes:
- an adapter ring hole that receives the axle shaft;
- an inner adapter ring spline that is arranged around the axis and that mates with the axle shaft spline to inhibit rotation of the adapter ring with respect to the axle shaft;
- and
- an outer adapter ring spline that is disposed opposite the inner adapter ring spline and mates with the hub spline to inhibit rotation of the hub with respect to the adapter ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.