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US 9,868,322 B1Granted
Axle assembly having a wheel mount disposed on a planet carrier
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorTomaz Dopico Varela
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Abstract
An axle assembly having a wheel mount that is disposed on a planet carrier of a planetary gear set. The wheel mount may be fixedly positioned with respect to the planet carrier with one or more fasteners and one or more dowels so that the wheel mount and planet carrier may rotate together about an axis.
Claims20
An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle housing;
- a wheel bearing cage fixedly positioned with respect to the axle housing;
- a planetary gear set that is received in the wheel bearing cage, the planetary gear set having a planet carrier that rotates about an axis;
- a wheel mount that is disposed on the planet carrier and configured to facilitate mounting of a wheel;
- a dowel that is received in the wheel mount and the planet carrier;
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- a fastener that couples the wheel mount to the planet carrier.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- an axle housing;
- a wheel bearing cage fixedly positioned with respect to the axle housing;
- a planetary gear set that is received in the wheel bearing cage, the planetary gear set having a planet carrier that rotates about an axis;
- a wheel mount that is disposed on the planet carrier and configured to facilitate mounting of a wheel;
- a preload bolt that extends along the axis and couples the wheel mount to the planet carrier;
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- a set of dowels that are arranged around the preload bolt, wherein each member of the set of dowels is received in the wheel mount and the planet carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.