Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Axle assembly having differential assembly with inverted differential bearings
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Application No.: US14672886Application Date: 2015-03-30
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Publication No.: US09259967B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Gregory A. Marsh , Matthew T. Blakeman
- Applicant: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: B60B35/16
- IPC: B60B35/16 ; F16H48/06 ; B60B35/12 ; F16H48/38
Abstract:
An axle assembly having a carrier housing, a pair of axle tubes, a differential case, a pair of differential bearings and a pair of bearing adjusters. The carrier housing includes a cavity, which is configured to receive the differential case, and a pair of axle tubes that are mounted to the carrier housing. The differential case includes bearing bores into which the outer races of the differential bearings are received. The bearing adjusters are threaded to the carrier housing and support the differential bearings on a side opposite the differential case.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150306909A1 AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY WITH INVERTED DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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