Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Axle shaft
- Patent Title (中): 轴轴
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Application No.: US14220485Application Date: 2014-03-20
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Publication No.: US09266395B2Publication Date: 2016-02-23
- Inventor: Patrick T. Maled , Stephen W. Straub , Thomas A. Petschke, Jr. , Joseph Randolph Masching , David Michael Eblen , Matthew Yaksic , Alberto Fabián Villalobos Rodriguez , Jose Medina Guia , Oscar Reyes Morales
- Applicant: Sypris Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Louisville
- Assignee: Sypris Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sypris Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Louisville
- Agency: MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
- Main IPC: B60B35/12
- IPC: B60B35/12 ; B60B35/14 ; F16C3/02

Abstract:
An axle shaft has an inboard end portion with a spline for engagement with a differential assembly and an outboard end with a flange for mounting a wheel hub assembly. One or both of the end portions have cavities for weight reduction. The inboard end portion cavity extends underneath the spline. The outboard end portion cavity extends completely underneath the flange.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150266343A1 Axle Shaft Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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