Axle saddle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10787248-B2
Application number	US-201916413962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2019
Priority date	Oct 2, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

According to various embodiments, disclosed is an axle saddle system for an axle having an undercut between the outboard and inboard bearing lands of the axle. According to various embodiments, the axle saddle system comprises a saddle configured to fill the axle undercut in order to protect the axle from damage by the installation of a wheel onto the axle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An axle method, comprising:
inserting a saddle over an undercut of an axle; and
tightening the saddle around the undercut,
wherein the axle comprises an outboard bearing land and an inboard bearing land,
wherein the undercut is situated between the outboard bearing land and the inboard bearing land and is radially tapered with respect to at least one of the outboard bearing land and the inboard bearing land, and
wherein the saddle is configured to substantially fill the undercut over a surface area of the undercut, such that the substantially filled undercut is substantially level with the outboard bearing land and the inboard bearing land, and
wherein the undercut comprises an undercut perimeter and an undercut axial length forming the surface area of the undercut, and
wherein the saddle has a saddle axial length approximately equal to the undercut axial length.

2. The axle method of claim 1 , further comprising tightening the saddle around the undercut with a saddle strap.

3. The axle method of claim 2 , further comprising deforming the saddle open before inserting the saddle over the undercut.

4. The axle method of claim 2 , wherein the saddle strap comprises a buckle and a strap end.

5. The axle method of claim 4 , further comprising:
inserting the strap end through the buckle;
pulling the strap end to tighten the saddle strap around the saddle; and
breaking off an excess portion of the saddle strap.

Assignees

• Goodrich Corp

Inventors

• Swank John
• Hunnicutt Shane E
• Kossler Joshua Stephen
• Patterson Michael Neal

Classifications

• B60B2340/00

  Wheel transporting, Mounting of wheels · CPC title

• B64C25/36 Primary

  Arrangements or adaptations of wheels, tyres or axles in general · CPC title

• B64F5/10

  Manufacturing or assembling aircraft, e.g. jigs therefor · CPC title

• B60B35/025

  the wheels being removable · CPC title

• B60B2900/212

  Damage · CPC title