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US-8951159-B2 · Feb 10, 2015 · US
Disconnecting axle assembly
US9028358B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9028358-B2 |
| Application number | US-201414447775-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Priority date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Publication date | May 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2015 |
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An axle assembly having an axle housing assembly having a carrier housing and first and second end caps that are mounted to the carrier housing. The first end cap cooperates with the carrier housing to define a differential cavity for receipt of a differential assembly, while the second end cap cooperates with the carrier housing to define a clutch cavity for receipt of a clutch. A spindle drivingly couples a first output of the differential with an input of the clutch member. A first output member is coupled for rotation with a second output of the differential and a second output member is coupled for rotation with an output of the clutch. The spindle is received through a tubular portion of carrier housing.
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What is claimed is: 1. An axle assembly comprising: an axle housing assembly having a carrier housing and first and second end caps that are mounted to the carrier housing, the first end cap cooperating with the carrier housing to define a differential cavity, the second end cap cooperating with the carrier housing to define a clutch cavity; an input pinion extending into the differential cavity; a ring gear in the differential cavity and meshingly engaged with the input pinio…
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Operations & Transport · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9028358B2 cover?
- An axle assembly having an axle housing assembly having a carrier housing and first and second end caps that are mounted to the carrier housing. The first end cap cooperates with the carrier housing to define a differential cavity for receipt of a differential assembly, while the second end cap cooperates with the carrier housing to define a clutch cavity for receipt of a clutch. A spindle driv…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Valente Paul J, Downs James P, American Axle & Mfg Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B60K17/165. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue May 12 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).