Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC

Dana Corporation

Kenneth Okamuro

Robert Brazeau

Pratish Prabhakar Malushte

Richard James Honeyager

A drive axle assembly has at least one axle arm portion extending from a differential housing to a shoulder structure that is unitary with the outboard end of the axle arm portion. The shoulder structure houses a first bevel bear and a second bevel gear. Openings adjacent the bevel gears are selectively closed with covers.

Axle assembly

A drive axle assembly having at least one drive shaft tube and at least one substantially horizontal drive shaft located within the tube. The drive shaft is connected at an inboard end to a differential and an outboard end of the drive shaft has a first bevel gear. The first bevel gear is meshed with a second bevel gear within a shoulder structure. The second bevel gear is located on a non-horizontal drive shaft. A selectively closeable opening is provided in the shoulder structure for installing and maintaining the bevel gears.

An apparatus for, and a method of, braking a vehicle by selectively providing pressurized transmission fluid through at least one valve to brake a vehicle drivetrain proportionally to the engagement of a brake system activation means.

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