Dana Italia S.r.l.

Marco Scopesi

Andrea Bortoli

Luca Gambini

Davide Deimichei

Fabrizio Denei

Giulio Ornella

Carlos Maximiliano Giorgio Bort

Gianluca Terrasi

Luca Balboni

Bruno Dalvit

Examples of a brake assembly including an anti-vibration support to reduce vertical oscillation of a brake actuator are disclosed herein. In one example, a brake assembly includes a spring-applied, hydraulic release (SAHR) brake actuator coupled to a caliper and cantilevered over an axle housing, and an anti-vibration bracket that terminates at the SAHR brake actuator at a first end and extends under the SAHR brake actuator at an angle relative to the SAHR brake actuator.

Anti-vibration support for an external spring applied hydraulic release brake assembly

A cooling system for a power take-off is proposed. The cooling system comprises a housing including a first chamber for at least partially accommodating a power take-off and a second chamber for at least partially accommodating an axle assembly including an axle shaft, and at least one passive heat conducting element arranged between the first chamber and the second chamber, the at least one passive heat conducting element being configured to provide thermal communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. Furthermore, a transmission assembly for a vehicle is proposed, the transmission assembly comprising the cooling system.

Cooling system for a power take-off and transmission assembly for a vehicle comprising the cooling system

The present document relates to a mechanical assembly, comprising:

Mechanical assembly including a roller bearing

The present disclosure relates to a steering joint assembly comprising an axle beam, a first king pin rigidly mounted on the axle beam, a steering knuckle, and a first spherical plain bearing rotatably connecting the first king pin to the steering knuckle.

Steering joint assembly

A drive axle assembly includes a drive axle housing and a differential disposed within the drive axle housing, the differential including a pinion gear configured to be driven by an input shaft, a crown gear driven by the pinion gear to rotate about a rotation axis, and a plurality of differential gears driven by the crown gear and configured to be drivingly coupled to a first and a second driven shaft. The drive axle assembly further includes a first lubricant baffle fixed to the drive axle housing and having a first axial end portion facing a toothed front face of the crown gear. And the drive axle assembly includes an exchangeable axial spacer to set an axial position of the first axial end portion of the first lubricant baffle.

Drive axle assembly with axially adjustable lubricant baffle

A strain sensor system having a first base plate with an elongate shape defining a first longitudinal axis, a first strain sensor disposed on the first base plate, a second base plate having an elongate shape defining a second longitudinal axis, a second strain sensor disposed on the second base plate, and a control unit configured to process measurement data produced by the first strain sensor and by the second strain sensor, wherein the first base plate and the second base plate are disposed such that the first longitudinal axis is arranged orthogonally or essentially orthogonally with respect to the second longitudinal axis.

Strain sensor system and machine element comprising strain sensor system

A method of monitoring a vehicle axle, and of discriminating between a plurality of axle failure modes, is described. The method may include acquiring first axle data and second axle data, detecting at least one first anomaly if the acquired first axle data deviate from first reference data provided by a model of the axle, detecting at least one second anomaly if the acquired second axle data deviate from second reference data, detecting at least one out of a plurality of axle failure modes based on which anomaly or which anomalies have been detected, and issuing a failure notice indicative of the at least one detected axle failure mode.

Sensor system for monitoring a vehicle axle and for discriminating between a plurality of axle failure modes

Disclosed herein are valve assemblies, such as for use in a tire inflation system, the valve assemblies comprising: a first fluid port and a second fluid port fluidly connectable with one another via a fluid passage; a first valve having an open position and a closed position, the first valve in its closed position blocking the fluid passage and in its open position unblocking the fluid passage; a second valve having an open position and a closed position, the second valve in its closed position blocking the fluid passage and in its open position unblocking the fluid passage; and a control volume fluidly connected or fluidly connectable with the first fluid port via a flow restrictor, wherein the first valve, the second valve and the control volume are configured such that a fluid pressure in the control volume biases each of the first valve and the second valve toward their closed position.

Valve assembly and tire inflation system

A pneumatically controllable valve assembly, in particular for use in a tire inflation system, includes a first fluid port, a second fluid port, and a movable member configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. When the movable member is in the open position the first fluid port is in fluid communication with the second fluid port. When the movable member is in the closed position the first fluid port is fluidly isolated from the second fluid port. A first pneumatic actuator is in fluid communication with the first fluid port. The first pneumatic actuator is configured to bias the movable member toward the open position. A second pneumatic actuator is configured to bias the movable member toward the closed position. The valve assembly also includes a flow restrictor. The first fluid port is in fluid communication with the second pneumatic actuator by way of the flow restrictor, at least when the movable member is in the open position.

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