Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC

Dayton-walther Corporation

Meritor Automotive Gmbh

Paul R Messina

John R McKinley

A vehicle wheel assembly includes a hub, a drum, and disc wheels that are mounted together for rotation about a common axis. The hub has a cylindrical body with a hub mounting flange that extends out radially from the body. The body defines an exterior surface having a common drum and wheel pilot. The drum has a drum mounting flange with a peripheral edge that is aligned relative to the drum and wheel pilot. The disc wheels each have wheel mounting flanges with a peripheral edges aligned relative to the drum and wheel pilot. Thus, the drum and wheels are mounted on a common pilot surface formed on the hub. The single pilot significantly reduces the occurrence of drum misalignment and possible drum fracture.

Uni-pilot hub/drum system

A rotatable vehicle brake component having integrally formed teeth adapted for use with a sensor of an anti-lock brake system is disclosed. The method for producing the rotatable vehicle brake component of this invention comprises the steps of: (a) providing a vaporizable pattern having a shape which generally corresponds to the desired final shape of the rotatable vehicle brake component, the rotatable vehicle brake component selected from the group consisting of a vehicle brake drum and a vehicle brake rotor, the pattern; (b) forming a mold around the pattern; (c) forming the rotatable vehicle brake component by a lost foam casting process wherein molten metal is introduced into the mold causing vaporization of the pattern, the rotatable vehicle component having integrally formed teeth; (d) removing the cast rotatable vehicle brake component from the mold; and (e) machining the integrally formed teeth of the cast rotatable vehicle brake component to predetermined tolerances to thereby produce the rotatable vehicle brake component.

Method of making a brake rotor/drum

A balance weight retention system for a vehicle whcel or a vehicle hub including an inner portion and an outer portion having a non-threaded opening formed therethrough and a balance weight having a non-threaded opening formed therethrough. A fastener extends through the non-threaded opening of the balance weight and into the non-threaded opening of the outer portion of the wheel or hub to thereby secure the balance weight to the associated vehicle wheel or vehicle hub.

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Vandalia, OH, United States of America

Paul R Messina