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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Dewa, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An axle assembly includes a first axle shaft, an axle housing, a first inlet port, a first outlet port, and a first oil passage. The axle housing has a first housing component that includes a first space in which at least part of the first axle shaft is disposed, a flange that is adjacent to the first space and includes a communicating hole, and a central housing component that includes a central space connected to the first space through the communicating hole of the flange. The first inlet port is disposed below an axis of the first axle shaft in the central space. The first outlet port is disposed in the first space. The first oil passage extends from the first inlet port to the first outlet port.