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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventor:
Mark W. Leber, Holland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16D 3/06 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16C 25/06 (2006.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); F16C 33/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/165 (2013.01); F16C 25/06 (2013.01); F16D 3/06 (2013.01); F16H 57/02 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); F16H 57/0408 (2013.01); F16H 57/0476 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); F16C 33/76 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for an axle assembly are provided. The axle assembly, in one example, includes a cover at least partially circumferentially surrounding a shaft, a bearing coupled to the shaft and the cover, the bearing including an outer race, and a bearing adjuster including a first axial side adjacent to the outer race and configured to set a bearing preload and/or end play. The assembly further includes a lubricant seal spaced axially away from the bearing adjuster and sealing a lubricant bore and the lubricant bore traverses the cover and extends axially toward the bearing adjuster.