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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas W. Laforce, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Andrew T. Brammer, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/023 (2012.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/10 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/023 (2013.01); F16H 48/10 (2013.01); F16H 57/082 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axle system is provided herein. In one example, the axle system includes a gearbox housing at least partially enclosing a gearbox and a planetary gearset that is rotationally coupled to an output of the gearbox and positioned co-axial with a rotational axis of an axle shaft in a differential. The planetary gearset includes a ring gear grounded by a planetary support that is attached to the gearbox housing.