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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2020
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Andrew Laird, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mario Galasso, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
William M. Becker, Aptos, CA (US);
David M. Haugen, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle shaft having a bolt end and a lever end. The axle assembly includes a cam assembly coupled to the lever end of the axle shaft. The cam assembly includes a cam housing, a cam follower shaft coupled to the cam housing, and the cam follower shaft is located coaxially within the axle shaft. The cam follower shaft does not extend the full length of the axle shaft. The cam shaft is coupled to the cam follower shaft, and a lever is coupled to the cam assembly. The lever is rotatable from an open position to a closed position, and an angle of maximum rotation for the lever between the open position and the closed position is less than 180 degrees.