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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventor:
William F. Waltz, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 35/16 (2006.01); B60B 35/14 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); F16H 48/24 (2006.01); F16H 48/30 (2012.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 35/16 (2013.01); B60B 35/14 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/165 (2013.01); F16H 48/24 (2013.01); F16H 48/30 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); B60B 35/166 (2013.01); B60B 2310/202 (2013.01); B60B 2310/206 (2013.01); B60B 2310/228 (2013.01); B60B 2360/102 (2013.01); B60B 2360/104 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a trumpet arm for use in an electric drive axle. In one embodiment, the trumpet arm comprises a housing with an arm section extending an arm length, the arm section having an outlet at a first end, and a flange with a planar face at a second end opposite the first end. The trumpet arm further comprises internal buttresses positioned in an interior of the housing and extending through at least a first portion of a flange length of the flange, a flange/arm transition at which the flange transitions into the arm section, and at least a portion of the arm length.