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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2004
Applicant:
Blair J. Swanson, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Inventor:
Blair J. Swanson, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/48 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01); F16C 32/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle axle assembly having an axle housing, an axle shaft and a sensor. The axle housing has a tubular portion. A flat is formed on an annular wall of the tubular portion proximate a distal end of the tubular portion. A hole, which intersects the flat, is formed through the tubular portion. The axle shaft can have an integrally formed target portion that includes a plurality of teeth. The sensor is mounted in the hole and abuts the flat to space a tip of the sensor apart from the teeth of the target portion by a predetermined distance.