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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2005
Stephen C. Doud, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Blair J. Swanson, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Jeffrey E. Rea, Clarkston, MI (US);
Stephen C. Doud, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Blair J. Swanson, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Jeffrey E. Rea, Clarkston, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An axle housing assembly includes a cast iron tube having a pocket that is formed proximate a first end of the cast iron tube. The pocket is disposed generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cast iron tube. The axle housing assembly also includes an insert made of steel connected to the pocket. The steel insert permits the cast iron tube to be coupled to a cast iron carrier housing by welding steel plugs positioned in the carrier housing to the steel inserts.