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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Gregory J. Hilker, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory E. Woodside, Troy, MI (US);
Gregory J. Hilker, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory E. Woodside, Troy, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for lubricating an axle assembly can include: coupling a pair of bearing to opposite ends of a differential housing; placing the differential housing into a carrier housing assembly such that the bearings support the differential housing on the carrier housing assembly for rotation about a first axis; collecting a lubricant proximate a side of one of the bearings opposite the differential housing; and rotating the differential housing about the first axis to cause the one of the bearings to move a portion of the collected lubricant through the differential housing. A related axle assembly is also provided.