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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Lee N. Bowers, Springfield, OH (US);
Jason A. Sovern, Marysville, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rear axle support assembly includes a swing arm assembly, a second axle tube, and a rear final gear assembly. The swing arm assembly includes a first support arm, a second support arm laterally spaced from the first support arm, a first axle tube attached to the first support arm, and an axle support bracket attached to the second support arm. Each of the first and second axle tubes is configured to receive an axle therewithin. The second axle tube includes an axle tube mount flange. The first axle tube is releasably attached to the rear final gear assembly. The axle tube mount flange is positioned laterally between, and is releasably attached to each one of, the axle support bracket of the swing arm assembly and the rear final gear assembly, and in direct, contacting engagement with the rear final gear assembly.