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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Kevin R Beutler, Columbiaville, MI (US);
James P Borowiak, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gregory J Hilker, Canton, MI (US);
David C Johnson, Lapeer, MI (US);
Rajendra D Patil, Westland, MI (US);
Jeffrey E Rea, Ames, IA (US);
Kevin R Beutler, Columbiaville, MI (US);
James P Borowiak, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gregory J Hilker, Canton, MI (US);
David C Johnson, Lapeer, MI (US);
Rajendra D Patil, Westland, MI (US);
Jeffrey E Rea, Ames, IA (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An axle assembly having a heat sink coupled to an axle housing assembly for ejecting heat from the axle assembly. The heat sink includes an air channel having a body coupled to the carrier housing assembly such that heat is conducted from the carrier housing assembly to the body of the air channel and an air passage formed in the body and having an open leading end and an open trailing end, the leading end being positioned relative to the carrier housing assembly to permit air flowing over the axle assembly when the axle assembly is in use to be received into the air passage such that heat is conducted from the body to the air flowing through the air passage, and the trailing end being positioned relative to the carrier housing assembly to permit air received in the air passage to be expelled through the trailing end.