Axle assembly for vehicles in portal arrangement

Details Axle assembly for vehicles in portal arrangement Axle assembly for vehicles in portal arrangement

1993-11-29

1995-07-18

Tyson, Karin L.

Motor vehicles

Transmission mechanism

Final drive axle movable

180371, 280688, 280711, B60K 1704, B60G 904

Patent

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054332877

ABSTRACT:
A driven axle assembly for a vehicle includes a center housing, suspension elements connecting the center housing to the vehicle, a main drive arranged in the center housing, side drives arranged on outer ends of the center housing, and wheel hub units connected to the side drives, respectively,, wherein a portal distance is provided between a longitudinal axis of a differential gear unit arranged in the center housing and a longitudinal axis of the wheel heads. The improvement achieved by this invention is that the suspension elements connecting the center housing to the vehicle are also attached to the housings for the drives arranged both inside and on outer ends of the center housing in an integrated manner. Therefore, the housings for the side drives, the center housing, and the suspension elements are formed as a tight compact unit.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3150531 (1964-09-01), Singer
patent: 3420327 (1969-01-01), Nallinger
patent: 3862667 (1975-01-01), Wolansky
patent: 4343375 (1982-08-01), Manning
patent: 4934733 (1990-06-01), Smith et al.

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