Land vehicles: wheels and axles – Axle – Trussed
Patent
1979-12-18
1982-01-12
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles: wheels and axles
Axle
Trussed
74607, B60B 3516
Patent
active
043102000
ABSTRACT:
A truss assembly is provided for the drive axle of an automotive vehicle in which the drive axle includes a differential having a pair of axle housings extending laterally outwardly from opposite sides of the differential and in which a drive wheel is connected to the free end of the axle mounted in each axle housing. The truss assembly comprises a first truss member which is rigidly secured to one of the axle housings and, similarly, a second truss member which is rigidly secured to the other axle housing. One end of each truss member is positioned adjacent the axle differential. An elongated bar is rigidly secured at one end to one of the truss members at its end adjacent the differential and extends toward the other truss member underneath the axle differential and so that a mid portion of the bar abuts along the bottom of the differential. The opposite end of the bar is externally threaded and positioned through an opening in the other truss member at its end adjacent the differential. Thereafter, a nut threadedly engages the threaded end of the bar so that, upon tightening the nut, the bar is longitudinally tensioned. This tension, in turn, is applied to the axle housings and thus resists undesirable upward flexing of the axle housings with respect to the differential.
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