Tandem drive axle assembly

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2005-10-25

2005-10-25

Culbreth, Eric (Department: 3616)

Motor vehicles

Special wheel base

Five or more wheels

C180S022000, C180S024080

Reexamination Certificate

active

06957710

ABSTRACT:
A tandem drive axle set includes a forward drive axle and a rear drive axle coupled to the forward drive axle with a connecting driveshaft where input torque is distributed to both the forward and rear drive axles without differential action. The forward drive axle includes a pinion gear that is directly coupled to a forward driveline connector at an outboard end and directly coupled to or integrally formed with through shaft at an inboard end. The through shaft is coupled to the connecting driveshaft at a forward drive axle output. The through shaft and pinion gear are coaxial. The pinion gear includes a head portion and a shaft portion. A bearing set rotatably supports the pinion gear and includes a first bearing located outboard of the head portion and a second bearing located inboard of the head portion.

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patent: RE25269 (1962-10-01), Christie
patent: 4050534 (1977-09-01), Nelson et al.
patent: 5860889 (1999-01-01), Schlosser et al.
patent: 6200240 (2001-03-01), Oates
patent: 743027 (1956-01-01), None
Interwheel Differential Drive Differentials of Wheeled Vehicles, Moscow Mashinostroyenie, 1987, pp. 35-45.
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