Vehicle axle

US10752054B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Manuel Bauer · Graz, AT
• Paul Lenz · Waldkirchen, DE
• Horst Sigl · Passau, DE
• Alexander Enderl · Vilshofen, DE
• Rudolf Neumüller · Furth im Wald, DE
• Daniel Dudek · Salzweg, DE
• Stefan BRACHMEIER · Geisenhausen, DE
• Peter Haselberger · Mauth, DE
• Daniela Wagner · Egglham, DE
• Rainer Hildebrand · Friedrichshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/86
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle axle includes, an axle gear unit housing and axle tubes adjoining the latter. The axle gear unit housing has an opening which is surrounded by a flange. Threaded blind bore holes extend beyond the thickness of the flange into the region of the wall of the axle gear unit housing which has radially outwardly on the side of the flange facing the axle gear unit housing a wall thickening which extends annularly radially circumferentially along the flange and which is configured in a continuously annular manner or so as to form spot faces partially in the areas of the threaded blind bore holes, wherein a joint flash extends in a central plane along the axle tubes and toward the flange 4 in the region of the axle gear unit housing and at the flange along the radially outer contour of the wall thickening.