Axle assembly for a motorcycle assembly having a pair of driven wheels

US8607915B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. · US

Inventors

• David C. Johnson · Winston-Salem, US
• James Winston Platt · New Haven, US
• Chane E. Myers · Maumee, US
• Harold W. Seeds · Kalamazoo, US
• Andrew P. Maguire · Beverly Hills, US
• Manoj Venkatesh Bhandiwad · Utica, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An axle assembly for a motorcycle having a plurality of drive wheels. The axle assembly is configured to permit a user to replace an endless power-transmitting element without substantially disassembling the axle housing assembly.