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Wheel support provided with pipes for supplying a hydraulic device

US9393860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2012
Grant dateJul 19, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K2007/0092
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an assembly comprising —an axle (1), —a steering pivot (2) mounted on the axle (1), —a wheel spindle (3) mounted on the pivot (2), —a hydraulic motor and a wheel mounted on said spindle (3), such that the spindle (3) is pivotally mounted relative to the axle (1), the axle (1), the spindle (3) and the pivot (2) being provided with communicating hydraulic pipes to supply the hydraulic motor with fluid, the hydraulic pipes being arranged in the axle (1), the pivot (2) and the spindle, the pivot (2) comprising a shaft member fitted in the axle (1) about which the spindle (3) is fitted, the axle (1) and the spindle (3) each comprising grooves connected respectively to the hydraulic pipes of the axle (1) and the spindle (3) in such a way as to form the rotating joint with the hydraulic pipes of the pivot (2).

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