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公开(公告)号:US08409044B2
公开(公告)日:2013-04-02
申请号:US12256875
申请日:2008-10-23
申请人: Gregory J Hilker , Kevin R Beutler , Robert B Dwyer , Chih-Hung Chung , David R Brandt , William G Hunt , Gregory E Woodside
发明人: Gregory J Hilker , Kevin R Beutler , Robert B Dwyer , Chih-Hung Chung , David R Brandt , William G Hunt , Gregory E Woodside
IPC分类号: F16H57/04
CPC分类号: F16H48/38 , F16H57/0424 , F16H57/0471 , F16H57/0483 , F16H2048/423
摘要: A method for lubricating an axle assembly can include: coupling a pair of tapered roller bearing to opposite ends of a differential housing; placing the differential housing into a carrier housing assembly such that the tapered roller bearings support the differential housing on the carrier housing assembly for rotation about a first axis; collecting a lubricant proximate a side of one of the tapered roller bearings opposite the differential housing; and rotating the differential housing about the first axis to cause the one of the tapered roller bearings to move a portion of the collected lubricant through the differential housing. A related axle assembly is also provided.