Patent ID: 11859718
Assignee: ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An axle assembly comprising:
a drive pinion that is rotatable about an axis;
a set of drive pinion gears that is received in a housing, wherein the set of drive pinion gears is spaced apart from the drive pinion and is rotatable about the axis;
an alignment rod that is disposed on the housing;
a shift collar that is rotatable about the axis with the drive pinion and moveable along the axis with respect to the drive pinion; and
a collar that defines a collar hole that receives the shift collar, the collar having a collar arm that is moveably disposed on the alignment rod, wherein the alignment rod inhibits rotation of the collar about the axis.