Patent ID: 8534925
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B60K,F16C

Abstract:
1. An axle assembly comprising: a case having a bearing hub; a bearing having an inner race and an outer race, the inner race being mounted on the bearing hub; an axle housing having a bulkhead structure that defines a bearing seat and a threaded adjuster bore, wherein the outer race is mounted to the bearing seat to support the bearing hub for rotation relative to the axle housing about a rotational axis, the threaded adjuster bore being disposed outboard of the bearing seat; a hollow bearing adjuster having a threaded portion and an inboard end surface, the threaded portion being threadably engaged to the threaded adjuster bore, the inboard end surface being abutted against the outboard bearing race; and a locking system for inhibiting relative rotation between the axle housing and the bearing adjuster, the locking system consisting entirely of a threaded hole in the bulkhead structure, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart adjustment apertures formed in the bearing adjuster and a threaded fastener that is threadably received into the threaded hole, the threaded fastener extending into one of the adjustment apertures; wherein the threaded hole is disposed along a fastener axis that is not perpendicular to the rotational axis.