Patent ID: 9150049
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60B,B60G,B60K,F16D

Abstract:
1. An axle assembly comprising: two hubs, each for connection to a wheel; a mounting arrangement for a braking system for braking a connected wheel; a housing that receives differential gears, wherein the housing has a central portion in which the differential gears are housed and a depression formed on an outer surface of the central portion, wherein the depression accommodates: (a) a slack adjuster when the mounting arrangement has a drum brake mounted thereon, wherein the slack adjuster is accommodated within the depression and permits movement of the slack adjuster in a direction away from one of the two hubs that is located nearest the drum brake so as to allow detachment of the slack adjuster; or (b) an air chamber when the mounting arrangement has a disc brake mounted thereon, wherein the air chamber is partially accommodated within the depression; and an actuation shaft mount for an actuation shaft, wherein the depression is positioned adjacent to the actuation shaft mount.