BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLA brake system and method of control. A brake pad assembly is actuatable from a retracted position to an extended position with a fluid. The method includes determining whether a running clearance is …DRIVE·4d ago·1 min readFollowB60T13/66ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
MULTI-SPEED AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A ONE-WAY FREEWHEEL CLUTCHAn axle assembly having an electric motor module, a drive pinion, a planetary gear set, and at least one one-way freewheel clutch. The planetary gear set may operatively connect the electric motor mod…DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORINGA brake system and a method of monitoring and control. The method may include obtaining data indicative of temperature of a plurality of brake assemblies and determining at least one correlation value…DRIVE·May 6·1 min readFollowB60Q9/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE AXLE SYSTEMAn electric drive unit (22) and a drive axle system (12) having an electric drive unit (22). The drive axle system also includes a drive shaft (40) and an axle assembly (20) that that is remotely posi…DRIVE·Apr 1·1 min readFollowB60B35/12ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE AXLE SYSTEMAn electric drive unit and a drive axle system (22) having an electric drive unit. The drive axle system also includes a drive shaft (40) and an axle assembly (20) that is remotely positioned from the…DRIVE·Mar 25·1 min readFollowB60B35/12ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
MULTI-SPEED AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A ONE-WAY FREEWHEEL CLUTCHAn axle assembly having an electric motor module, a drive pinion, a planetary gear set, and at least one one-way freewheel clutch. The planetary gear set may operatively connect the electric motor mod…DRIVE·Mar 4·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A TRANSMISSION MODULEAn axle assembly having a housing assembly, an electric motor module, and a transmission module. A first lubricant passage may route lubricant from the housing assembly to the transmission housing cav…DRIVE·Jan 7·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POSITIONING OF A SHIFT MECHANISMA method of controlling an axle assembly. The method may include removing an actuator that is adapted to actuate a shift collar from a housing of the axle assembly, installing a positioning mechanism …DRIVE·Dec 24·1 min readFollowB60B35/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
DRIVE AXLE SYSTEMA drive axle system that includes first and second wheel end assemblies, a support structure, and an electric motor. A support structure supports the first and second wheel end assemblies and the elec…DRIVE·Dec 3·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY AND A UNITARY YOKE-SHAFTA unitary yoke-shaft and an axle assembly having a unitary yoke-shaft. The unitary yoke-shaft includes a shaft and a yoke. The shaft extends along an axis. The yoke extends from the shaft. The yoke is…DRIVE·Nov 26·1 min readFollowB60B35/12ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A LUBRICANT DEFLECTORAn axle assembly having a differential carrier, a differential assembly, a drive pinion, a spigot bearing, and a lubricant deflector. The drive pinion has a spigot. The spigot is rotatably supported b…DRIVE·Oct 1·1 min readFollowB60B35/163ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A LUBRICANT DEFLECTORAn axle assembly having a differential carrier, a differential assembly, and a lubricant deflector. The differential assembly is mounted to the differential carrier and is rotatable about a differenti…DRIVE·Sep 24·1 min readFollowB60K17/16ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DIFFERENTIAL LOCKA method of controlling a differential lock. The differential lock is actuated to lock a differential assembly when wheel slip of a first wheel assembly is detected and a duration of the wheel slip ex…DRIVE·Sep 3·1 min readFollowB60K23/04ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONTROLA method of controlling an axle assembly. The method includes executing a speed synchronization mode and operating a clutch actuator to shift a clutch from a neutral position toward an engaged positio…DRIVE·Sep 3·1 min readFollowB60W10/02ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING AND A METHOD OF CHECKING SEALING OF SAMEA brake caliper housing and a method of checking sealing of a brake caliper housing. The brake caliper housing may include a cavity, a guide pin opening, and an internal passage. The guide pin opening…DRIVE·Aug 13·1 min readFollowB60T17/22ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING AXLE HOUSINGAn axle assembly having an axle housing, an electric motor module, and a countershaft transmission module. The axle housing may have a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange. The electric …DRIVE·Aug 6·1 min readFollowB60B35/122ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM AND CONNECTION ARRANGEMENTA connection arrangement for a tire inflation system. The connection arrangement includes a rotary union and a hose assembly. A main body of the hose assembly is insertable into and removeable from a …DRIVE·Jul 30·1 min readFollowB60C23/00318ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
SUSPENSION SYSTEMA suspension system (22) comprises a knuckle carrier (44) that has a mounting stem (88), a steering knuckle (40) that is pivotally mounted to the knuckle carrier (44) along an axis of rotation (60), a…DRIVE·Jul 9·1 min readFollowB60G11/28ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A GEAR REDUCTION MODULE WITH COUNTERSHAFT GEAR SETSAn axle assembly having a gear reduction unit that is configured to operatively connect an electric motor to a drive pinion. The gear reduction unit includes at least one countershaft gear set. At lea…DRIVE·Jun 25·1 min readFollowB60B35/122ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A GEAR REDUCTION MODULE WITH MULTIPLE GEAR SETSAn axle assembly having a gear reduction unit that is configured to operatively connect an electric motor to a drive pinion. The gear reduction unit includes at least two gear sets. A shift collar is …DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A LUBRICANT RESERVOIRAn axle assembly (10) comprising:a differential assembly (34) that is rotatable about an axis (170) and that has a ring gear (180);a housing assembly (20) that receives the differential assembly (34);…DRIVE·Apr 23·2 min readFollowB60B35/163ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SHIFT COLLARAn axle assembly having a drive pinion, a transmission, and a shift collar. The transmission may include a set of drive pinion gears. The shift collar may be rotatable about an axis with the drive pin…DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A TRANSMISSION MODULEAn axle assembly having a housing assembly, an electric motor module, and a transmission module. A first lubricant passage may route lubricant from the housing assembly to the transmission housing cav…DRIVE·Apr 9·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SPINDLE PLUG AND A SLEEVEAn axle assembly having a hose, a spindle plug, a sleeve, and a rotary union adapted to be fluidly connected to a tire. The spindle plug may be disposed in a spindle. The hose may be fluidly connected…DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min readFollowB60B27/0047ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY AND SHIFT MECHANISM FOR A SHIFT COLLARA shift mechanism having a biasing member that operatively connects a detent linkage to a linkage. The biasing member permits an actuator shaft of an actuator and the detent linkage to rotate about an…DRIVE·Dec 25·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A GEAR REDUCTION MODULE WITH COUNTERSHAFT GEAR SETSAn axle assembly having a gear reduction unit that is configured to operatively connect an electric motor to a drive pinion. The gear reduction unit includes at least one countershaft gear set. At lea…DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min readFollowB60B35/122ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SECTOR CAMAn axle assembly that includes a sector cam. The sector cam may be rotatable about a sector cam axis and may be operatively connected to first and second shift collars. Rotation of the sector cam abou…DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min readFollowB60K17/02ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SENSOR FOR DETECTING A SHIFT COLLARAn axle assembly having a shift collar (504) and a sensor (580). The shift collar may be rotatable about a first axis (70) and moveable along the first axis. The sensor may detect detection features (…DRIVE·Dec 4·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A BARREL CAMAn axle assembly that includes a barrel cam. The barrel cam may be rotatable about a barrel cam axis and may be operatively connected to a first shift collar. Rotation of the barrel cam about the barr…DRIVE·Dec 4·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
DISC BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SENSOR ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO A RETRACTION SPRINGA disc brake assembly that includes at least one brake pad retraction spring and a sensor assembly. The brake pad retraction spring extends between a pair of brake pad assemblies. The sensor assembly …DRIVE·Oct 30·1 min readFollowB60R16/0207ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ANNULAR HUB CHAMBERA wheel end assembly having a spindle, a hub, and a rotary seal assembly. The spindle may have a spindle air passage. The hub may have a hub air passage and an annular hub chamber that may extend arou…DRIVE·Oct 23·1 min readFollowB60C23/00318ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
METHOD OF MAKING AN INTERAXLE DIFFERENTIAL UNITA method of making an interaxle differential unit. The method includes piercing a workpiece and then ring roll forging the workpiece to form an annular case (112) that is a seamless ring. The annular …DRIVE·Oct 16·1 min readFollowB21H1/06ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING LUBRICANT DISTRIBUTION FEATURESAn axle assembly having an electric motor module that may be operatively connected to a planetary gear set. A lubricant catching ring may be mounted to a planet gear carrier of the planetary gear set.…DRIVE·Sep 25·1 min readFollowB60B35/12ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
METHOD OF CHECKING SEALING OF A BRAKE CALIPER HOUSINGA method of checking sealing of a brake caliper housing (70). The method includes determining a level of moisture (300) in a cavity of a brake caliper housing with a sensor (50). In another configurat…DRIVE·Jul 3·1 min readFollowB60T17/221ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MODULEAn axle assembly having an electric motor module. The electric motor module may include a rotor, a rotor shaft, a stator, a coolant jacket, an end plate, and a motor housing. The motor housing may enc…DRIVE·Jun 19·1 min readFollowB60B35/12ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A MULTI-SPEED COUNTERSHAFT TRANSMISSIONAn axle assembly having a countershaft transmission. A rotor shaft may extend through a drive pinion and may operatively connect an electric motor to a countershaft transmission. The countershaft tran…DRIVE·May 15·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAVING A SENSORA brake assembly (10) having a sensor assembly (50) that is received inside a shaft (210) of a wear adjuster mechanism (40). The wear adjuster mechanism is at least partially received inside a piston …DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min readFollowB60T1/065ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
DRIVE AXLE SYSTEMA drive axle system having a one-way freewheel clutch. The one-way freewheel clutch is configured to transmit torque between first and second axle assembles when an interaxle differential unit is unlo…DRIVE·Mar 6·1 min readFollowB60K17/02ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSIONAn axle assembly having a countershaft transmission. The countershaft transmission may operatively connect a rotor shaft of an electric motor to a drive pinion that may be rotatable about a drive pini…DRIVE·Mar 6·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]
AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION AND A DROP GEAR SETAn axle assembly having a drop gear set and a countershaft transmission. The drop gear set may operatively connect a rotor of an electric motor to a countershaft. The countershaft transmission may ope…DRIVE·Mar 6·1 min readFollowB60K1/00ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY LLC [US]