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Axle porting to legs

  • US 9,151,377 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An axle assembly comprising:

  • a bevel gear rotatable about a bevel gear axis;

    a pinion gear meshed with the bevel gear; and

    a center housing defining a center cavity in which the bevel gear is disposed, the center housing including an integral first channel, an integral tube-like first conduit and an integral tube-like second conduit, the first channel having a first entrance port into the center cavity disposed proximal to the bevel gear, the first channel extending from the entrance port in an upward direction around a portion of the bevel gear, the first conduit configured to branch off of the first channel in a first direction, and the second conduit configured to branch off of the first channel in a second direction, at least a portion of the first conduit disposed above the entire bevel gear.

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