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Drive axle system

  • US 9,457,654 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2015
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drive axle system comprising:

  • a first drive axle assembly that includes;

    an input shaft and an output shaft that rotate about a first axis;

    a first ring gear that rotates about a first ring gear axis and provides torque to a first wheel axle; and

    a first pinion that rotates about a first pinion axis and that is operatively connected to the input shaft and the first ring gear such that the first pinion provides torque from the input shaft to the first ring gear; and

    a second drive axle assembly that includes;

    a second ring gear that rotates about a second ring gear axis and provides torque to a second wheel axle; and

    a second pinion that rotates about a second pinion axis and that is operatively connected to the output shaft, wherein the second pinion provides torque from the output shaft to the second ring gear;

    wherein the first pinion axis is disposed parallel to the second pinion axis, the first axis is coplanar with the second pinion axis, and the first axis and the second pinion axis are not coplanar with the first pinion axis.

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