Improves ease of assembly and reliability. The electric axle device for a vehicle includes an axle housing for containing a differential device, a reduction gear attached to the axle housing, an electric motor attached to the reduction gear, and an inverte...

An axle assembly having an axle housing and a bowl cover. The axle housing may have a center portion that may define a bowl opening and a differential carrier opening that may receive a differential. The bowl cover may be mounted to the axle housing and ma...

An axle assembly having an axle housing that includes arm portion (34) for receiving an axle (24). A dam (28) may be disposed in the arm portion (34) and may cooperate with the arm portion to define a reservoir (100) that is configured to retain a volume o...

A drive axle assembly for motor vehicles, includes a support beam member (2) having a substantially flat, enlarged central plate section (4) and two opposite arm sections (6a,6b), a differential assembly module (20) secured to the central plate section (4)...

A dampener mount (113) for an axle to absorb/dampen/inhibit power-hop induced oscillations in a rear axle assembly. A housing (150) for the axle assembly incorporates a mount (113) for attaching a shock absorber/dampener (130) which is in turn connected to...

A method of joining two vehicle axle housing components (20,32) made from the same or dissimilar materials includes providing a first axle housing component (20,32), and providing a second axle housing component (20,32) made from a material which is same/d...