US 12,391,082 B2
Axle-to-beam connection for heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension systems
Andrew L. Bradley, Mount Vernon, OH (US); and Andrew J. Westnedge, Granville, OH (US)
Assigned to Hendrickson USA, L.L.C., Schaumburg, IL (US)
Filed by Hendrickson USA, L.L.C., Schaumburg, IL (US)
Filed on May 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/676,735.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/469,850, filed on May 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0399807 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 9/003 (2013.01) [B60G 2200/31 (2013.01); B60G 2204/12 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4306 (2013.01); B60G 2204/44 (2013.01); B60G 2204/45 (2013.01); B60G 2300/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An axle-to-beam connection for an axle/suspension system of a heavy-duty vehicle comprising:
an axle;
a beam including an alignment assembly; and
an axle mount assembly, said axle mount assembly intimately contacting and capturing said axle, the axle mount assembly including at least one window, the axle being rigidly secured to said axle mount assembly via a continuous weld formed in said at least one window between said axle and the axle mount assembly, the at least one window being located on a front or a rear portion of the axle, said axle being rigidly secured to said axle mount assembly without line welds, the axle mount assembly being removably connected to said alignment assembly to secure the axle to said beam.