US 12,466,504 B2
Trailer axle cartridge
Jason Douglas Collins, Granger, IN (US); Jon David Stough, Angola, IN (US); Akos Peter Sefcsik, Middlebury, IN (US); and William A Aske, Cassopolis, MI (US)
Assigned to NORCO INDUSTRIES, INC., Compton, CA (US)
Filed by NORCO INDUSTRIES, INC., Compton, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/792,127.
Application 18/792,127 is a continuation of application No. 18/174,454, filed on Feb. 24, 2023, granted, now 12,077,232.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,531, filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0391545 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 63/06 (2006.01); B60B 35/00 (2006.01); B60B 35/04 (2006.01); B60G 11/18 (2006.01); B62D 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 63/062 (2013.01) [B60B 35/007 (2013.01); B60B 35/04 (2013.01); B60G 11/183 (2013.01); B62D 63/08 (2013.01); B60G 2202/134 (2013.01); B60G 2300/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An axle cartridge member for a receiving a pair of torsion stub axles therein, the axle cartridge member comprising:
a pair of laterally opposed bases, each base defining a cavity therein for receiving an elongated stub housing of the torsion stub axles;
a pair of axle mounts that each includes a lateral opening extending into the cavity defined in the respective base; and
an arch including a crossbar extending at a height above the bases, wherein the arch further includes a portion that extends upward from each of the bases at an angle and meets the crossbar that extends generally horizontally between the portions of the arch.