US PATENT SUBCLASS 301 / 124.1
AXLE

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301 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES: WHEELS AND AXLES

124.1AXLE {10}
124.2  DF  .~> With distinct handle to effect mounting on cycle-type vehicle
125  DF  .~> With provision to interfit with vehicle
126  DF  .~> Rotary shaft or spindle
127  DF  .~> Cranked or bowed
128  DF  .~> Varying-length adjustment
129  DF  .~> Trussed
130  DF  .~> Emergency repair provision
131  DF  .~> Spindle {1}
134  DF  .~> Skein {1}
137  DF  .~> Including housing for drive mechanism

DEFINITION

Classification: 301/124.1

AXLE:

(under the class definition) Structure relating to the structure for rotatably supporting a wheel on a vehicle.

(1) Note. A combination of axle structure and the mounting thereof upon a vehicle is beyond the scope of Class 301. As set forth in the (1) and (2) Notes of the class definition, Class 301 is subordinate to either Class 180, Motor Vehicles, or Class 280, Land Vehicles.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for an axle mounted upon a self-propelled vehicle. Note the criteria specified in Class 180 definition for determining whether the self-propelled vehicle is proper for this class (Class 180). Class 180 is superior to Class 280 in the class hierarchy.

280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a general utility wheeled land vehicle, especially

80.1+, for particular running gear construction or subclasses 274+ or 281.1+ for an occupant propelled type wheeled land vehicle (it is noted that in accordance with the (2) Note of Class 280, subclass 200, motorcycle frames and running gear, without features causing classification in Class 180, Motor Vehicles, are included in these subclasses).

295, Railway Wheels and Axles,

36.1+, for an axle under that definition. 464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts,

179+, for a rotary torque transmitting shaft.