Patent
   D927578
Priority
Sep 27 2018
Filed
Sep 27 2018
Issued
Aug 10 2021
Expiry
Aug 10 2036
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an axle assembly, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a left side, front perspective view of an axle assembly;

FIG. 2 is a left side, rear perspective view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side, rear perspective view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side, front perspective view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a rear side elevational view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a front side elevational view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of the axle assembly of FIG. 1.

The features shown in broken lines depict portions of the axel assembly that form no part of the claimed design.

Mepham, Shaun, Baillie, Christopher G., Chopra, Vikram, Mupparti, Siva Srinivas Rajeev, Stefan, Dan Mircea, Swica, David John

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