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Definition of Driving axle
1. Noun. The axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power.
Definition of Driving axle
1. Noun. An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Driving Axle
Literary usage of Driving axle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"(D) bevel driving pinion. (E) large bevel. (F) differential gear. (G) half of
driving axle. (H) tubular outer casing or sleeve. (I) ball bearing for wheels. ..."
2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"The latter engine is the heavier per linear foot, and the heaviest single driving
axle carries 59200 Iba., with an average for each driving axle of 56 300 ..."
3. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The pedal levers are connected by bands to two expanding segments connected by
clutches to the driving-axle, and to each other by a reversing apparat us, ..."
4. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The pedal levers are connected by bands to two expanding segments connected by
clutches to the driving-axle, and to each other by a reversing apparatus, ..."
5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"It follows that, if the driving axle should lie in front of the fire-box, an
extra pair ... 5, of 18 tons, would, were the driving axle nearer the firebox, ..."
6. The Horseless Age (1904)
"A solid shaft i from one road wheel to the other, this shaft were secured one
wheel The next step in the development of the live driving axle was the ..."
7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1910)
"... Bevel driving gear attached to one-half of driving axle 95, Case, or housing,
for differential gears by means of which the other half of driving axle is ..."
8. The Electrical Engineer (1890)
"The simple expedient of putting a pinion on the armature spindle, and a spur
wheel on the driving axle, gives most indifferent results. ..."
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