Abstract: An axle center for the forward axle in a vehicle having tandem drive axles includes a housing containing input, output and through shafts that rotate in the housing about a common axis on front, rear and through shaft antifriction bearings. The front and rear bearings, which support the input and output shafts, are mounted in opposition. The front bearing has an outer race provided with an external thread that engages an internal thread within the housing. That outer race is fitted with a locking ring provided with an inner flange that is engaged to turn the race and thereby bring the front and rear bearings into the correct adjustment. The locking ring also has an outer flange which is engaged with the housing once the front and rear bearings are correctly adjusted so as to maintain the correct adjustment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode material for lithium and lithium-ion secondary cells which exhibits good cycleability, reversible specific capacity, and structural stability. The positive electrode material comprises a lithium multi metal oxide having a spinel structure and described by the general formula:Li.sub.1+X Mn.sub.2-Y M.sub.m.sbsb.1.sup.1 M.sub.m.sbsb.2.sup.2 . . . M.sub.m.sbsb.k.sup.k O.sub.4+Zwherein M.sup.1, M.sup.2, . . . M.sup.k are at least two cations different than lithium or manganese, selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metals, transition metals, B, Al, Si, Ga and Ge;X, Y, m.sub.1,m.sub.2, . . . m.sub.k are numbers between 0 and 0.2;m.sub.1, m.sub.2 and Y are greater than 0;Z is a number between -0.1 and 0.2; andwherein the metals M.sup.1, M.sup.2, . . . M.sup.k and the corresponding values m.sub.1, m.sub.2, . . . m.sub.k satisfy the following equation and inequality: ##EQU1## wherein V.sub.1, V.sub.2, . . . V.sub.