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US 2013/0086798 A1Published application
Assembly method for hybrid electric transmission
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSteven A. Frait, Steven G. Thomas
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Abstract
A method for assembling a powertrain includes installing transmission gearing and an input shaft in a housing, installing a bearing in a pump housing and securing the pump housing to a pump plate, piloting on the housing the pump plate into position, seating a stator shaft on the pump housing over the input shaft, and installing over the stator shaft a rotor shaft, a rotor hub engaging the bearing and a clutch hub.
Claims17
An assembly method, comprising:
- (a) installing transmission gearing and an input shaft in a housing;
- (b) installing a bearing in a pump housing and securing the pump housing to a pump plate;
- (c) using the housing to pilot the pump plate into position;
- (d) seating a stator shaft on the pump housing over the input shaft;
- (e) installing over the stator shaft a rotor shaft, a rotor hub engaging the bearing and a clutch hub.
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An assembly method, comprising:
- (a) installing transmission gearing and an input shaft in a housing;
- (b) installing a bearing in a body and securing the body to a second body;
- (c) piloting on the housing the second body into position;
- (d) seating a stator shaft on the second body over the input shaft;
- (e) installing over the stator shaft a rotor shaft, a clutch hub, and a rotor hub engaging the bearing;
- (f) connecting a drive shell to the clutch hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.