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US 6,443,869 B1Granted
Transaxle with controlled traction differential
AssigneeHydro-Gear Limited Partnership
InventorsJohn Schreier, Matthew Hansen, Todd Horton, Ron Sporrer
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Abstract
An axle assembly including a housing in which is mounted a transmission, axle shafts and a differential assembly including drive gears engaged to the axle shaft and at least one planet gear mounted on a shaft and engaged to the drive gears. The differential assembly includes a friction member on the shaft for engaging the planet gear.
Claims7
An axle assembly comprising:
- a transmission mounted in a housing;
- a differential mounted in said housing and drivingly connected to said transmission, said differential comprising a bull gear, a first and second drive gears and at least one planet gear drivingly connected to said first and second drive gears;
- said planet gear rotatably affixed to a differential shaft to form an assembly drivingly connected to said bull gear, said assembly comprising means to retain said planet gear on said differential shaft, said retention means comprising a fastening means and at least one friction member slidably mounted on said differential shaft;
- a biasing means between said friction member and said retention means to force said friction member against said planet gear;
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- a first axle shaft engaged to said first drive gear and a second axle shaft engaged to said second drive gear.
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An axle assembly comprising:
- a pair of axle shafts mounted in a housing;
- a differential comprising a bull gear mounted in said housing;
- a first drive gear affixed to one of said axle shafts and a second drive gear affixed to the other of said axle shafts;
- at least one planet gear rotatably mounted on a differential shaft and drivingly connected to both of said drive gears;
- at least one frictional member slidingly mounted on said differential shaft, and means for forcing said frictional member into contact with said planet gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.