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US 8,998,766 B1Granted
Low profile vehicle axle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid A. Janson
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Abstract
An axle assembly includes first and second spiral bevel gears meshing with a pinion, a gearset including a sun gear secured to the first bevel gear, a ring gear secured to the second bevel gear, and planet pinions supported on a carrier and meshing with the sun gear and ring gear, and a differential including an input secured to the carrier, and first and second outputs secured, respectively to first and second output shafts.
Claims13
An axle assembly, comprising:
- first and second spiral bevel gears meshing with a pinion;
- a gearset including a sun gear secured to the first bevel gear, a ring gear secured to the second bevel gear, and planet pinions supported on a carrier and meshing with the sun gear and ring gear;
- a differential including an input secured to the carrier, and first and second outputs secured, respectively, to first and second output shafts.
An axle assembly, comprising:
- first and second bevel gears meshing with a pinion;
- a planetary gearset including first and second members connected, respectively, to the first and second bevel gears, and an output underdriven relative to the first and second bevel gears;
- a differential including an input connected to the output, and first and second outputs connected, respectively, to first and second output shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.