Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Five or more wheels
Patent
1978-05-17
1980-03-25
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Five or more wheels
74700, F16H 3708, B16K 1716
Patent
active
041945867
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary transmission unit is connected to the input of a power divider, which power divider is connected between a pair of pinion shafts for respectively driving the front and rear axles of a tandem axle construction. The power divider includes at least one pair of meshing axle gears drivingly interconnected between the pinion shafts for transmitting torque to each of the axles. The auxiliary transmission unit includes a single pair of meshing transmission gears, one thereof being associated with the transmission input shaft and the other being associated with a parallel countershaft. The output of the transmission unit comprises one of the shafts of the power divider. A clutch sleeve is shiftably associated with the input shaft and can be engaged with the transmission output for permitting direct driving thereof, or it can alternately be shifted into a disengaged position whereby the input transmission gear drivingly rotates the countershaft to thereby provide a reduced speed ratio through the auxiliary transmission unit. The countershaft is drivingly connectable to one of the axle gears for driving the power divider when the auxiliary transmission is in its low speed condition.
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Eaton Corporation
Gordon H. D.
McCloskey R. J.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Schrecengost Randall A.
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