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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Isaac Klurfeld, Detroit, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Edward Maurer, Commerce, MI (US);
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 3/66 (2006.01); F16H 3/44 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/666 (2013.01); F16H 3/66 (2013.01); F16H 3/663 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 2003/445 (2013.01); F16H 2057/087 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0065 (2013.01); F16H 2200/201 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2046 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2048 (2013.01);
Abstract
The output gear of a transmission is externally supported from an interior support by two ball bearings. The output gear is fixed to a shell. A carrier of a simple planetary gear set and a ring gear of a stepped pinion planetary gear set are splined to the shell. A brake includes a piston supported by the bell housing and clutch plates splined to the interior support.