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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, Llc, Galesburg, MI (US);
Paul Peterson, Scotts, MI (US);
Graeme Andrew Jackson, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Paul Wilson, Otsego, MI (US);
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC, Galesburg, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission includes a transmission main housing, an intermediate plate secured to the transmission main housing; and a rear housing attached to the intermediate plate and/or attached with fasteners through the intermediate plate to the main housing. An input shaft is connected to an extension shaft including a plurality of splitter gears selectively couple-able to the extension shaft. A main shaft is rotatably supported by the range shaft and range shaft bearing and includes a plurality of main box gears selectively couple-able to the main shaft. A range shaft is drivingly connected to the main shaft and provides input to a planetary gear assembly. The extension shaft is supported at a first end by a bearing assembly within a partition wall of the main transmission housing and a second end is supported by a bearing assembly disposed within the bore in the range shaft.