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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Inventor:
Son Duy Nguyen, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/34 (2006.01); F16H 37/08 (2006.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/3425 (2013.01); F16H 37/0813 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); F16H 63/3466 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gear unit to be used in combination with a power source having a hollow output shaft, is provided with a differential gear set having a rotation axis in common with the output shaft, a counter shaft fixedly including a first gear in mesh with the output shaft, and a second gear in mesh with the differential gear set. The first gear and the second gear constitutes a reduction gear set, a housing including an outer wall parting the differential gear set and the counter shaft from an exterior, and a parking gear disposed axially opposite to the first gear beyond the second gear and fixed to the counter shaft.