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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Orville E Kessinger, Jr, Blue Grass, IA (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74705 ; 7466 / ; 74674 ; 747205 ; 7478 / ; 74782 ; 74784 ;
Abstract
A transversely compact and serviceable vehicle cross drive for a track-type tractor or the like includes a ring gear (38), a pair of planetary gear assemblies (44,48,46,50) mounted to mesh radially within the ring gear (38), a pair of annular support members (30,32), and a pair of bearings (40,42) individually carried by the respective support member (30,32) and rotatably supporting the ring gear. Advantageously the support members (30,32) limit transverse axial movement of the planetary gear assemblies (44,48, 46,50).