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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:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald L Carriere, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475198 ; 74409 ;
Abstract
A T-drive assembly comprising an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft adapted to be mounted in a vehicle in a direction transverse to the fore-and-aft geometric vehicle axis, a geared transmission having an axis perpendicular to the axis of the crankshaft, and a cross-axis drive between the crankshaft and torque input elements of the transmission including zero backlash bevel gears, one bevel gear being secured to a mid-position on the crankshaft and the other having a tapered hub in frictional driving relationship with a tapered torque input shaft for the transmission torque input elements.