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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:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph D Reynolds, Climax, MI (US);
Alan C Stine, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David O Thompson, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74333 ; 74356 ; 74363 ;
Abstract
A vehicle compound change gear transmission is provided that features an auxiliary drive gear (24) carried by a mainshaft (20) having enhanced freedom of radial movement by eliminating all radial contact between a bearing member that resiliently supports mainshaft (20) for rotation relative to a stationary housing of the transmission by utilizing prescribed spacer member combinations.