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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. 18, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph E Cilano, Bergen, NY (US);
Assignee:
Zexel Torsen Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475252 ; 475249 ;
Abstract
A parallel-axis gear differential (10) has planet gear pairs (46) separated by pivotable toggles (56). A leading member (48) of each planet gear pair (46) is angularly advanced in a forward drive direction (38) with respect to a following member (50) of each planet gear pair (46). First bearing surfaces (60) of the toggles (56) support the leading planet gears (48), and second bearing surfaces (62) support the following planet gears (50). Pivot axes (58) of the toggles (56) are positioned closer to one or the other bearing surfaces (60 or 62) to control force transmissions between the planet gear members (48 and 50).