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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1994
James A Yarnell, Temperance, MI (US);
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A transmission synchronizer assembly includes a pair of annular friction races mounted for movement co-axially with each other in a fixed, spaced apart relationship, with the spacing between the two friction races being at a fixed distance, the friction races being mounted for coaxial movement as a unit into and out of engagement with friction surfaces. An annular shiftable clutch collar is positioned between the two friction races, the clutch collar being mounted for coaxial movement with respect to the friction races to enable engagement of the clutch collar with transmission gears, the clutch collar having two or more circumferentially spaced orifices for receiving pins which are mounted through the orifices to resiliently urge the clutch collar into a roughly central position with respect to the friction races, the pins being shorter than the fixed distance between the two friction races, and not extending into the friction races.