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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7460 / ; 74331 ; 74420 ;
Abstract
In a change-speed gearbox or motor vehicles with a front molted transverse drive unit comprising a change-speed gearbox in line with an engine and a final drive (10) which is driven by the output gearwheel (9) of the change-speed gearbox and has its main axle mounted in the gearbox housings 1, 2, the final drive (10) is a bevel gear right-angle drive consisting of a crown wheel (11) and a pinion (12) and the crown wheel (11) is arranged on an axle member (13) consisting of the same material as the gearbox housings.