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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zoltan Brassai, Cologne, DE;
Bjoern Schneider, Cologne, DE;
Vladimir Premiski, Zuelpich-Buervenich, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475159 ; 475331 ;
Abstract
A planet gear carrier arrangement is provided for an automatic transmission having axial support. The planet carrier arrangement comprises a planet gear hub member, a plurality of planet gear pins carried by said hub member, a plurality of planet gears rotatably carried by said pins and an oil collecting ring carried by said hub member. The ring has formed at its inner circumference a truncated cone. The ring further has a thrust surface provided on a side of said ring axially opposite the hub member.