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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:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Yakov Fleytman, Orion, MI (US);
New Venture Gear, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A traction drive axle is provided for providing an all-wheel drive operating mode. The traction drive axle includes a unique double enveloping worm/worm gear transmission. A worm is driven by a propshaft which is meshingly engaged with an enveloping worm gear. The enveloping worm gear is selectively coupled via first and second clutches to left and right axle shafts. A control system is provided for controlling actuation of the first and second clutches upon detection of relative rotation between the left and right axle shafts.
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