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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Earl James Irwin, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Spicer Technology, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/830 ; H02K 1/924 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/830 ; H02K 1/924 ;
Abstract
A speed-sensing system for a differential assembly, wherein a tone ring positioned on the ring gear flange is eliminated and the speed-sensing equipment is specially placed in the form of a thrust washer and/or slinger with a tone sensing ring disposed between the yoke and the inner race of the pinion shaft to avoid bending distortions of the ring gear under various dynamic load conditions.