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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Dennis Cook, Royal Oak, MI (US);
George Leposky, Belleville, MI (US);
Derrick Black, Waterford, MI (US);
John Jennings, Rochester, MI (US);
Jonathan Adler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dennis Cook, Royal Oak, MI (US);
George Leposky, Belleville, MI (US);
Derrick Black, Waterford, MI (US);
John Jennings, Rochester, MI (US);
Jonathan Adler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle power transfer unit for distributing torque from a transmission assembly between a front wheel drive line and rear wheel drive line. The power transfer unit includes a housing that encloses a parallel gear set and a non-parallel gear set, which are coupled between an input portion and an output portion of the power transfer unit. The parallel gear set includes a driving gear, and idler gear and a driven gear and the idler gear is rotatably supported on a non-rotating support member that extends through the idler gear. Constructed in this manner, reduced lateral compactness of the power transfer unit is achieved.