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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Henryk Sowul, Novi, MI (US);
Anatoly Filanovsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael B. Solt, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Fredrick R. Poskie, Plymouth, MI (US);
James W. Haynes, Saline, MI (US);
Henryk Sowul, Novi, MI (US);
Anatoly Filanovsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael B. Solt, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Fredrick R. Poskie, Plymouth, MI (US);
James W. Haynes, Saline, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A planet carrier assembly has a plurality of pinion gears rotatably mounted on pinion pins, each pin having a slot formed thereon. A locator ring is assembled onto the pinion pins and rotated in a manner such that the locator ring engages the slots in the pinion pins and a plurality of tabs and protuberances engage complementary components formed on a housing member of the planet carrier assembly. The locator ring ensures both axial and rotational positioning of the pinion pins within the planet carrier housing.