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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2007
Andrzej Dec, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Andrzej Dec, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A transfer case comprising a rotational input member, a rotational output member, a rotational planetary gear portion operatingly engaged between the input member and the output member, a moveable cam member selectively engagable with the planetary gear portion, whereby the rotation of the planetary gear portion is stopped when the cam member is engaged with the planetary gear portion, the rotational direction of the output member is in the same direction as the input member when the cam member is not engaged with the planetary gear portion, and the rotational direction of the output member is opposite the rotational direction of the input member when the cam member is engaged with the planetary gear portion.