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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Dan J. Showalter, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dan J. Showalter, Plymouth, MI (US);
BorgWarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an axle () for a vehicle having a housing (), an input shaft () coupled to a differential on a first end, extending through the length of the housing (), and an output gear () having a first tooth profile located inside the housing () splined to the input shaft (). Also included is a drive gear () having a second tooth profile coupled to a differential housing, at least one planetary gear () having a single tooth profile mounted on a carrier (), in mesh with the first tooth profile of the output gear () and the second tooth profile of the drive gear (), a carrier ring (), and an actuatable clutch pack () coupled to the carrier ring () and the housing (). When the actuatable clutch pack () is actuated, the carrier () is slowed down, and the speeds of the planetary gear () and the output gear () are increased, increasing the speed of the input shaft ().