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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Arvinmeritor Technology, Llc, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wagner Yukio Hirao, Troy, MI (US);
I-Chao Chung, Troy, MI (US);
Tomaz Dopico Varela, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Silvio M. Yamada, Waterford, MI (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/08 (2006.01); F16H 3/68 (2006.01); F16H 1/18 (2006.01); F16H 1/14 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/18 (2013.01); F16H 1/145 (2013.01); F16H 57/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hypoid gear set for a vehicle drivetrain includes a pinion gear in meshing engagement with a ring gear. The hypoid gear set has a negative pinion offset. The hypoid pinion and ring gears provide a predetermined gear ratio that can be varied up to a fifty percent faster ratio within a single carrier packaging envelope defined by a maximum ring gear diameter.