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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Auburn Gear, Inc., Auburn, IN (US);
James L. Forrest, Ashley, IN (US);
Auburn Gear, Inc., Auburn, IN (US);
Abstract
A multispeed drive unit () comprising a rotary input () positioned to be driven by a power source and disposed at an input side of the drive unit (); a rotary output () positioned to drive a driven unit and disposed at an output side of the drive unit (), a transmission operably interposed between said rotary input () and said rotary output (), said transmission having a gear () moveable between a high-reduction configuration and a low-reduction configuration, a first friction clutch () operable to fix said gear () in said high-reduction configuration, whereby said transmission is operable to reduce a speed of said rotary output () relative to said rotary input () when said first friction clutch () is engaged, and a second friction clutch () operable to fix said gear () in said low-reduction configuration, whereby said transmission is not operable to reduce the speed of said rotary output () relative to said rotary input () when said second friction clutch () is engaged.