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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Larry A. Pritchard, Macomb, MI (US);
Branden Reeves, Oxford, MI (US);
Mallikarjun Rudagi, Troy, MI (US);
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A transfer case comprising an input shaft and a first output shaft sharing a primary axis of rotation; a second output shaft offset from the first output shaft; a range shifter comprising a first cam constructed and arranged to selectively shift a vehicle to a high-range drive mode, a low range drive mode, or a neutral drive mode; a mode shifter comprising a second cam constructed and arranged to actuate a synchronizer which selectively shifts the vehicle between a two-wheel drive and a four-wheel drive mode; and a dual drive gear interposed between the range shifter and the mode shifter which is rotatable to actuate the first cam and the second cam.